AREA STUDENT RECEIVES FULL
SCHOLARSHIP TO PENNSYLVANIA
FREE ENTERPRISE WEEK
Eric Dudgeon, son of Mark and
Pam Dudgeon and a senior at
Shaler Area High School, was
granted a full scholarship to attend
Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week
2016 at Lycoming College in
Williamsport. Pennsylvania Free
Enterprise Week (PFEW) is a
week-long economic education
program that offers students an
inside look at the private enterprise
system and the way the free market
functions.
There were five, one-week
sessions offered this summer,
and PFEW was attended by more than 2,000 incoming high school
juniors and seniors from over 300 high schools. Eric attended week
two in July. Admission was based on motivation to learn, which was
demonstrated through essays submitted by the applicants. Those
accepted were awarded scholarships, which covered all program costs,
excluding a nominal registration fee and transportation to and from
Williamsport.
When students arrived for their one-week session, they were
housed on the campus in dormitories where they experienced a taste
of college life. During the week, student “companies” simulated
the actual operation of a business for the equivalent of three years.
Business volunteers served as “Company Advisors” who mentored
the students as they faced many of the same decisions real executives
confront. The companies competed against each other in the areas of
management skill, return on net assets, a marketing and advertising
campaign and a presentation to stockholders. Company Advisors did
not make decisions for their team, but suggested available options and
shared their own experiences and challenges.
Scholarship winners learned the value of teamwork, cooperation
and leadership. Dozens of world-class speakers presented seminars
and discussions covering topics like the relationships of business
with labor, government and consumers. The students also heard
talks about business ethics, management and leadership skills,
the economic system’s future, the global marketplace, money and
banking, business operations, careers in business, marketable skills
and much more.
Totally funded, taught and staffed by the Pennsylvania business
community, PFEW is supported by seven manufacturer’s associations,
more than 100 chambers of commerce and more than 800 companies.
Now in its 37th year of operation, PFEW’s governing body is the
Foundation for Free Enterprise Education, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization. For more information, visit pfew.org.
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