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GitHub Skills Workshop Series featuring Pj Metz (GitHub Education)
GitHub 101 - Introduction to Git and GitHub (Hybrid)
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
3 - 5 p.m.
Hillman Library, Digital Scholarship Lab (G-30)
Host librarian - Dr. Rachel Starry
Join us for a two-hour workshop on Git and GitHub! Attendees will learn about Git, GitHub, using the GitHub UI, creating branches and projects, and all things necessary to get started using the same tool 90% of Fortune 100 companies use.
Registration is required for this event.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Literacy (Hybrid)
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
1 - 2 p.m.
Hillman Library, Digital Scholarship Lab (G-30)
Host librarian - Dr. Carrie Iwema
Go to ChatGPT. Type Question. Get Answer. Copy/Paste. Submit. Sound familiar? If so, join us for an examination of using AI tools as more than “Super Google”. We’ll discuss Agentic AI, planning, guardrails you can set up, and ways to enhance your learning with AI rather than replacing it with AI. This hour-long session will help you go beyond the surface level use of AI.
Registration is required for this event.
Introduction to GitHub Pages (Hybrid)
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Noon - 1 p.m.
Hillman Library, Digital Scholarship Lab (G-30)
Host librarian - Phoebe Duke-Mosier
Let’s build a Static Web Site! No matter your major or focus area, building a static site with GitHub is a great skill to have. Build a portfolio, a blog, a place to store notes for classes, or a site about your interests to share with the world. Join us for a 1 hour workshop where you’ll have a website stood up and ready to go by the end of class!
NOTE: We will assume some familiarity with GitHub for this session.
Registration is required for this event.
GitHub for Data Science (Hybrid)
Thursday, September 17, 2026
3 - 4 p.m.
Hillman Library, Digital Scholarship Lab (G-30)
Host librarian - Dr. Carl Haynes-Magyar
This hour-long session will discuss practical ways you can start using GitHub for Data Science work, including storing and working on scripts, storing data with GitHub, GitHub tools and more. By the end of this session, you’ll be ready to supercharge your work and data with GitHub.
Registration is required for this event.
Additional Workshop Information
Location: This event will take place in Hillman Library's Digital Scholarship Lab (room G30), located just past the main service desk on the ground floor of the library. Look for the glass double-doors after entering through the ground floor atrium entrance; if you enter on the first floor, take the elevator down to the ground floor and turn right out of the elevator.
Software: The Digital Scholarship Lab computers have relevant software for this workshop available (unless we are using software that is otherwise available online). Non-Pitt participants must obtain a temporary ID at the Hillman circulation desk to access the computer workstations. Please check in with the workshop presenter or contact ULS-DigitalScholarshipServices@pitt.edu if you plan to bring your own personal laptop and have questions about downloading software prior to attending the event.
Can't make it to the workshops? You can always contact us with your questions about this or other digital scholarship and publishing topics! Read more about Digital Scholarship & Publishing support.
Guest Presenter
Pj Metz, GitHub Program Manager of Student Communities
Pj Metz is a former high school English teacher and current Developer Advocate on the GitHub Education team. After 11 years in the classroom teaching everything from English 1 to AP Lang, he made the transition into DevRel in 2021, 354 days after his first Hello World. Pj learned to code in C#, then moved on to Python, Javascript, and C.
He’s currently working with the GitHub Campus Expert student community managing the application process, events, engagement, and training for Campus Experts around the world as well as creating engaging and applicable learning opportunities for people new to developer tools. He speaks most often on getting started with GitHub; doing everything from branches and repos to VS Code and GitHub Copilot.
