City University Business Students Win Prestigious Regional Competition; Students In Free Enterprise Team Wins Regional Competition, Heads to Nationals

Business Wire, April 18, 2006

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- The student SIFE team from Bellevue-based City University was the overall league champion, and walked away with first place in five of the six categories at the regional SIFE competition held recently in Seattle, Wash. City University's team placed ahead of past champion Washington State University, and other institutions such as Montana State University, Eastern Oregon University, and Concordia University, Portland, Ore. The City University SIFE team will be the only Western Washington team to advance to the national competition, May 21, 2006, in Kansas City, MO.

Dr. Thomas Dukes, Dean of the School of Management, comments, "SIFE provides an opportunity for students of all backgrounds to make a real difference in the lives of others." Dukes continues, "The combination of internal support from an academic environment, and external support from community business leaders, allows the students to apply real world business applications to their projects."

Bryan Tomlinson, Director, English Language Programs and Latin American, City University adds, "The diversity of their skills and backgrounds is unparalleled nationally, which is their greatest strength."

The diverse SIFE team is comprised of undergraduate juniors and seniors, and first and second year graduate students from Chili, Japan, Columbia, Bulgaria, Venezuela, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Mexico. During the competition, the team presented projects completed throughout the year in Bulgaria, India, Mexico and Washington State. This is the third year a City University SIFE team has competed in the competition.

About SIFE:

Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) is a global, non-profit organization that is changing the world through highly dedicated student teams on more than 1600 university campuses in 40 countries. SIFE offers students the opportunity to develop leadership, teamwork and communication skills through learning, practicing and teaching the principles of free enterprise, thereby improving the standard of living for millions in the process. Guided by faculty advisors and supported by businesses around the globe, SIFE teams teach important concepts through educational outreach projects, including market economics, entrepreneurship, personal and financial success, and business ethics to better themselves, their communities and their countries.

About City University:

City University is a private not-for-profit institution with three schools fully accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities: The School of Management, The Gordon Albright School of Education, and The School of Arts and Sciences. With over 12,000 students and 39,000 alumni worldwide, City University is located in the Pacific Northwest with classes offered at locations throughout Washington, Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, Slovakia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, the Czech Republic, and China.