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Certiport Announces U.S. Winners to Compete in Championship Round of Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office
Students earn trip to compete for coveted Championship during Certiport PATHWAYS 2007
SALT LAKE CITY – July 10, 2007
Certiport today announced the U.S. winners of the 2007 Worldwide Competition on Microsoft® Office presented by Certiport from a pool of 14,000 other U.S. students: Amanda Coney of Grand Forks, North Dakota, and Monica Avenado of Reno, Nevada, were named the pre-college champions while Brian Guidry of Lafayette, Louisiana, and Michael Taylor of Klein, Texas, won the college-track for Microsoft Word and Excel®, respectively. The four winners were awarded a prize package worth around $2,000 USD, including an all-expense-paid trip to attend the international Certiport PATHWAYS Conference, held in Orlando, Florida, USA. There they will compete in the final round of the annual Competition (July 27-28) against the students named champions in their own countries. These Country Champions—along with more than 33,000 students from 74 countries—participated in multiple rounds of local, national, and regional competitions from November 2006 to May 2007.
More than mere participants in a competition, this year's winners will use their Microsoft Office Specialist certification in 21st Century careers.
"Technology is the door to the world," said Monica Avenado, the pre-college Excel champion who plans to major in international and comparative education. "Being certified is great, no matter what language you speak."
Michael Taylor, the college-level champion for Excel said, "You can do anything with Microsoft Office. With Excel you can create spreadsheets to predict the future, analyze the past, and control what's going on today. Microsoft Office directly helps people in everything they do electronically."
In the upcoming final round of the Worldwide Competition only one Excel winner and one Word winner from each of the two tracks will earn the prestigious distinction of being World Champion. Each Champion will receive a trophy and a grand prize package worth over $4,500 USD. The package includes a Dell™ Notebook Computer with Windows Vista™ and Microsoft® Office 2003, Pocket PC Phone with Microsoft® Windows Mobile™, Microsoft® Zune™ MP3 player, Microsoft® Xbox 360™ Console and Game Bundle, Microsoft® Learning Courseware, e-Learning, and Certification Bundle. Other 2007 Country Champions of the Competition include:
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Country Champions – Microsoft Word
Canada – Elizabeth Reymundo, College
Costa Rica – Flor Cubillo Zamora, Pre-college
El Salvador – Luis Rodolfo Hasbun, Pre-college
France – Odile Boutley, College
Germany – Michael Werner, College
Greece – Antonios Vidalis, Pre-college
Greece – John Lianeris, College
Ireland – Rachel Gaul, Pre-college
Italy – Alessio Montrella, College
Japan – Chiemi Sato, Pre-college
Jordan – Omar Saeb Khresat, Pre-college
Lebanon – Ali Ahmad Wazni, College
Mexico – Diana Elizabeth P�rez M�rquez, College
Singapore – Yi Rui Chua, Pre-college
Singapore – Lup Peng Loke, College
Taiwan – Rou-Jhen Wei, Pre-college
Taiwan – Yi Shuang Tong, College
Thailand – Khunvattanakarn Kasidej, Pre-college
United Kingdom – Michael Pilkington, Pre-college
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Country Champions – Microsoft Excel
Canada – Annie Phan, College
China – Hongyi Hong Qiu, College
France – Adeline Porcher, College
Germany – Robin Tr�ger, Pre-college
Greece – Angeliki Margatini, Pre-college
Greece – Aikaterini Logotheti, College
Ireland – Kevin O'Brien, Pre-college
Italy – Roberto Scarpetta, College
Japan – Ikumi Nagao, College
Jordan – Moh'd Salah Z. Al-Shariff, College
Lebanon – Marwa Baz Rahawi, College
Mexico – Sandra Guadalupe Zubiria Garc�s, Pre-college
Singapore – Li Gang Lincoln Lin, Pre-college
Singapore – Jonah Victor Dela Cruz, College
Taiwan – Hsin-Fu Shen, Pre-college
Taiwan – Zhi-Yang Chen, College
Thailand – Khamyong Chatchanwan, College
United Kingdom – Rachael Farrington, Pre-college
United Kingdom – Angela Sawyer, College
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For more information about the 2007 Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office presented by Certiport, visit www.certiport.com/competition.
About Certiport
Certiport prepares individuals and communities with current and relevant digital skills and credentials for the competitive global workforce. These solutions include Certiport Internet and Computing Core Certification (IC³®) and the Microsoft® Office Specialist certification programs delivered by more than 12,000 Certiport Centers worldwide. For more information, visit www.certiport.com.
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Press Contact:
John Pilmer
801-369-7535
mediarelations@certiport.com
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