MTSU Enactus Team Named Regional Champions

Congratulations to MTSU's Enactus team members, named Regional Champions in Atlanta competition April 2. They will compete in May at the national competition in Kansas City.

Students on the Enactus team are: Eric Brinson, Jijin Deng, Ashley Garth, Sarah Hamilton, Rajan Khurana, Brittany Page, Raquel Pulecio, Jessica Scott, Wykeesha Sims, and Eric Wedgworth.

Laura Buckner and Jean Wilson (Management and Marketing) are faculty sponsors. 

Enactus was formerly named SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise). The name change highlights its longstanding commitment to using entrepreneurial actual as a catalyst for progress. 

Journey Home Benefit DInner Ticket Sales

Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) members are selling tickets for a benefit dinner for the Journey Home's garden. The Journey Home is a Christian Outreach Center for the homeless and at-risk individuals and families in Rutherford County. The class goal is to sell 540 tickets at $7 per ticket; if they make that goal, Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial will match up to $2,500. The class should be able to turn over a check to the garden for over $6,000 to purchase some much needed equipment.

The event will be held on Friday, November 9, at Stones River Country Club. There will be two seatings: one from 4:30 to 6 p.m. and one from 6:30 to 8 pm. The spaghetti sauce, noodles, and Alfredo sauce are being provided by Demos. The ticket price also includes rolls or bread sticks, salad, dessert, coffee, tea, or water.  One hundred percent of the ticket price goes to the garden. Scott Foster, Executive Director of the Journey Home, will be giving a short presentation on the panhandling issue at both dinners as will Brad Blomgren from Way of Hope.

Students from Siegel High School's Key Club will also be working that time to help the SIFE students serve the patrons.

For more information, contact Jean Wilson.

Culture Fest 2012

Culture Fest 2012 is an opportunity to tour the world and never leave home! Exhibits from more than 40 countries, interactive activities, entertainment, informational booths, and food will delight the senses and expand your world view. Coordinated by Students in Free Enterprise, this MTSU student-created event is free and open to all ages.

Come celebrate the richness of our community’s diversity and have fun!

• Thursday, November 15 
• new MTSU Student Center ballroom
• 6 to 9 p.m.

For more information, contact Jean Wilson:

• jean.wilson@mtsu.edu 
• 615-898-2436

Gift Basket Silent Auction to Benefit Journey Home

SIFE chapter members (Students in Free Enterprise) and MTSU’s Senior Seminar students invite the Jones College of Business faculty and staff to a silent auction Thursday, March 15, from 4 to 6 p.m. and Friday, March 16, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the SunTrust Room, BAS N127. Those wishing to participate can show up any time during those hours to place bids.

Items to be auctioned include 25 baskets based on themes and filled with an assortment of goodies that would make great gifts. All proceeds will benefit the Journey Home, a locally owned and operated non-profit organization that operates “2 Acres of Hope,” a garden that provides fresh produce during the warmer months to less fortunate and at-risk individuals in the Murfreesboro community.

News from Management and Marketing

Regional Competition
Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) members are preparing for a SIFE Regional Competition in Atlanta on April 2. They will be competing on two projects: Culture Fest and 2 Acres of Hope.

Career Networking Fair
The MTSU Department of Management and Marketing is hosting a career fair called  “BEST” (Business Exchange for Student Talent) on Wednesday, March 28, in the Tom Jackson building. Local employers have been invited to network with MTSU students interested in pursuing careers and internships in marketing and management. Department faculty will host a lunch with the employers at noon, and the career fair will run from 1 to 4 p.m.

Wellness Festival at Local Elementary Schools
Jean Wilson's Managerial Decision Making EXL class and SIFE team members will host a Family Wellness Festival for Hobgood Elementary and Bradley Academy students and their families on Friday, April 13,  from 4 to 6 p.m. at Hobgood Elementary. The EXL/SIFE students will partner with local health care professionals, food vendors, and MTSU athletic teams to create a festival where the elementary students can learn about proper nutrition and exercise through hands-on activities and booths. The class wrote a grant and was awarded $2000 from the MTSU Public Service Grant Committee to help implement the plans.

Community Garden
During Earth day weekend, Saturday, April 21, beginning at 8 a.m., two of Jean Wilson's Senior Seminar EXL classes and SIFE team members will work on the Journey Home Community Garden, "2 Acres of Hope," at 2811 Barfield Road in Murfreesboro. They will build a storage shed, install shelving in the greenhouse they built last year, plant a few rows in the garden, and construct a water system that will pump water from the Stones River as the main water source for the garden. The team was selected as a recipient of a $2000 grant from Lowe's. About 55 MTSU students will be working alongside local Lowe's employees.

Mock Interviews
Jean Wilson's Senior Seminar students will practice their interviewing skills in front of a panel of local employers at the Foundation House on April 27, April 30, and May 1.

Culture Fest 2011

MTSU Culture Fest 2011 is November 10, 6-9 p.m. in the Tennessee Room of the James Union Building.

The event, planned by Jean Wilson's Senior Seminar Class (Management and Marketing), promotes cultural awareness and acceptance.