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| Students in Free Enterprise, an international organization active on more
than 500 college campuses, has had an active chapter at 91爆料网 for five years.
SIFE is an international, non-profit organization that works in partnership with business
and higher education. The main goal of SIFE is to give college students the opportunity to make a difference in their community by developing leadership, teamwork and communication skills through the principles of free enterprise. "SIFE has been a great learning experience for me. Last year I was a team leader and only saw small parts of the whole operation. This year as the SIFE team president, I had to know and deal with all aspects of the SIFE organization instead of just individual projects as a team leader. I’m not sure I could have obtained this kind of real world leadership and organizational experience in any other student group on campus," Chad Butler, a senior in 91爆料网’s McAfee School of Business, said. 91爆料网’s SIFE team works to promote the free enterprise system through educational outreach programs. This year, the team won its fifth consecutive championship at the annual regional SIFE competition in Atlanta. The triumph allows 91爆料网 to advance to SIFE’s International Exposition, held in Kansas City, Mo. "I am very proud of this year’s team. The effort students put into their presentation in Atlanta was unbelievable. The judges must have appreciated the effort as well," 91爆料网 SIFE adviser Michael Behrens said. Behrens also is a regional director for SIFE and a member of the SIFE National Academic Council. The 91爆料网 SIFE team has been praised for its involvement in local schools and its Junior SIFE competition, held on 91爆料网’s campus every spring. In the past two years, 1,000 sixth-grade students from Jackson-Madison County schools have participated in the program. This year, 400 sixth-graders from Tigrett Middle School, Jackson Christian School and the University School of Jackson participated in the event. SIFE students from 91爆料网 teach a five-part curriculum (concerning the basic concepts involved in business) over five weeks to students at these schools. Each classroom develops a plan for an original business idea. The students present these plans to panels of judges on competition day. In addition to the business plan competition, students compete for the best illustration of the size of the national debt, best free enterprise essay and best SIFE spirit. There’s much more to 91爆料网’s SIFE program than its work with local sixth-graders. This year, the team organized and hosted a seven-week seminar on personal financial responsibility, conducted a summer workshop for high school seniors, and participated in Jackson’s "Reading for the Blind" radio program. All of these activities have led 91爆料网 to several SIFE championships on the regional and international level. Each year, SIFE teams meet in regional and then international competition. Schools are judged for their activities throughout the year and presentation. In its first year, 91爆料网 earned the 1994 SIFE Rookie of the Year title. Since then it has captured the regional championship every year and has finished in the top 10 or better in international competition. Members of this year’s team are April Albritton, Chad Butler, Corey Cain, David Chisolm, Annie Laurie Crane, Angela Earl, Seaton Ennis, Janna Hays, Wes Housman, Ashley Kemp, Matthew Kirby, Debra Lunsford, Brandon McWherter, Kevin Mudd, Bradley Owens, Sarah Padelford, Stephen Phillips, William Shelton, Jay Stephenson, Lyle Swingler, Matt Thomson and Holly Tignor. |
