2023-2024 Projects
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Sihle Tours Solutions (South Africa) Project
Sihle Tours Solutions is a small tourism business in South Africa. SIBC students are working with the founders and owners of the business. Students are designing a website and drafting a marketing plan for the client.
Specifically, “Sihle Tours Solutions was established in 2004. With steady growth . . . from a fledgling company operating one vehicle to its present position as a small yet competitive industry operator, Sihle Tours Solutions has earned a reputation for satisfying the needs of the budget traveler with an appreciation of historical heritage, natural beauty, ecotourism and human values. Sihle Tours Solutions maintains a strong focus on sustainable tourism and a commitment to constant forward movement in terms of service, quality and value for money.”
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Colores y Sabores (Mexico) Project
Colores y Sabores, situated in Cozumel, Mexico, is working with the SIBC at Benedictine College to facilitate the creation of a new website and marketing strategy. The objective of this collaboration is to meticulously research and formulate an optimal marketing plan for the client, ensuring it aligns with their particular business goals. Simultaneously, the team is embarking on the task of crafting a high-quality website, prioritizing user-friendliness and customization to meet the specific requests of Colores y Sabores. As the project unfolds, the team will integrate their research, design, and marketing efforts, synthesizing the results into a comprehensive final presentation that will serve as a valuable asset for Colores y Sabores in navigating the digital landscape and enhancing its online presence.
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New Zealand Travel Blog
This SIBC team is researching various travel blogs and influencers. The team is identifying ideas that work well along with techniques that should be avoided by influences. In addition, students are analyzing the presence of influences in New Zealand. Two of the students will travel to New Zealand to create a New Zealand travel blog and other social media content.
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New Zealand Education Project
This SIBC team is researching similarities and differences between the education systems in New Zealand and the USA. This research includes live interviews of New Zealand residents.
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RubinBrown Project
The SIBC team is researching and presenting in person to accountants at RubinBrown about the following topic:
TOPIC: When the stock of a US C Corp is sold (use 100% of the shares for our purposes) and the US C Corp owns stock in CFCs (use 100% of the shares for our purposes), what are the Form 5471 filing requirements for both the buyer and the seller?
a. Do both file a stub period 5471?
b. Does one of them file a 5471 for the full year?
c. Who picks up the GILTI/Subpart F income?
d. BONUS: Which foreign jurisdictions require a stub period tax return when there is an upstream change in ownership?
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Northside Inter-Community Agency Project
The SIBC team is working with Northside Inter-Community Agency (NICA), pertaining to the advancement of first-generation young adults. The SIBC team will give an in-person presentation about financial literacy. The team will teach young adults about the nuances of applying, securing, and paying student loans. The SIBC team will also share information about opening savings and checking accounts, interest rates, credit cards, and how to budget.
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Spark Tank
“[Spark Tank is a] new venture in Ferguson [that] will offer training and assistance to area entrepreneurs in an effort to help spur economic development. Spark Tank – Ferguson, a new pilot program of the Benedictine College School of Business, based in Atchison, Kan., brings together faculty and staff from the college’s Thompson Center for Integrity in Finance and Economics and its Cray Center for Entrepreneurial Services with local partners Civil Righteousness, based in Ferguson, and Premier Business Brokers, based in St. Louis. The group has developed a website, Spark-Tank.org, and plans to start soliciting entrepreneurs, mentors, and Spark Tank team members.”
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Campus Cultural Event - Germany
This team will plan, organize, and host an international event on campus. This could include activities such as a bake-off with dishes from various cultures, dance lessons, foreign movie nights, international trivia, etc.
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Alumni Event Team
Students are organizing an alumni event that will provide networking opportunities for SIBC students. This event will include an alumni panel followed by a networking tailgate on Homecoming Weekend. Alumni will share about how SIBC helps them in their careers, their transitions from academics to the “real world,” and provide insight about their experiences navigating their respective careers.
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Marketing Team
The SIBC Marketing Team meets regularly throughout the year to address the Benedictine College Student International Business Council's marketing needs. It uses various applications to develop marketing materials for the council. These include fliers, logos, business cards, and more. The Marketing Team also manages all social media platforms as well as updates the council’s webpage. Additionally, the Marketing Team works on major marketing projects such as the Annual Report and prepares for various marketing events throughout the year, like the SIBC Open House and Club Fair. Students learn how to run a website, how to advertise properly, and how to design business cards and fliers.
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Accounting Team
The Accounting Team is a team that meets periodically throughout the year to address SIBC’s financial needs. The Accounting Team assures that SIBC is demonstrating effective stewardship of its donor’s generous gift. The team not only follows generally accepted business practices for overseeing expenditures but also initiates good systems for members to follow internally. Different needs addressed by the Accounting Team include coding transactions, booking flights and hotels for project needs, billings, reimbursements, predicting future months’ spending to increase credit limit per month, and approving spending budgets for project use.
