Toronto, ON (Tuesday, March 9, 2010) – Teang Tang, owner of Mingle Event Management and full time student at Athabasca University, has been named the 2010 Student Entrepreneur Regional Champion by national charitable organization, Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) and proud program supporter, CIBC.

All Western based provincial student entrepreneurs champions were judged by live panels of business professionals, and regional champions were announced on Friday March 5th in Calgary at the 2010 ACE Western Canada Regional Exposition.

As a Regional Champion, Teang will receive a $1,000 cash prize and move on to the final round of competition at the 2010 ACE National Exposition in Calgary on May 12, 2010. The National Champion will receive a $10,000 cash prize and represent Canada at the international level of competition, the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards.

"It was a pleasure to compete with such innovative businesses and see the energy that ACE brings to the field of entrepreneurship,” comments Mingle Owner, Teang Tang. “I look forward to the calibre of entrepreneurs that the National Competition will bring. Thank you to ACE for this wonderful opportunity!"

“We are thrilled to present this Regional Champion title to Teang Tang owner of Mingle Event Management,” comments ACE President, Amy Harder. “Her perseverance and dedication serves as a great example for student entrepreneurs across Western Canada.”

About Mingle Event Management
Since 2008, Teang has owned and operated Mingle Event Management, a company specializing in sustainable event management solutions. Mingle works directly with clients to identify "Green" goals at the beginning of the process. After each event, clients receive a sustainability audit summarizing the environmental impact of their event and evaluating how much energy and resources they've saved. Teang’s largest business accomplishments to date include; doubling revenue, growing her client and customer base to over 800 and creating a full time position for herself as well as hiring up to 70 people in project based/contract positions.

About ACE
Founded in the mid-1980s, Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) is a national, charitable organization that is teaching and igniting young Canadians to create brighter futures for themselves and their communities. ACE delivers a team-based program called Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) and an individual-based program, the Student Entrepreneur National Competition. These programs provide university and college students access to real world experience, through the implementation of outreach projects and business ventures that complement in-class studies. Students involved in ACE make a meaningful contribution to their communities today, and discover their potential to achieve an even greater impact as the leaders of tomorrow. Last year, ACE students created 600 jobs, logged 260,000 volunteer hours, impacted 63,000 people, and generated over $40 million in economic activity. ACE is currently established on over 50 post-secondary campuses across Canada.

CIBC became a founding corporate sponsor of ACE in 1995 and has sponsored the Student Entrepreneur Competition since its inception in 1997.

Contact:
Jaime Szegvary
Communications Consultant, ACE
416.619.8994
jaime@acecanada.ca

Teang Tang
Owner, Mingle Event Management
403.561.7849
teang@minglemyevent.com
www.minglemyevent.com

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