Students in Free Enterprise

Get a head start on your professional career.

Beginning fall 2011, SIFE will be offered as a three-credit hour class. Students who do not want to take the course for credit should contact Sherry Shipley, Ph.D., at shipleys@trine.edu or professor Julie Howenstine at howenstinej@trine.edu.

SIFE is a non-profit student organization that focuses on community service through utilizing classroom knowledge to help build success skills, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, business ethics, and market economic knowledge. It helps prepare students for their future careers by involving them in program development as well as organizational financial decisions.

Why join SIFE?

• Fortune 500 company contacts
• Great resume builder
• Internship opportunities
• Leadership skills
• Teamwork skills
• Communication skills
• Analytical skills

What do you learn in SIFE?

• Market Economics
• Success Skills
• Entrepreneurship
• Financial Literacy
• Business Ethics

Click the following links to access a sample of our previous projects:

• 101 Lakes Academy
• Aroma Soy
• Edison Project
• International Pizza
• Thunder Banking

To find out more information:

 - Visit the National SIFE web site: www.sife.org