April 25, 2013 COPY BY: Rana McDonald, 806-651-2129, rmcdonald@wtamu.edu WTAMU’s Enactus Team Qualifies for Nationals after Regional Championship SIFE team takes new name, continues winning tradition CANYON, Texas—West Texas A&M University’s Enactus, formerly known as SIFE or Students in Free Enterprise, will advance to national competition after winning a regional championship April 10 at Dallas. The win marks the team’s 19th consecutive regional championship. SIFE has been a student organization in WTAMU’s College of Business since 1994. The WTAMU team is one of more than 1,600 teams on college campuses in 37 countries around the world. Jean Walker, Miller Professor of Entrepreneurship, has been the organization’s adviser since its 1994 founding on the WTAMU campus. As the organization has grown worldwide and focused on the empowering force of entrepreneurship to change the world, the name change from Students in Free Enterprise to Enactus embodies that spirit of entrepreneurial action. The free enterprise mission is the same, but the name has been changed. “The name change has been difficult for those of us, particularly alumni, who have been such an important part of the WT SIFE tradition, but it truly is a change in name only,” Walker said. “The traditions of SIFE will carry on into Enactus.” The Enactus team will showcase its projects in a multimedia presentation for judges at the Enactus USA National Competition May 21-23 in Kansas City, Mo. Speakers on the presentation team include Emilee Cavaness, Justin Lawlis, Laura Beth Hallman, Juan Ramirez, Blake Boone, Manuel Garcia, Angelica Pallares, and Mary Dittfurth. Enactus team members representing WTAMU at Regional Competition are listed by hometown and major. Amarillo John Baker, economics major Emilee Cavaness, accounting major Mary Dittfurth, management major Adriana Gallegos, accounting major Manuel Garcia, finance major Justin Lawlis, computer information systems major Ignacio Mares, psychology major Angelica Pallares, graduate student in accounting Ryan Pinkert, economics major Ana Ramirez, MBA student Juan Ramirez, engineering major Luis Rodriguez, management major Bethany Wilcox, entrepreneurship major Nathan Woodard, computer information systems major Childress Cecelia Dominguez, management major Cleburne Laura Beth Hallman, graduate student in finance and economics Clovis, N.M. Sarah Sabins, management major Dimmitt Cynthia Prieto, management major Indonesia Randi Ferdian, computer information systems major Karaganda, Kazakhstan Vitaliy Skorodziyevskiy, international business major Los Angeles, Calif. Juan Vargas, finance major Lubbock Brittany Smith, general business major Montgomery, Ala. Dayren Tolliver, finance major Pampa Noemi Salazar, finance major Plainview Chance Autry, business education major Philadelphia, Pa. Dana Versmessen, international business major Vernon Blake Boone, communication studies major Vietnam Tam Dao, accounting major Kristen Le, mass communication major Steve Le, accounting major Nhan Tran, MBA student Wellington Rudy Cantu, management major Greg Moreno, accounting major Wheeler Elizabeth Castillo, accounting major Wray, Colo. Ashley Peterson, finance major Wylie Caity Kenny, international business major —WTAMU— |
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