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Mount Mercy College’s SIFE Team to Host Entrepreneur
Day Camp
CEDAR
RAPIDS, Iowa (February 21, 2008) – Mount Mercy College’s
Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team will host an Entrepreneur
Day Camp for local area 5th grade students on Saturday, February
23 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Flaherty Community Room in Basile
Hall on the Mount Mercy campus.
Students from
Arthur Elementary School, Erskine Elementary School, Prairie Crest
Elementary School, Prairie Heights Elementary School and Prairie
Ridge Elementary School have been invited to take part in the
Entrepreneur Day Camp. During the course of the day the students
will hear from several business professionals regarding what an
entrepreneur is, what is involved in starting a business, start-up
business expenses, budgeting, people skills and leadership, and
advertising. Students will form teams, develop a business idea,
divide management/leadership responsibilities among members of
their team, develop a budget and determine where to spend the
“money” they have to start their business, and make
their own “TV commercial” to advertise their business,
product or service.
Community
members working with the students throughout the day include Julie
Hardin, owner of Jule's Bakery; Tony Dickinson, Manager, Cross-Sell
Programs Wells Fargo Financial Retail Services; Kevin King, Market
Manager of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage; and Steve Merrick, Director
of Business Development from Metro Studios.
SIFE, the
largest student organization in the world, provides students the
opportunity to make a difference by developing leadership skills
through learning, practicing, and teaching the principles of the
free enterprise system. During the 2006-07 school year the Mount
Mercy SIFE team completed 47 service projects, volunteered more
than 2,050 hours and taught more than 6,719 people free enterprise
principles and the skills necessary to be successful in the global
marketplace. The students worked with several elementary, middle
and high schools, children of all age groups, seniors, and community
organizations in Cedar Rapids and surrounding communities.
Located in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa Mount Mercy College is a Catholic College providing
student-focused baccalaureate education in the spirit of the Sisters
of Mercy.
Contacts:
Stacey Jones, Assistant Director of Marketing
(319) 368-6475, sjones@mtmercy.edu
Molly Altorfer, Director of Communications and Marketing
(319) 368-6475, maltorfer@mtmercy.edu
