Over 150 SIFE teams from across the nation competed May 6-8, 2007 at the SIFE USA National Exposition after winning in their respective regional competitions.

SIFE teams are invited to showcase the effect of their outreach projects at annual competitions judged by panels of business leaders.  Teams describe the impact made in their communities about six educational topics:  market economics, success skills, entrepreneurship, financial literary, business ethics and team sustainability.

Two areas of judging take place.  The first area involves the judging of project content and a panel of corporate judges read executive summaries describing those projects.  Texas State continues to do well in this area, placing in the top twenty in five of the six content areas.  In the final round, Texas Stated placed 2nd in both the HSBC Financial Literacy Competition and the GE Consumer Products Program Sustainability Competition.  The team was in the top three money-winning teams at the U.S. national competition in the content area.  In the audio-visual portion of the judging, LaSierra University won 1st place, University of Arizona won 2nd place, followed by Drury University and Heritage University. 

In addition to competition, Texas State SIFE students had the opportunity to interview for jobs and internships from Fortune 500 companies, many receiving multiple offers.  The Texas State students have had a great deal of success at the national career fair and more than 50 former students are employed throughout the country as a result of their involvement with the organization. 
 
The President of Texas State SIFE, Miss Ashley Braine, passed the gavel to Miss Angela Bertero, President-elect for fall, 2007.  The presentation team captain was Ms. Brittany Fielder, who will continue in that role for the upcoming year.  The other members of the presentation team were:  DeChella Rice, Phillip Moreno, Katherine Contreras and Erin McDonnell.  Mrs. Vicki West has served as the Sam Walton Fellow for the team since the 1996-97 academic year. 

For more information, contact either Vicki West at 512-245-3224 or vw03@txstate.edu.
The national organization website is:  www.sife.org and the website for Texas State SIFE is:  www.business.txstate.edu/sife.