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Student Ambassador Programme – GenAI & GitHub (HKBU)

Open to: All undergraduates and research students at HKBU
First round: We aim to recruit 50 undergraduates and 10 research students.
What you’ll do: Learn to use AI agents in GitHub and VS Code, then teach fellow students to use the tech.

Event period: Mid Feb to Late Mar
Hosted by: Dr Simon Wang, Lecturer and Innovation Officer, The Language Centre, HKBU

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Why this tech is better than a chatbot

• No more context switching – The AI agent works inside your project.
• Project context – It can talk to you in the context of your files and repo.
• Acts on your machine – It can change files and folders (no copy-paste).
• Multi-step and multi-file – It can work across many files and steps.
• Code without coding – It can write code for you while you learn.

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Who should join

• You have a programming background OR you’re interested in programming with a growth mindset and eager to learn.
• You’re willing to explore new tech and help others.
• You’re interested in service learning and STEM internship – ITF STEM Internship Scheme.

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How to join

1. Sign up for a GitHub account using your HKBU email (or link your existing GitHub account to your HKBU email).
2. Apply for GitHub Education benefits:
   Apply to GitHub Education as a student
3. Fork this repo and explore (optional; for advanced users):
   https://github.com/tesolchina/genAI2026

Then: Reply to this issue – indicate your interest and briefly say how you may contribute.

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testing message

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for advanced users, fork the https://github.com/tesolchina/genAI2026 and rename it as genAI2026_yourname
detach it https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/working-with-forks/detaching-a-fork
then invite the teacher tesolchina to edit the repo and collaborate

this way you may work on some personal project in a private repo

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Check out this simulate chat for more use cases of AI agent