CityU SIFE Team
CityU SIFE Team
Team competes in national competition in Minneapolis
The CityU Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team competed for the national title at the organization’s annual competition in Minneapolis last month. Although they didn’t win, the team was one of 169 student groups that ventured to the area to claim the coveted award.
At the competition, the CityU SIFE team proudly presented their projects completed over the past year and recovered valiantly after experiencing technical difficulties with their video presentation, according to Corrine Holden, CityU’s SIFE team advisor.
Following the video, the judges allowed the group an opportunity to further explain their projects, which included a canned food drive and fundraiser for a girls school in Rwanda, Africa.
Although the team didn’t advance to the next round, they stayed to watch the final competition where Belmont University (Nashville, Tennessee) earned the first place award. Information on the winners can be found by visiting http://www.sife.org/usacompetitions/expoResults.asp
Holden said the CityU team celebrated their success with a night on the town and appeared focused on their overall achievement of reaching SIFE’s national stage inside the city’s convention center.
“The energy in this place is unbelievable,” said Holden as she waited for the final results of the competition last month. “They’ve (team members) certainly made us proud across the board.”
