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kurtsh<p>NYT wrote about my favorite eSport, the Microsoft Excel World Championships (MEWC) &amp; Collegiate Championships (MECC). I was there for the semi-finals live at HyperX Arena in Las Vegas &amp; I couldn't have had more fun! <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/microsoft-excel-world-championships.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/micr</span><span class="invisible">osoft-excel-world-championships.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mecc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mecc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mewc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mewc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>excel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/msftadvocate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>msftadvocate</span></a></p>
kurtsh<p>And congratulations to the members of the World Champion University of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Volunteers</span></a> Excel team:<br>✅ Ben Northern<br>✅ Beckett Anderson<br>✅ Sarah Chandler</p><p>...winners of the college team competition at the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Excel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Collegiate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Collegiate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Championship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Championship</span></a> in Las Vegas.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECC</span></a></p>
kurtsh<p>Wanna see the finals of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Excel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Collegiate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Collegiate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Championships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Championships</span></a>? (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECC</span></a>)<br>✅ University of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a><br>✅ University of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a><br>✅ University of Technology <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sydney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sydney</span></a><br>✅ University of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a></p><p>Beginning timestamps:<br>1️⃣ MECC first match : 18:39<br>2️⃣ MECC second match : 1:39:52</p><p>Watch here:<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/GKbIPnu9CRI?si=byIWM3ZOSeWfiQtz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/live/GKbIPnu9CRI?s</span><span class="invisible">i=byIWM3ZOSeWfiQtz</span></a></p>
kurtsh<p>New seating. And the 1st round competitors are coming back.</p><p>Sitting next to a University of Paris student who is in America for the first time. Heh, his 1st experience in the US is LAS VEGAS. Apparently, this is a common thing amongst the International contestants.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Excel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Collegiate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Collegiate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Championships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Championships</span></a></p>
kurtsh<p>First group is complete. This is the preliminary placements. Waiting for the official results but this looks like it for Group 1:<br>✅ Ben Weber<br>✅ Jonathan Razanamparany <br>✅ Peter Pienaar<br>✅ Kai Wei Lim<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Excel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Collegiate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Collegiate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Championships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Championships</span></a></p>
kurtsh<p>Holy crap. Jonathan Razanamparany is coding an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Excel</span></a> Macro in competition!<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECC</span></a></p>
kurtsh<p>I met with Appalachian State, Arizona &amp; UCF earlier &amp; most of them are directly below me in the competition chairs.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LasVegas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LasVegas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Excel</span></a> Collegiate Championships</p>
kurtsh<p>Protip: Did you know Find &amp; Replace in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Excel</span></a> can 'find' cells based on FORMATTING then replace the cell with what you want.</p><p>There no way to do this without writing a macro but in competition, this is a cool way to revise your sheet.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECC</span></a></p>
kurtsh<p>The Individual Competition is under way at the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Excel</span></a> Collegiate Championships (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECC</span></a>) and Ben Weber is in the lead, with Tim Froelich &amp; Julian Poeltl behind him but it's early.</p>
kurtsh<p>The 4 qualifiers of the collegiate teams have been declared. The top 4 move on &amp; they are:<br>1️⃣ University of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a><br>2️⃣ University of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a> <br>3️⃣ University of Technology <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sydney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sydney</span></a> <br>4️⃣ University of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Excel</span></a></p>
kurtsh<p>Join us! If you want to watch these Sports collegiate athletes rock a spreadsheet better than you 😁, watch them LIVE at:</p><p>✅ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Excel</span></a> Collegiate Championships - Teams &amp; Individuals<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/80sGtRI-wog?si=xpCa-JmZqXDUpXim" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/live/80sGtRI-wog?s</span><span class="invisible">i=xpCa-JmZqXDUpXim</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECC</span></a></p>
kurtsh<p>Note: Since the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Excel</span></a> Collegiate Championships began, the number of women competing has grown from 3% to 36% this year in 2024:<br>✅ All the competitors from Appalachian State are women.<br>✅ Most of UCF team is women.<br>✅ Half the Univ of Arizona team is women.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a></p>
kurtsh<p>Here comes Round 2: The Individual Competition. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Excel</span></a> Collegiate Championships contestants from dozens of colleges are getting their specific seat assignments.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LasVegas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LasVegas</span></a></p>
kurtsh<p>Round 1 is over. University of Arizona leads but we're waiting for totals from the other competing college teams.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/80sGtRI-wog" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/live/80sGtRI-wog</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>...<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Excel</span></a></p>
kurtsh<p>There's several other teams competing. I don't have the official list but I know there's students here from:<br>✅ U of Kentucky <br>✅ U of Tennessee<br>✅ Utah Valley U<br>✅ Ball State <br>✅ U of Warsaw<br>✅ Arizona State <br>✅ Appalachian State<br>✅ No. Illinois<br>✅ No. Arizona<br>✅ U of Chicago<br>✅ Messiah U<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Excel</span></a></p>
kurtsh<p>Check out the # Microsoft <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Excel</span></a> Collegiate Championships page at <a href="https://mecc.college" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mecc.college</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p>For a breakdown of the 3 major Excel competitions, see the table below.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MEWC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MEWC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FMWC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FMWC</span></a></p>
kurtsh<p>Defending champions, U of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> is leading with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/INSCAE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>INSCAE</span></a> behind them followed by U of Tech <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sydney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sydney</span></a> and U of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CentralFlorida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CentralFlorida</span></a> just behind in the team finals of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Excel</span></a> Collegiate Championships. </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/80sGtRI-wog?si=vmamI5pETKyLdnKZ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/live/80sGtRI-wog?s</span><span class="invisible">i=vmamI5pETKyLdnKZ</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECC</span></a></p>
Dr. Simon Bunchuay-Peth<p>For those working on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disaster</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a> in East Africa here is an interesting research talk by Nicodemus Nyandiko from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology on Incorporating Climate Mobility into <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DRR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DRR</span></a> frameworks in the IGAD Region (Horn of Africa)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRt4oPrNio8&amp;t=195s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=RRt4oPrNio</span><span class="invisible">8&amp;t=195s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateMobilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateMobilities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ECMNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ECMNetwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnviCliMobilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnviCliMobilities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimMobilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimMobilities</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/migrationresearch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>migrationresearch</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/climatemobilities" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>climatemobilities</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geography</span></a></span></p>
Dr. Simon Bunchuay-Peth<p>Save the date for the 2nd <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecmNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecmNetwork</span></a> conference <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecmn24" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecmn24</span></a> hosted by the Hugo Observatory and submit your abstract (deadline 9 Feb 2024). </p><p>More info here 👉 <a href="https://climatemobilities.network/cfp-ecmn24/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">climatemobilities.network/cfp-</span><span class="invisible">ecmn24/</span></a> <br>📅9-12 July 2024 <br>🌏Liège, Belgium <br>✍️Register until 9 Feb 2024 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateMigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateMigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateMobilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateMobilities</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geography</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/migrationresearch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>migrationresearch</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/climatemobilities" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>climatemobilities</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@hasterly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hasterly</span></a></span></p>
Dr. Simon Bunchuay-Peth<p>I have just signed the Declaration on Environmental and Climate Mobility.<br>It's a call to action. Join us for a collective impact. <br>👇🌏💪<br>climatemobilities.network/declaration-on…<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geography</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/climatemobilities" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>climatemobilities</span></a></span> </p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimMobilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimMobilities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateMobilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateMobilities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnviCliMobilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnviCliMobilities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MECC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MECC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ECMN23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ECMN23</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ECMNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ECMNetwork</span></a></p>
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