April 13, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Norm Borin
(805) 756-1762
Cal Poly Business Students Earn Third Straight
SIFE Regional Champion Title
SAN LUIS OBISPO -Orfalea College of Business Students in Free Enterprise
(SIFE) members recently earned a Regional Champion title for the
third straight year. The club also won five special topic awards,
at a regional SIFE conference in Long Beach .
The
team beat competitors from Cal State Bakersfield, University of
Arizona , Pepperdine University and others to advance to the 2006
SIFE U.S.A. National Exposition, May 21-23 in Kansas City , Missouri
. There, they will compete against other regional champions from
across the country.
Cal Poly's team gave a 30-minute oral presentation with a multimedia
production. They were judged based on their presentation, a written
annual report, and a portfolio of service projects. Their projects
consisted of a year-long program of educational and outreach activities
that included the Ray Scherr Business Plan Competition; "The Bottom
Line," a business ethics column; and a series of personal finance
workshops for both high school and college students.
This year's SIFE team included Breanna Wigle, Carpinteri a; Vanessa
Slavich, Rocklin ; Anh Doan, San Jose ; Andrew Lui, Union City ;
Chris Kopack, Paso Robles ; and Jennette Ballas, Anaheim .
The team's advisors are Professors Norm Borin and Sharon Dobson.
For more information about SIFE, please visit http://clubs.cob.calpoly.edu/~sife/
.
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