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Udacity: Student travels to Poland, takes Udacity with her
Last month Udacity student, Anne Bergsman of San Diego, CA, paid a special visit to the Udacity offices on her way to Poland. Many of you may remember that after the first run of Intro to Computer Science, Udacity hosted a block party in Palo Alto, CA. Unfortunately, Bergsman and others outside the area could not attend. At that party we gave away what became a coveted item to Bergsman, a Udacity T-shirt! Bergsman was a student in the first AI class taught by Peter Norvig and Sebastian Thrun. Towards the end of the class she discovered and joined CompScisters, a Facebook group for women taking free online courses. She describes the group: "Members of this group come from all over the world. Many of us have gone on to Udacity classes. We can't stop learning!" Her connection with the group inspired her to try to meet up with as many CompScisters as possible on her journey to Poland. Bergsman and her mother (bottom right) join the Bay Area CompScisters for dinner. En route to Poland,…