Infusion of Two Projects

We are planning on infusing two of the longest running projects that we have. The Barter Game and Cheat Your Neighbor Cheat Yourself (CYNCY) are very important projects. The Barter Game teaches students market economics and the importance of free markets through a hands-on activity that involves trading resources with other students in order to get the materials needed to build a candy airplane. CYNCY teaches students through fun worksheets that stealing and cheating hurt everyone including them. By adding the fun and excitement of the Barter Game to the life lessons of CYNCY and pooling the two projects resources together, we will have an even greater impact.

Second Chance

Second Chance is a project under the Community Impact branch. It is a workshop program that is designed to teach adults the fundamentals of financial management. On March 12th, Second Chance went into the Christian Center Rescue Mission (CCRM) to work with adult males willing to learn. This first workshop covered the basics of planning, setting goals, and budgeting. At the end of the session, it was apparent that this material was very needed, but some of the men seemed at times to have more debt or expenses then income. Yes, budgeting is fundamental to stable finances, but if you do not have the skills to go out and make an income then budgeting does not seem practical to help your current position. So, we opened up the last part of the workshop to hear what really would be beneficial for these men. In almost all of the men's goals was the desire to obtain a college education. These men desire to learn how to get the funding need to pay for college and get the skills needed to succeed. This is where SIFE is made great. We have projects that are able to change and adapt to the needs of those we wish and do impact. Our next workshop will be completely devoted to the steps and resources needed to secure college funding.

Flagship Enterprise Center Consulting Services Showcase

Five Flagship Enterprise Center firms and Anderson University Students in Free Enterprise will celebrate their work with twenty-five students at the Flagship Enterprise Center Consulting Services Showcase on Thursday March 12, 2009 at 5:30PM. The event will be held in Reardon Auditorium where five teams of five students will present the consulting work they have performed to a panel of business and community leaders.

“This event will serve as a capstone to the marketing, accounting, and website development projects that our students have completed,” says Bethany Masters, SIFE Vice President of Entrepreneurial Impact. “This program is beneficial to the students because they are able to pair practical experience with their classroom learning.” The program has been in existence for five years and has impacted a total of twenty-four firms in the Madison County area.

Flagship clients involved in the Showcase include Community Networks, Global Student Solutions, ID Graphics, Point of Service Technologies, and SecureWebManagers. These firms were chosen to participate in the program because of their willingness to work with students and their potential for success in their business.

Community Networks is a company that provides a link between advertisers and companies looking to use digital signage for promotion. Second, Global Student Solutions works to set up a support system to serve and equip international students during their time in the United States. Point of Service Technologies offers a unique drug testing system to provide a quick, accurate, and cost effective way to determine if a patient is using illegal or prescription drugs . SecureWebManager, LLC and owner Mike Kovaleski have developed a state-of-the-art system to provide a more secure way for users to manage log-in names and passwords for the various internet services they use. Finally, screen-printing company ID Graphics will be utilizing SIFE’s consulting talents for the second year in a row.

This event is open to the public. For more information or to RSVP, contact Bethany Masters at bfmasters@anderson.edu or visit sife.anderson.edu/showcase for more information.