CHARLOTTE, NC – The Ferrum
College SIFE Team matched its educational outreach projects against
other SIFE Teams at the 2004 Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) Regional
Competition and Career Opportunity Fair April 5, 2004 in Charlotte,
NC. A panel of judges honored Ferrum College SIFE with the regional
champion award for the 15th straight year, allowing the team to advance
to the SIFE USA National Exposition, hosted by the Kansas City Business
Community May 23-25.
Students In Free Enterprise encourages
students to take what they are learning in the classroom and apply it
to real-life situations, using their knowledge to better their communities
through educational outreach projects. Ferrum College SIFE touched the
Franklin County community this year in several ways, including the Career
Services Professional Protocol Dinner for Seniors (for photos see the
following site:
http://www.ferrum.edu/news/2004Spring/protocol.htm
At competition, teams are judged on how well their projects taught others
the principles of free enterprise.
The Ferrum Students who competed are:
Jenna Nau, Senior, Business Management Major, Psychology Minor from
Kennedyville, MD; John Gelpi. Freshman, Business Administration and
Computer Science Major from Floyd, VA; Katie Ingram, Freshman, Business
Administration Major from Henry, VA; Melvin Wooden, Senior, Information
Systems Major from Woodbridge, VA; Neil Hobson, Junior, Computer Science
Major from Belfast, Ireland; Mark Armentrout, Senior, Sports Management
Major from Harrisonburg, VA; and Twyla Stephen, Senior, Accounting Major
from Hampton, VA.
Founded in 1975 and active on more than
1500 college and university campuses in 37 countries, SIFE is a non-profit
organization that works in partnership with business and higher education
to provide students the opportunity to make a difference and to develop
leadership, teamwork and communication skills through learning, practicing
and teaching the principles of free enterprise. For more information,
contact Delia Heck at (540) 365-4323 Michelle West, Director of Public
& Media Relations, SIFE World Headquarters at (417) 575-3517, or
visit www.SIFE.org.
Ferrum College is a four-year, private,
co-educational, liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist
Church. Ferrum offers a choice of nationally recognized bachelor’s degree
programs at a cost well below the national average for private colleges.
For more information on Ferrum, visit www.ferrum.edu.
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