#mecc — Public Fediverse posts

Sometimes I think I'm still chasing the feeling of setting the Number Munchers high score on every computer in the lab after school. #MECC

NYT wrote about my favorite eSport, the Microsoft Excel World Championships (MEWC) & Collegiate Championships (MECC). I was there for the semi-finals live at HyperX Arena in Las Vegas & I couldn't have had more fun!
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/microsoft-excel-world-championships.html
#mecc #mewc #excel #NYT #microsoft #msftadvocate

And congratulations to the members of the World Champion University of #Tennessee #Volunteers Excel team:
✅ Ben Northern
✅ Beckett Anderson
✅ Sarah Chandler

...winners of the college team competition at the #Microsoft #Excel #Collegiate #Championship in Las Vegas.

#MECC

Wanna see the finals of the #Microsoft #Excel #Collegiate #Championships? (#MECC)
✅ University of #Arizona
✅ University of #Tennessee
✅ University of Technology #Sydney
✅ University of #Kentucky

Beginning timestamps:
1️⃣ MECC first match : 18:39
2️⃣ MECC second match : 1:39:52

Watch here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/GKbIPnu9CRI?si=byIWM3ZOSeWfiQtz

New seating. And the 1st round competitors are coming back.

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.
#MECC #Microsoft #Excel #Collegiate #Championships

First group is complete. This is the preliminary placements. Waiting for the official results but this looks like it for Group 1:
✅ Ben Weber
✅ Jonathan Razanamparany
✅ Peter Pienaar
✅ Kai Wei Lim
#MECC #Microsoft #Excel #Collegiate #Championships

Holy crap. Jonathan Razanamparany is coding an #Excel Macro in competition!
#Microsoft #MECC

I met with Appalachian State, Arizona & UCF earlier & most of them are directly below me in the competition chairs.
#MECC #LasVegas #Microsoft #Excel Collegiate Championships

Protip: Did you know Find & Replace in #Microsoft #Excel can 'find' cells based on FORMATTING then replace the cell with what you want.

There no way to do this without writing a macro but in competition, this is a cool way to revise your sheet.

#MECC

The Individual Competition is under way at the #Microsoft #Excel Collegiate Championships (#MECC) and Ben Weber is in the lead, with Tim Froelich & Julian Poeltl behind him but it's early.

The 4 qualifiers of the collegiate teams have been declared. The top 4 move on & they are:
1️⃣ University of #Arizona
2️⃣ University of #Tennessee
3️⃣ University of Technology #Sydney
4️⃣ University of #Kentucky
#MECC #Microsoft #Excel

Join us! If you want to watch these Sports collegiate athletes rock a spreadsheet better than you 😁, watch them LIVE at:

✅ #Microsoft #Excel Collegiate Championships - Teams & Individuals
https://www.youtube.com/live/80sGtRI-wog?si=xpCa-JmZqXDUpXim
#MECC

Note: Since the #Microsoft #Excel Collegiate Championships began, the number of women competing has grown from 3% to 36% this year in 2024:
✅ All the competitors from Appalachian State are women.
✅ Most of UCF team is women.
✅ Half the Univ of Arizona team is women.
#MECC #women

Here comes Round 2: The Individual Competition. #Microsoft #Excel Collegiate Championships contestants from dozens of colleges are getting their specific seat assignments.
#MECC #LasVegas

Round 1 is over. University of Arizona leads but we're waiting for totals from the other competing college teams.
https://www.youtube.com/live/80sGtRI-wog...
#MECC #Microsoft #Excel

There's several other teams competing. I don't have the official list but I know there's students here from:
✅ U of Kentucky
✅ U of Tennessee
✅ Utah Valley U
✅ Ball State
✅ U of Warsaw
✅ Arizona State
✅ Appalachian State
✅ No. Illinois
✅ No. Arizona
✅ U of Chicago
✅ Messiah U
#MECC #Microsoft #Excel

Check out the # Microsoft #Excel Collegiate Championships page at https://mecc.college.

For a breakdown of the 3 major Excel competitions, see the table below.
#MECC #MEWC #FMWC

Defending champions, U of #Arizona is leading with #INSCAE behind them followed by U of Tech #Sydney and U of #CentralFlorida just behind in the team finals of the #Microsoft #Excel Collegiate Championships.

https://www.youtube.com/live/80sGtRI-wog?si=vmamI5pETKyLdnKZ

#MECC

For those working on #climateChange #disaster and #migration 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 #DRR frameworks in the IGAD Region (Horn of Africa)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRt4oPrNio8&t=195s

#MECC #ClimateMobilities #ECMNetwork #EnviCliMobilities #ClimMobilities
@migrationresearch @climatemobilities @geography

Save the date for the 2nd #ecmNetwork conference #ecmn24 hosted by the Hugo Observatory and submit your abstract (deadline 9 Feb 2024).

More info here 👉 https://climatemobilities.network/cfp-ecmn24/
📅9-12 July 2024
🌏Liège, Belgium
✍️Register until 9 Feb 2024

#MECC #ClimateMigration #ClimateMobilities @geography @migrationresearch @climatemobilities @hasterly

Intersting research talk #ecmn23 on Climate Mobility in Europe? Reviewing the Evidence

@climatemobilities @migrationresearch @migrationresearch
#MECC #climatemobilities #climatechange #COP28

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VCU_Amu85U&t=5s

I have just signed the Declaration on Environmental and Climate Mobility.
It's a call to action. Join us for a collective impact.
👇🌏💪
climatemobilities.network/declaration-on…
@geography @climatemobilities

#ClimMobilities #ClimateMobilities #EnviCliMobilities #MECC #ECMN23 #ECMNetwork

Are you working on "Geographical perspectives on climate and environmental #mobilities"?
Here is an interesting call for presentations (CfP) for a session at the International Geographical Congress 2024 in Dublin next year (24-30 August) with @hasterly
@univienna
@geography
@migrationresearch
@climatemobilities
#climatechange #migration #MECC #ecmnNetwork #sustainability

https://igc2024dublin.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Session-booklet-10.10.23.pdf#%5B%7B%22num%22%3A366%2C%22gen%22%3A0%7D%2C%7B%22name%22%3A%22XYZ%22%7D%2C69%2C298%2C0%5D

Great to see that the report from ORF (austrian television) picked up on the point I highlighted in the interview (in German) that we need to include indigenous environmental knowledge when looking at migration and #resilience in the context of environmental change

#MECC
#ecmnNetwork #climatechange #migration #SciComm @geography #sustainability #Kipppunkte

https://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Heimat-Fremde-Heimat/1357/Heimat-Fremde-Heimat/14195656/Umgang-mit-Migration-als-Folge-von-Klimakatastrophen/15478315

Tomorrow's the day!

➡️ We're launching the Environment & Climate Mobilities Network at our #ECMN23 conference starting tomorrow at 1pm @univienna. We're excited to meet all our participants!

🔍All info: climatemobilities.network/ecmn23/

@migrationresearch @geography #migration #climateMigration #MECC

Are you interested in the field of enviromental & climate mobilities?
The program of the #ecmn23 conference in now online: climatemobilities.network/ecmn-program/
and you can still register to join online.

#migration #ECMNetwork #MECC #ClimMobilities
#ClimateMobilities #EnviCliMobilities
@geography @migrationresearch