SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University's Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) took First Runner-up Honors at the National SIFE Competition in Chicago early this month. 

Regional champions for the fifth consecutive year, the BCU SIFE team earned national recognition based on their current projects, which include a training video to be used by SIFE teams worldwide, leadership camp for middle school students, and scholarship program for Tanzanian students, among others.

“This award places Briar Cliff among the Top 40 SIFE teams nationally out of more than 1,500 teams,” said Marilyn Eastman, instructor of business administration and SIFE advisor. “We came back from the competition with exciting ideas for next year and a commitment to excellence in the future.”

SIFE is a non-profit organization that works with business and higher education to assist students in developing leadership, teamwork and communication skills through learning, practicing and teaching the principles of free enterprise.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 26 states and four countries.  Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and prepared for professional success in an environment of care and compassion.