Business Students Shine In Regional Competition

Metro State's Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) team took home a second runner-up trophy at the regional competition earlier this month in which 23 schools competed. Team members were from the Finance, Marketing and Management departments. SIFE, a national organization promoting free enterprise to improve the quality of life and standard of living around the world, was organized on campus last fall after a two-year hiatus.

Kenneth Huggins, chair of the Finance Department, is the faculty advisor, known as a Sam M. Walton Free Enterprise Fellow in the organization. For the competition, each team delivers a presentation on projects they have been involved in during the school year. Huggins said the Metro State students tackled several projects, including a pen-pal relationship with elementary school students in South America and a world hunger bank to illustrate the economic disparity among countries. For the hunger bank, students and faculty were invited to a dinner, and depending upon which country they "represented," dined while sitting on the floor or were seated at a nicely set table.

SIFE provides students an excellent way to gain experience and exposure with major companies, Huggins believes. "The companies that support SIFE hire students from SIFE," Huggins said.
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