Findlay, Ohio - The University of Findlay’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Team won the title of USA SIFE Regional Champion at a competition held in Chicago, Ill., last week.

The team will go on to compete at the USA National Exposition in Kansas City, Mo., May 21-23. At that event, approximately 180 teams from across the nation also will compete.

SIFE is a non-profit organization active on more than 1,600 college and university campuses in 40 countries.

Members of the UF competition team were Melanie Bieber, a sophomore marketing and business management major; Pete Dalpiaz, a sophomore law and the liberal arts and finance major; Karl Forsthoefel, a senior economics major; Carla Groves, a junior marketing and finance major; Shannon Lussier, a freshman accounting major; and Erica Rife, a junior business management and business administration major.

Greg Arburn, Ph.D., assistant professor of economics and finance, is the SIFE adviser.