City University of Seattle Business Students Win Prestigious Regional Competition

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--The student SIFE team from City University of Seattle was named league champion at the 2010 Regional Competition in San Francisco on Tuesday. The team now moves on to the national competition in Minneapolis, MN on May 11. Twenty-three colleges and universities from around the country competed, and CityU of Seattle’s team was named champion along with Washington State University, and placed ahead of San Joaquin Valley College, and the University of Alaska Southeast in its division. The CityU SIFE team is the only Western Washington team to advance to the national competition.

“All of us in the School of Management, as well as the university as a whole, are tremendously proud of the accomplishments of our SIFE team. We celebrate their achievement of becoming regional champions, and wish them continued success at the national competition.”

Kurt D. Kirstein, Ed.D., dean of the School of Management comments, “All of us in the School of Management, as well as the university as a whole, are tremendously proud of the accomplishments of our SIFE team. We celebrate their achievement of becoming regional champions, and wish them continued success at the national competition.”

The diverse CityU SIFE team is comprised of undergraduate and graduate students from Russia, China, Slovakia, United States, and Thailand. During the competition the team presented projects completed throughout the year that focused on children’s education, empowerment of women, and the preservation of the environment. This is the seventh year a CityU SIFE team has competed in the competition.

About City University of Seattle

Founded in 1973 in Seattle, Washington, City University of Seattle is a private, not-for-profit university that has awarded over 45,000 degrees and certificates worldwide. City University of Seattle’s goal is to change lives for good by offering high quality and relevant online and in-class education options to any person in the world with a desire to learn. The university is comprised of The School of Management, The Gordon Albright School of Education, and The Division of Arts and Sciences. Headquartered in the Pacific Northwest, City University of Seattle offers classes at locations throughout Washington, Hawaii, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Slovakia, Greece, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Romania, the Czech Republic, and China.

About SIFE

SIFE is an international non-profit organization that works with leaders in business and higher education to mobilize university students to make a difference in their communities while developing the skills to become socially responsible business leaders. Participating students form teams on their university campuses and apply business concepts to develop outreach projects that improve the quality of life and standard of living for people in need.