The Chicago conference was a blast! The two sections, one for new members and one for veteran members, were very beneficial to the team.  Some of the things I learned were: there are many helpful tools on sife.org how to raise team sustainability ways to have an active business advisory board (BAB) that our SMSU SIFE team has a presents We were the SIFE team that had the most members present at...

WOW!! Didn’t September go by fast?! It is now starting to feel like Winter. What happened to Fall? Our weekly SIFE meetings have been going GREAT!! New people have been coming every week! Thanks! Business Ethics is working on a revolutionary new project! Its innovation could lead us to the World Cup in Los Angeles, CA this year. No other SIFE team in the country has done a project like this before. What...

The Village, which is home to the Marshall Clarkfield Outdoors clothing outlet is proud to announce 10 winners from the homecoming raffle this weekend!  Participants purchased $1.00 tickets that will go to SMSU Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) to fund projects that help our community, businesses, and individuals seeking success! Each winner gets to pick an item of their choice from the entire store! Vito...

We have been fixing up the CAC/GXG curriculum to make it easier to teach and more interesting to other SIFE teams to participate. Overall, we have many small areas that need a members who can do them and/or watch over those parts. The very first thing we want to do is find places to sell the cards. These places do not have to be just in Marshall. If we don’t sell the cards, no one will benefit. We...

A group of our members in Philly! The phrase “strength in numbers” definitely applies to an organization like SMSU SIFE. It is a joy to watch individual strengths work together in harmony to create something great. When individual strengths complement each other, it is incredible what can be accomplished. The culture of SMSU SIFE is one where extremely talented people create something individually...

Order quality apparel now! Did you know SMSU SIFE’s The Village now also offers custom screenprinting?  Many of our customers are actually not aware that we offer this magnificent and very competitively priced service! Even with many of our customers not yet knowing about this service, we have managed to find quite a number of orders and managed to break even with Village Apparel within six...

Rachel, Heather and Jeana in Philly! I am excited to promote our team going to the SIFE training conference in Chicago, where we will learn how to become an even more sustainable SIFE team!  I am looking forward to the team building opportunity and networking with other SIFE teams around the Midwest/Great Lakes area. My excitement comes from my many great experiences with SMSU SIFE.  I’ll start...