Drury SIFE World Cup competition begins in New York

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Drury University will defend its Stu-dents in Free Enterprise World Cup Champion title April 8 in New York City. |ret||ret||tab|

The regional competition pits SIFE teams from more than 20 colleges, with the winners advancing to the 2002 SIFE USA National Exposition May 12-14 in Kansas City.|ret||ret||tab|

SIFE encourages students to apply classroom lessons to real-life situations through well-designed projects. Many of the projects are educational outreach oriented.|ret||ret||tab|

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DU SIFE's 34 members will present the top 10 projects of the 2001-2002 school year, highlighted by YEA!, an online resource center for teachers; and Smal-Mart, a campus convenience store operated by SIFE students.|ret||ret||tab|

Another project, "Diversity Univer-sity," teaches fourth graders the importance of international business practices.|ret||ret||tab|

Teams are judged on project effectiveness during a 24-minute presentation. The judging criteria are creativity and innovation, results of education programs, success in utilizing resources, and documentation of activities.|ret||ret||tab|

The 21 regional champs will advance to the second annual SIFE World Cup in Amsterdam this September.|ret||ret||tab|

Drury's SIFE team was named the first SIFE international champion.|ret||ret||tab|

"Having had the pleasure last year of winning the World Championship in London, I am confident we will do fine in New York City," said Robert Wyatt, PhD, an adviser for Drury's team.|ret||ret||tab|

Wyatt and Charles Taylor, PhD, serve as team advisers and both were named Sam W. Walton Free Enterprise Fellows in recognition of their leadership and support of Drury's SIFE program.|ret||ret||tab|

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Career opportunities|ret||ret||tab|

A SIFE Career Opportunity Fair coincides with the competition. The fair will enable Drury students to discuss career and internship opportunities with corporate representatives from New York's business community.|ret||ret||tab|

Founded in 1975 and active on more than 1,000 college and university campuses in 28 countries, SIFE is a nonprofit organization working in partnership with business and higher education to develop students' leadership, teamwork and communication skills through learning, practicing and teaching the principles of free enterprise. Springfield is SIFE World Headquarters.[[In-content Ad]]