7/5/01

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Alvin Rohrs, president & CEO, SIFE, (800) 235-9585

Mohammed Rawwas, associate professor, marketing, (319) 273-6946

Stacey Christensen, University Marketing and Public Relations, (319) 273-2761

CEDAR FALLS, IA -- Mohammed Rawwas, UNI associate professor of marketing, has been named a "Sam M. Walton Free Enterprise Fellow" by the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team at the University of Northern Iowa.

SIFE, a non-profit organization founded in 1975, works with business and higher education to provide college students the opportunity to develop leadership, teamwork and communication skills through learning the principles of free enterprise. The fellowship, created in 1990 by the Wal-Mart Foundation, is named for Samuel More Walton, founder and Chairman of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Rawwas received the honor for his support of the UNI SIFE Team.

According to Alvin Rohrs, president and CEO of SIFE, "With SIFE Teams on more than 1,000 college campuses in 20 countries, Sam Walton Fellows are among the world's most effective teachers of enterprise." The University of Northern Iowa SIFE Team won the Regional Championship at the 2001 SIFE Regional Exposition and Career Opportunity Fair in Minneapolis.

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