GSW SIFE team competes in national

competition     

            MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—Having won a regional championship in Atlanta in April of this year, the Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team competed at the National Exposition in Minneapolis May 11-13. More than 160 SIFE teams across the nation participated. Belmont University from Nashville, Tenn. was crowned the 2010 USA National Exposition Champion.

            SIFE is an international non-profit organization active on over 1,400 university campuses in more than 40 countries. SIFE teams create economic opportunities in their communities by organizing outreach projects that meet market economics, entrepreneurship, personal financial success skills and business ethics criteria. Their projects are judged at competition on creativity, innovation and effectiveness. Approximately 4,000 people attended the National Exposition, including leading business executives who judged the competition.

            During the 2009-2010 academic year, the GSW SIFE team organized 23 projects dealing with teaching and promoting free enterprise at the local, national and international level. The School of Business Advisory Board and partners have been instrumental in providing the support necessary to complete these projects.

            The 2009-2010 GSW SIFE Team at the National Exposition in Minneapolis, Minn.

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