City sponsors global affairs quiz team in national contest debut
HOLLAND A trio of Holland high school-age students participated in a national competition testing their global affairs knowledge Saturday, April 17.
Holland s Academic World Quest program is in its first year, but the city of Holland s human relations director Esther Fifelski hopes the program continues and local schools get involved. I would love to see this become something where we have a team at every school, Fifelski said.
Supported and organized by the Holland International Relations Commission, the team, dubbed the Holland Herodotus team and made up of three area high school students, competed in regional and national Academic World Quest competitions.
Ms. Sophia Bekele studied and received an MBA in Management Information Systems (MIS) from Golden Gate University, San Francisco and a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computing and Business Information Systems, at San Francisco State University. She is also a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Control Specialist (CCS), Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT), as well as a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow (PHF) and active as an ambassador in various Rotary clubs. Ms. Bekele’s key experience and interest is focused on nation building projects and activities.
Ms. Bekele currently heads
DotConnectAfrica (DCA), an Independent ,non partisan and non-profit organization registered in Mauritius and currently has its base in Nairobi, Kenya, as its Executive Director. DCA has been given the endorsement for the “.Africa” continental domain name from key governmental bodies and international stakeholders and has enjoyed overwhelming support from many Africa
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