= Overview =
[http://www.enactusunitedstates.org/ Enactus] (previously known as Student In Free Enterprise - SIFE) believes investing in students who take entrepreneurial action for others creates a better world for us all. Enactus is an international a nonprofit organization started in 1975 that essentially compiles a network of studentstudents, academic and business and academic leaders committed that aim to using use entrepreneurship to change the power lives of entrepreneurial action people around the world for the better. As a part of Enactus, students travel the world, going to transform lives underprivileged communities and shape inspiring others to be a better more sustainable worldpart of their own success stories by helping them develop business and leadership skills.
Students form teams on their university campus under guidance of a faculty advisor and business experts. These teams plan and work on socio-economic outreach projects while gaining an important perspective and leadership skills. These student groups undertake projects with the goal of improving the quality of life of the community members they work with and creating a path to sustainable human progress. Enactus holds annual competitions on the regional, national, and global scales for student teams to showcase their projects to their peers and be judged by faculty contributors and business professionals.
In addition to students, Enactus holds annual, regionalalso has over 500 corporate, national organization and global competitions individual partners that provide a forum for teams to present their contribute and help make student projects to peers, facutly and business leaderspossible. Enactus also helps businesses by seeking out the best talent for their corporation. Faculty leaders are able to meet and colloborate with other faculty leaders in order to increase entrepreneurship at their university.Student leaders are able to talk and meet with like-minded peers. They are also able to showcase their skills to potential recruiters.
= Purpose =