Cameron County High School Student Receives Full Scholarship to Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week

Cameron County High School Student Receives Full Scholarship to Pennsylvania

 Free Enterprise Week

Cory Clinger, son of Chris and Lisa Clinger from Emporium and a junior at Cameron County High School has been granted a full scholarship to attend Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week on the campus of Lycoming College in Williamsport, PA. PFEW is a weeklong economic education program that offers students an inside look at the private enterprise system and the way the free market functions.

Clinger was selected based on his motivation to learn demonstrated through an essay he submitted. Clinger scholarship covers all program costs excluding a registration fee and transportation.

During the week, student “companies” simulate the actual operation of their own businesses for the equivalent of three years. Business volunteers serve as “Company Advisors” who mentor the students as they face many of the same decisions real executives confront. The companies compete 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 do not make decisions for their team, but suggest available options and share their own experiences and challenges. Scholarship winners learn the value of teamwork, cooperation and leadership, plus spend a week living on a college campus.

Dozens of world-class speakers present seminars and discussions covering topics like the relationships of business with labor, government and consumers. The students also hear talks about business ethics, management and leadership skills, the economic system 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 chamber of commerce and more than 800 companies. Now in its thirty seventh year of operation, PFEW’s governing body is the Foundation for Free Enterprise Education, a 501 © (3) non-profit organization. For more information, please contact the foundation at (814) 833-9576 or visit www.pfew.org.