Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge

Summer is a great time to keep your Excel skills sharp 📊☀️ This MECC Tip covers Named Ranges 🏷️ a simple way to make your formulas cleaner and your spreadsheets easier to manage ✅💡

Keep an eye out for the new MECC Fall Season announcement this July 📢 Stay tuned 🙌

Which Excel functions are you adding to your starting XI team? ⚽
Let us know in the comments 👇

Behind every great student is someone who believed in them first 🏆

No script. No filter. Just David Brown, the founder of MECC and Associate Professor of Finance at the Eller College of Management, in his own words 🎓

MECC was built to fill a gap that too many students experience in higher education 📚 The gap between theory and practice. Between knowing something in a classroom and being able to apply it in the real world. David built MECC to bridge that gap and what it has grown into is something that gives students confidence, community, transferable skills, and opportunities that their regular classes simply cannot provide 💡

Hear what he has to say and discover what makes MECC so much more than just an Excel competition 📊

Ready to bring that to your students? Just try it. Find out how at mecc.college 👈

This is what Student Excel Esports really looks like. 𖦏 The focus, 💥 the intensity, 🥹 the emotion - it is all real and it happens at every single MECC competition!

🏆 Excel champions, all in one place!

(our incredible sponsors 🙌) is hosting a must-watch exclusive fireside chat featuring the best spreadsheeters in the world:

💥 Pieter Pienaar | Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge 2025 Individual Champion

💥 Diarmuid Early | Microsoft Excel World Champion 2025

🎙️ Rob Langrick, CFA, CIPM - Chief Product Advocate, CFA Institute, will be leading the conversation.

These two outperformed the world's best Excel competitors, solving complex spreadsheet challenges under pressure and in front of a live audience. Now, they're joining CFA Institute to share how they did it and what you can learn from their journey. 🧠

🗓️ 24 June 2026
🕘 9:00 AM EST | 2:00 PM GMT

🎥 What to expect:
🔹 The story behind becoming Excel World Champions
🔹 Tricks, shortcuts & functions you never knew existed
🔹 Practical tips for students, analysts, and everyday Excel users
🔹 Live Q&A with both champions

🎟️ Register here: https://global.cfainstituteevents.org/AV1aEx?RefId=MEEC+social

Excel powers everything from financial models and dashboards to business analysis and decision-making. Whether you're just starting out or looking to sharpen your skills, there's something here for everyone.

📢 We're proud to support and spread the word - don't miss this opportunity to learn from the very best!

It's MECC. So much more to it than just an Excel spreadsheet 📄