January 19, 2010

BCU SIFE to Host Panel on Global Marketplace

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) will host “Learning’s from the Global Marketplace” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010, in the Saint Francis Center on the Briar Cliff campus.

Featured speakers will be Bob Spears, CEO of InMoTx, and Julian Leopold, Food Sales executive at Leopold Foods. Both companies are headquartered in Dakota Dunes, S.D.

“These business executives are leaders in their respective fields and have a solid understanding of the global marketplace,” said Tammy Landon, a senior business administration and marketing major at Briar Cliff and SIFE project coordinator from Logan, Iowa. “This panel discussion will be a great opportunity for students and community members to gain insight to what it takes for businesses to survive the global marketplace.”

A reception will follow this free public event. For more information, please contact Marilyn Eastman, assistant professor of business and SIFE advisor at BCU, at 279-1799.   

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 28 states.  Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion. For more information, please visit www.briarcliff.edu.

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