KSU Students in Free Enterprise Honored
The Kennesaw State University Students in Free Enterprise team won more than $10‚000 at the…
Georgia (May 21, 2002) — KSU Students in Free Enterprise Honored
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Abstract
The Kennesaw State University Students in Free Enterprise team won more than $10‚000
at the National Exposition held in Kansas City‚ May 12−15. No other SIFE team in the
country won as many prizes or as much prize money as the KSU SIFE team.
In the words of Alvin Rohrs‚ President and CEO of Students in Free Enterprise‚ "Kennesaw
State's SIFE Team dominated the special competitions this year!"
In special competitions against 750 other SIFE teams around the country‚ the KSU SIFE
Team won second place in two of the competitions: the "Discover Card National Teach
a Child About Business Week" and the "AT&T Best Use of the Internet for K−12." The
team was a third−place winner in another two competitions: "SIFE Credit Awareness
Week" and the Kaufmann Foundation's Entrepreneurial Assistance Project.
Two of the projects — Teach a Child About Business and the Kaufmann Foundation Award
— involved working with Belmont Hills Elementary School in Smyrna to open a school
store. The AT&T project was honored for two Web sites developed to help Boy Scouts
earn the Entrepreneurship Merit Badge and the American Business Merit Badge. Those
sites are: http://coles.kennesaw.edu/pages/sife/entrepreneurshipmb/ and http://coles.kennesaw.edu/pages/sife/americanbusinessmb/ .
Gary B. Roberts‚ professor of management and entrepreneurship‚ is the team's Sam Walton
Free Enterprise Fellow and team advisor. The Kennesaw Business Association and the
Acworth Business Association serve as the KSU SIFE Team's Board of Advisors. The team's
web page is at http://coles.kennesaw.edu/pages/sife.
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Kennesaw State University‚ a progressive‚ comprehensive institution with a growing
student population of 14‚100‚ offers more than 50 degree programs. Out of 34 institutions‚
KSU is the sixth largest in the University System of Georgia.
A leader in innovative teaching and learning, Kennesaw State University offers more than 150 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees to its approximately 41,000 students. With 11 colleges on two metro Atlanta campuses, Kennesaw State is a member of the University System of Georgia and the third-largest university in the state. The university’s vibrant campus culture, diverse population, strong global ties and entrepreneurial spirit draw students from throughout the region and from 92 countries across the globe. Kennesaw State is a Carnegie-designated doctoral research institution (R2), placing it among an elite group of only 6 percent of U.S. colleges and universities with an R1 or R2 status, and one of the 50 largest public institutions in the country. For more information, visit kennesaw.edu.
