Haymanot Gebeyehu, 2nd year IS student, developed this currency convector web app based on our last IS Talks workshop on RESTful API with Yohannes Haile🔥🔥

Here is the github repository
Check live here

The app now features Google's Gemini 1.5 Flash AI, which automatically generates personalized insights about your currency conversions, explaining the relative strength of currencies, local purchasing power, and recent market trends in a concise, conversational format⚡️

🚨 Competition Alert! 🚨

Get ready for an exciting challenge! Based on our last IS TALKs session on RESTful API, it's time to build something epic! 🚀

What to do:

👉Use any API from platforms like RapidAPI (or anywhere else) to build a cool project.
👉This could be a website or a mobile app – let your creativity shine! 🌟

How to Participate:

👉You must be an Information Systems student.
👉Push your code to GitHub and submit the repository link.
👉You need to attach the demo
👉Hosting your app is a big plus! 🌐

Deadline: Next week Friday 2:00 LT(mata)🗓

🎉 Prize: A grand total of 1000 Birr for the winner, evaluated by Yohannes Haile!

Submit your project to @alphityy for evaluation.

Get coding, get creative, and let's see who can create the most impressive project! 💻📱

Get ready for a LeetCode problem-solving session with Daniel Mola today at 8:00 PM (2:00 LT)! Don’t forget to share with your friends💥

We had an amazing session with Daniel Mola (Leetcode with Dani), discussing his programming journey, problem-solving approaches, and resources🔥🔥He also walked us through four Leetcode problems on different topics🖥💻

The recorded video will be posted tomorrow along with this week’s challenge

🚀 Introducing: The Ultimate Bookmark Manager! 🚀

The Bookmark Manager I’ve been working on is finally here! I know it took some time, but I completely redesigned everything—and now, it’s ready for you.

🔖 Why should you try it?
✅ Organize bookmarks with folders
🔍 Powerful search functionality
🚫 No logins, no signups, no database—just you and your Chrome storage!

I’ve included the extension file. Simply:
1️⃣ Download it
2️⃣ Go to chrome://extensions
3️⃣ Upload the downloaded file & start using it!

📽 The video guides on how to use Bookmark Manager.

🔗 Check out the repo here:
[ GitHub ]
Hopefully, drop a ⭐️ & contribute! 🙌

@KeO_Coder

📢 Announcement!

This week Freshmen Information Systems Students will have a Welcome Program that will be held this Friday from 9 AM to 12 PM.

If you have a project you'd like to showcase during the program, please contact Aman (@ICA_47) or Beti (@MissSolomon).

🚀 IS Students – SIS Resources Bot is Growing!
What started as a small initiative from a 2nd-year student has grown beyond expectations—over half of you are now using SIS Resources Bot to access lecture notes, past exams, assignments, and top YouTube tutorials! 🎉🎉
💡 And the best part? It’s completely free for everyone!

@TheISSeer is also on the final stages of integrating the bot with the IS department to make it an official faculty resource—so every student can benefit from it!

"It’s a great honor to be of service to this amazing community. 🙌 Thank you for trusting this platform—let’s keep growing together! 🚀"
TheISSeer

📌 Join now & be part of the movement!
👉@SISResourcesbot

We had an amazing first in-person session of IS Talks with Team Roha , runners-up of the GDG Hackathon. 🌟 Don't forget to subscribe and hit the bell to catch the full video when it’s out! 🎥

https://youtu.be/l1slkr2cJ5o

Freshman Welcoming Event

Join us for this week's Freshman Welcoming Event, where you'll have the opportunity to:

- 🎙 Meet our School Dean and learn more about your academic journey.
- 💼 Hear from industry professionals about career opportunities in Information Systems.
- 🎓 Engage in a panel discussion with IS alumni sharing their experiences.
- 🛠 Explore student projects in our project showcase.
- 🍕 Enjoy free refreshments along the way.

Date: March 21(Friday) - 9AM-12PM
Location: Eshetu Chole hall

Attendance is mandatory. Looking forward to seeing you there

We highly encourage you all not to miss this welcoming program.

The competition deadline is tomorrow! ⏰ Don't forget to submit your projects on time.

🔊GREEN GAMING VIRTUAL EXCHANGE presents you OFD🔊

This project, launched by three scholars one being our very own Dr. Solomon, is specially made to support IS students. They invite you to discuss on topics:

📌 Emotional Intelligence for Career Success
📌Domains of Emotional Intelligence Skills

📆 Friday, March 21
⏱️ 12:30 PM
📍 Zoom, register here
🎁 Mobile Card for the lucky ones

Good morning, everyone! 🌅 Freshman Information Systems students, welcome to your new home😊

We’ve got everything set up to give you a warm welcome. Join us at #Eshetu_Chole_Hall for the welcome program—make sure to be on time!