Women at Prairie
View A&M
University and the surrounding
communities of Hempstead and Waller,
Texas can now count on the
Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) to assist them in moving to the front of the
line when it comes to business. Why you may ask? Well the SIFE team
recently received a Women on the
Move: The Business Network.
The project is being led by Miss
Ariadne Pollitt, a junior education major and Vice President for Programs in
SIFE. The project is designed to assist college and high
school female students and college moms in the creation and understanding of
how to start and run a business. the
program will provide them with the education and resources needed to start a
business. They will also be exposed to
successful women entrepreneurs in various industries who could serve as mentors
and guide.
Participants will have an opportunity to punch the right buttons.
The Project will include various seminars, workshops that
will provide assistance in product and service selection, legal assistance in
registering trademark. The participants will also learn the
details and procedures to creating a business plan,
registering their businesses to secure DBA’s Certificates requesting and EIN
Number, establishing a bank account and record keeping
The target audience is primarily college moms, college and
high school women and women. The businesses are primarily in the beauty
industry such as hair dressing, nail designs, fashion designs and other
personal cosmetics and jewelry, and tutoring.
Participants in the program will come from various organizations that cater to the female students. The organization will also work with the student employment office to gain information on
the students who have registered for employment but have not received an
assignment. We will also work with the local Workforce and Worksource offices to provide assistance with
the female clients who may have a skill that could be converted to a business
operation.
The SIFE Team president is Alexus Hall, a junior Electrical Engineering Technology from Lake Charles, Louisiana. Advisor for the project is Frederick V. Roberts, and a Sam Walton Fellow.
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