About FREE




  • FREE has been a successful student managed club reaching out for over 2 years into the business, government and education communities in and around Chicago. 
  • To continue it needs students who want to develop themselves and lead an important club at the University of St. Francis. 
  • We are currently looking for students interested in helping to continue FREE's mission of helping students learn "beyond the classroom" in creative ways!



Founders: left to right: Darien Smith, Edon Shaqiri, Timothy Plett




We are about FREEing ourselves to think  BEYOND the classroom. To add to what we learn in the classroom by doing the following:
  •    FREE to be involved in ENGAGING, INTERACTIVE field visits with alumni and other professionals in business to learn more about money matters.
  •    FREE to be involved in OUTREACH to local HIGH SCHOOLS to help spread the word about how to best MANAGE money affairs.
  •   FREE to experiment with simulations like the a STOCK MARKET simulaton GAME competing within the club and eventually between USF and other universities,  CASH FLOW GAMES to test our knowledge and grow in understanding of money affairs.


The core principles that guide our behavior to deliver results are: Educational Focus - we place education at the center of our activities and it drives all that we do. Teamwork - we benefit from the diversity of our members by working as a team to achieve our goal. Performance - we are committed to a result-oriented culture.

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