Oct. 11, 2010

BCU SIFE to Host Discussion on Global Marketplace

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) will host the discussion “Learnings from the Global Marketplace” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010, in the Saint Francis Center on the Briar Cliff campus.

The featured speaker at the event will be Robert Hwang, CEO and founder of Heritage Pork International in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa.

“Hwang is a leader in his field and has a solid understanding of the global marketplace,” said Jordan Hohenstein, a senior mass communication major at Briar Cliff and SIFE co-president. “This 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 1,150 students from 29 states and 11 other countries. Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care, compassion and service. For more information, please visit briarcliff.edu.