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SIFE heads to Nationals May 11-13

Students In Free Enterprise head to National Competition May 11-13 in Minneapolis. Seven students will give an oral presentation with streaming video as backdrop. The speakers will be Joe Antonacci ’11, Sunny Gill ’10, Kelli Lawrence ’10, Darette Ly ’13, Amanda Marek ’13, Priscilla Martinez ’10 and Peter Zafiropoulous ’11.

View Episode 9 of Mission Coffee Can

Episode 9 debuts today. See SIFE team’s winning presentation at Regional competition, but not without some last-minute technical glitches that threatened success. Check out www.missioncoffeecan.com.

Students prepare for SIFE regionals in Episode 8, move on to nationals

View Episode 8 of the Mission Coffee Can series, which features SIFE students preparing for the April 8 regional competition. Congratulations to the team, which qualified for National Competition in Minneapolis, Minn., May 11-13. During the regional competition, the team gave a 24-minute, three-part presentation to a panel of judges consisting of lower to middle management professionals.

Learn about free trade today March 8 at film screening

Ever wonder what the terms fair trade, free trade and alternative trade really mean and how they differ, if at all? The documentary film “A Culture of Coffee” will help explain and be shown at 4 p.m. Monday, March 8, at the SIFE Alternative Trade Store, 100 E. Jefferson Ave.

Author Neil Gaiman visits with North Central students

A few dozen North Central College students took advantage of a rare opportunity to hear "rock star" author Neil Gaiman ("Coraline," "Stardust") read from his book "American Gods" and answer questions about his Sandman comic series, having his works made into Hollywood movies and collaborating with other artists. Gaiman spoke at the Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) store at 100 E. Jefferson Ave. on Tuesday, Feb. 23, as part of his two-day Naperville Reads series of talks around town.

Log on to missioncoffeecan.com for Feb. 24 premiere

The viral premiere of the Mission Coffee Can series is finally here. Visit www.missioncoffeecan.com on Wednesday, Feb. 24, and view episode one of a video series about North Central Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) who traveled to Guatemala and various U.S. cities to learn about growing and marketing coffee. New five- to 10-minute episodes will be available weekly for 14 weeks. As the students learned about coffee, they learned important lessons about themselves, the coffee community and sustainability.

Log on for Feb. 24 film premiere

Bookmark www.missioncoffeecan.com and mark your calendar for Wednesday, Feb. 24, for the viral premiere of the first of 14 weekly episodes, featuring North Central’s Students In Free Enterprise. Follow their stories as they learn about growing and marketing coffee, the coffee community and sustainability, and important lessons about themselves. The videos are produced by Sinnott Productions and sponsored by Bunn-O-Matic Corporation. Photo: Some of the 13 students featured in the video series, on location in Guatemala.

SIFE students featured in new video series

A group of North Central College students are featured in a new video series about the coffee trade. The Mission Coffee Can series chronicles how North Central College students work with Guatemalan growers to sell their coffee in the United States. The premiere episode of Mission Coffee Can will debut online on Feb. 24. Visit the Mission Coffee Can site to watch a trailer about the series and to learn more about the project and its participants.

SIFE store open weekends

NCC's Best store, operated by members of Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE), is open for business Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The new store location at 100 E. Jefferson Ave. first opened to the public during the December holidays. Its successful run led to the new weekend hours.