ENACTUS
(Formally SIFE, Students In Free Enterprise)
We are Regional Champions
April 2013
The Enactus Centenary College team was named Regional Champions at the Enactus United States Regional Competition held in New York City last week. This event is one of 10 Regional Competitions being held across the United States in March and April.
“This is a wonderful accomplishment for our Enactus team,” says Professor Kathy Naasz, Associate Professor of Business at Centenary College and Centenary College Enactus Advisor. “Our students have invested countless hours in their projects. The entire campus community is so pleased that they are being recognized in this manner for their hard work. We look forward to competing at the National level next month!”
Congratulations to this year's Regional Champions! Everyone at Centenary College is so proud of you!
Rebranding; the evolution to ENACTUS.
Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) has revamped their previous name to ENACTUS. In order to reaffirm the organizations long-standing commitment to using entrepreneurial action as a catalyst for progress, the ENACTUS name was chosen. The abbreviated terms of the name are broken down into Entrepreneurial Action Us.
ENtrepreneurial - having the perspective to see an opportunity and talent to create value from that opportunity
ACTion - the willingness to do something and the commitment to see it through even when the outcome is not guaranteed
US - a collection of people who see themselves connected in some important way; individuals that are part of a greater whole
The rebranded ENACTUS organization will strive in expanding the organizations reach and level of impact throughout the world and its members. With the ever growing 57,000 students including the Centenary team, ENACTUS continues to empower students in the betterment of people in need.
What is ENACTUS?
Founded in 1975, originally as SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise), ENACTUS is a non-profit educational organization that works with business and higher education. It provides college students with the leadership experience of establishing a variety of community outreach programs that teach others how market economics and business operate.
ENACTUS business supporters (individuals, corporations, and foundations) provide financial support for ENACTUS competitions, serve as judges and competition coordinators, and provide funds for prize money and trophies awarded to winning teams. By partnering businesses with higher education, ENACTUS creates career building connections between college students and ENACTUS donors.
ENACTUS (SIFE) at Centenary College
For over ten years at Centenary College, more than 1,000 students have participated in ENACTUS (SIFE) projects and presentations. Our team members hail from more than thirty-five countries across five continents, with a range of more than fifteen different majors. Their participation has included the development and implementation of more than 1,000 projects that meet the educational needs surrounding free market economics, skills needed in the global economy, personal financial skills, ethics and sociology.
Centenary College's ENACTUS Team's commitment to social responsibility equates to hundreds of hours spent teaching K-12 classrooms, at community events, and with residents from the Children's Home of Easton. Centenary College has worked with senior citizens in a local retirement and community center and works with other non-profit groups such as the Key Club, Main Street New Jersey, Trust for Historic Preservation, and the Association of Retarded Citizens (ARC).
The Centenary College ENACTUS (SIFE) Team's efforts have been recognized with awards from the Warren County Humanity Commission and the Warren County Department of Economic Development & Tourism.
Enactus Projects
Centenary College Enactus team has established five main group projects. These projects include:
- Green Pledge - empowering college students to make the planet a greener place,
- Hope Leaf Project - in Gupai, Colombia helping artisans to escape poverty by applying new skills to create earth-friendly pendants to sell in the United Stares,
- Next Step - a mentorship program focused on at-risk youth in Newark,
- Turning Pages - helping cancer victims to become inspirational leaders
- You Give Goods - shifting the model for food drives to an online solution.. Each have a unique story to tell and has touched the team in a powerful way. Centenary College Enactus team is here to make a difference and help those who are in need of a helping handroject
- Hope Leaf Project Jewelry
Learn More About ENACTUS at Centenary
Contact Us
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