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IPE Team
FALL 2023 IPE PROMPT
The goal of NET ZERO involves reducing or eliminating greenhouse gas emissions to prevent global temperatures rising further. As the United Nations states: ”Net zero means cutting greenhouse gas emissions to as close to zero as possible, with any remaining emissions re-absorbed from the atmosphere, by oceans and forests for example.”
To achieve this goal, individuals, companies, and governments around the world must prioritize generation of as few emissions as possible – or remove an equal amount from the atmosphere as what they produce.
Each team will examine a different NET ZERO priority. All teams are encouraged to incorporate international, political and economic dimensions/consequences of each theme and to consider the ramifications of their theme on current and future generations.
· Financial drivers and market incentives. How can the market and financial tools like carbon taxes, cap and trade and true cost pricing help us achieve net zero goals? Who is using them and with what effectiveness? (University of San Diego)
· Mitigation and adaptation. What are individuals, companies and countries doing to mitigate greenhouse gases in the atmosphere through enhanced energy efficiency? What adaptive measures do they have in the pipeline to prepare for a future changed climate ? Which show the greatest potential? (Benedictine College)
· Innovation. What role might innovation and technological change play in reaching a NET ZERO future? What examples of innovations have been developed and which have shown the greatest promise? (Notre Dame)
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BuySide 2024
This is a joint event with Notre Dame and the University of San Diego. Each school is assigned a topic.
Benedictine College’s specific research topic is on Artificial Intelligence and its place in retail.
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Sparktank 2024
A new venture in Ferguson, MO will offer training and assistance to area entrepreneurs in an effort to help spur economic development. Spark Tank – Ferguson, a new pilot program of the Benedictine College School of Business, based in Atchison, Kansas, brings together faculty and staff from the college’s Thompson Center for Integrity in Finance and Economics and its Cray Center for Entrepreneurial Services with local partners Civil Righteousness, based in Ferguson, and Premier Business Brokers, based in St. Louis. The group has developed a website, Spark-Tank.org, and plans to start soliciting entrepreneurs, mentors, and Spark Tank team members.”
The SIBC team is 1) selecting educational options and outlining the curriculum, and 2) building resources to support the curriculum.
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Campus Cultural Event Team 1
This team will plan, organize, and host an international event on campus. This could include activities such as a bake-off with dishes from various cultures, dance lessons, foreign movie nights, international trivia, etc.
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Campus Cultural Event Team 2
This team will plan, organize, and host an international event on campus. This could include activities such as a bake-off with dishes from various cultures, dance lessons, foreign movie nights, international trivia, etc.
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City Rent-A-Truck
The student team will research and present regarding the following topics: What underserved industries could benefit from City Rent a Truck’s services? What cities across the country could City Rent a Truck expand into and benefit from the expansion?
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Boy Scouts Project
The student team will work with the Circle Ten Council of the Boy Scouts in Dallas, Texas. This project will consist of creating a marketing plan and social media content creation for a Cub Scout event in late April. Additionally, the team will take pictures and videos on site to post on social media the day of the event and to be used in the fall for the recruitment campaign.
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The Triumph Foundation
The Triumph Foundation is a non-profit in Valencia, California, that works with individuals of all ages who have suffered spinal cord injuries. They offer a wide variety of services, ranging from support for newly injured to employment assistance and recreational activities. For this project, the students will develop a strategic plan for the Triumph Foundation. The students will aid in the continuation, development, and success of this organization and its mission to support those who have suffered life-altering injuries.
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Marketing Team
The Marketing Team meets regularly throughout the year to address the Benedictine College Student International Business Council's marketing needs. We use various applications to develop marketing materials for the council. These include fliers, logos, business cards, and more. The Marketing Team also manages all social media platforms as well as updates the council’s webpage. Additionally, the Marketing Team works on major marketing projects such as the Annual Report and prepares for various marketing events throughout the year, like the SIBC Open House and Club Fair. Students learn how to run a website, how to advertise properly, and how to design business cards and fliers.
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Accounting Team
The Accounting Team is a team that meets periodically throughout the year to address SIBC’s financial needs. The Accounting Team assures that SIBC is demonstrating effective stewardship of its donor’s generous gift. The team not only follows generally accepted business practices for overseeing expenditures but also initiates good systems for members to follow internally. Different needs addressed by the Accounting Team include coding transactions, booking flights and hotels for project needs, billings, reimbursements, predicting future months’ spending to increase credit limit per month, and approving spending budgets for project use.