Meet the Gen Z college students who turned Excel into a competitive esport—they’re competing in spreadsheet challenges and it’s helping them land jobs

After one of the team members applied for a corporate job at Weigel’s—a local convenience store chain with about 90 locations ...
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian

Students “excel” at Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge Regional Competition

On Sunday, April 6, the Microsoft Excel Collegiate Challenge (MECC) Regional Competition was hosted at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Organized by MECC ...
PC World

Microsoft 365 will be free for a year if you’re a college student

Say what you will about America’s tech titans cozying up to the current administration, but at least the kids are benefiting. As part of a Thursday meeting with the White House’s AI Education Task ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft gives US students a free year of Microsoft 365 Personal

Microsoft announced that starting this Thursday, all college students in the United States can get a free year of Microsoft 365 Personal. For everyone else, a yearly Microsoft 365 Personal ...