Free Enterprise Team Takes First in Missouri Contest

Truman’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) organization was named a SIFE USA Regional Champion at the overall competition in St. Louis, April 7.

The team won numerous distinctions after presenting a report of their yearlong community outreach projects to a panel of business leaders.

Among the awards, they were named a finalist in the SIFE USA National Free Market Economics Competition sponsored by Aflac; a finalist in the SIFE Entrepreneurship Competition sponsored by Sam’s Club, a finalist in the HSBC Education Trust and the Corporate, Investment Banking and Markets Division of HSBC; and a finalist in the SIFE USA National Personal Financial Success Skills Competition.

The team now will advance to the national level of SIFE competition at the SIFE USA National Exposition May 22-24, in Kansas City, Mo.

SIFE is an international, professional and service organization that allows members to develop leadership, teamwork and communication skills through learning, practicing and teaching the practices of free enterprise.