Felician College SIFE Team Awarded Trophy for Outreach Projects at Free Enterprise Competition 

Lodi & Rutherford, New Jersey--The Felician College Students in Free  Enterprise (SIFE) Team was awarded a trophy for second runner up in its league when students matched their educational outreach projects against the programs of other SIFE Teams at the 2002 Students in Free Enterprise Regional Competition and Career Opportunity Fair held April 18 in New York City.  Professor Beth Castiglia, advisor for the Felician College SIFE Team, was named a Sam M. Walton Free Enterprise Fellow in recognition of her leadership and support of the SIFE program at Felician College. 

Students in Free Enterprise encourages students to take what they are learning in the classroom, apply it to real-life situations, and use it to better their communities through educational outreach projects.  The projects presented by the Felician College SIFE Team included small business consultations, high school college survival workshops, and pre-school introduction to business presentations.

Teams were judged on the effectiveness of their projects during a 24-minute presentation and were evaluated on creativity and innovation,results of education programs, success in utilizing resources and documentation of activities.  Felician College SIFE students also met with dozens of corporate representatives from the New York City business community to discuss job opportunities.  Regional champions named at twenty-one competitions held around the country will present their projects at the 2002 SIFE USA National Exposition, sponsored by the Kansas City Business Community, May 12-14 in Missouri.  The National Champion in the four-year division will travel to Amsterdam in September to compete at the second annual SIFE World Cup.

Founded in 1975 and active on more than 1,000 college and university campuses in 28 countries, SIFE is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with business and higher education to provide college 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 SIFE World Headquarters in Springfield, Missouri, at 1-800-677-SIFE or Felician College at 201-559-6171.