{"id":1407,"date":"2010-04-07T16:14:32","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T21:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2010-04-07T16:14:32","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T21:14:32","slug":"sife-wins-regionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2010\/sife-wins-regionals\/","title":{"rendered":"SIFE team wins regional competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pictured are: (back row, from left) Dr. James Clark; Chetan Lama; Samantha McKinnon; Anna Buck; Mark Lherisson; Samantha Maloch; David Bragg; Megan Kelley; Josh Warren; Kayla Wright; Theodore Shoemaker; Paige Pinson; Mykolas Sakevicius; Caylie Covas; Bradley Owens; (front row, from left) Ashford Brunson; Heather McLeckie; Valerie Smith; Weston Wright; Jonathan Hale; Scott Hinton; Krystal Groves; and Amber Amonette <\/p><\/div>\n

MAGNOLIA \u2014 Southern Arkansas University\u2019s Students In Free Enterprise presentation team won first place at SIFE regional competition on March 30 in Dallas.<\/p>\n

The competition called for a 24-minute audio\/visual presentation which highlighted projects SIFE conducted throughout the year. The presentation must correspond to a six-page annual report.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was very exciting to see all of our hard work pay off this year,\u201d said senior Krystal Groves.\u00a0 \u201cI am proud to be able to represent SIFE\/SAU at SIFE nationals.\u201d<\/p>\n

SIFE presentation team members include Amber Amonette, a senior from Mineral Springs, Ashford Drunson, a freshman from Hot Springs, Krystal Groves, a senior from Warren, Scott Hinton, a senior from Stamps, Valerie Smith, a freshman from Junction City, Weston Wright, a senior from Smackover, and Heather McLeckie, a senior from Omaha, Texas.<\/p>\n

The SIFE team from SAU competed against teams from Cameron University, Lubbock Christian University, Pittsburg State University, Texas A&M International University and Oklahoma City Community College.\u00a0 A total of 44 teams were at the competition, and 12 regional SIFE competitions were held throughout the country.<\/p>\n

Teams that placed at the regional competition are able to compete at the national level.\u00a0 The national competition will be held in Minneapolis, Minn., \u00a0May 11-13.<\/p>\n

Team member Scott Hinton said, \u201cAll students who participated considered it to be a very gratifying experience. We feel confident we will perform well at nationals. Our team is a dynamic group and we are on top of our game.\u201d<\/p>\n

SIFE will be holding various fundraisers to raise money to attend the national competition.\u00a0 Members will sell Southern Arkansas University diploma frames and will hold a Schwan\u2019s Foods fundraiser.<\/p>\n

For more information on SIFE, contact Dr. James Clark at (870) 235-4313 or by e-mail at jwclark@saumag.edu<\/a>.\u00a0 If you are interested in buying a diploma frame, contact Hinton at (870) 299-2819.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MAGNOLIA \u2014 Southern Arkansas University\u2019s Students In Free Enterprise presentation team won first place at SIFE regional competition on March 30 in Dallas. The competition called for a 24-minute audio\/visual presentation which highlighted projects SIFE conducted throughout the year. The presentation must correspond to a six-page annual report. \u201cIt was very exciting to see all… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":1408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-college-of-business","8":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}