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Happy New Year! A reflection on Fall Semester 2022

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I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday season and the winter weather that Minnesota brought with it! For me the new “school” year starts in August and the new “calendar” year is the time to recharge my batteries with family before jumping back into spring semester!

First to reflect on a couple great holiday events I was able to attend with students in December! We appreciate the industry organizations that provide scholarship to our students and recognize them at their annual events. Three of those happened in December. Congratulations to Charlotte Faue – IREM Scholarship Recipient; Tanner Eischens and Joseph Bianchini – SIOR Scholarship recipients, and Daijah Moore – CoreNet scholarship recipient! What fun to celebrate you!

We were also able to award many scholarships at our Annual Mentor Banquet at the Kelly Inn in St. Cloud in November.  A big thank you to all those that participated as mentors, table sponsors and scholarship donors!

Table Sponsors:

ACR, Inc., Carl Awalt, Chau Appraisals, Inc., Cross Country Mortgage, Gonyea Commercial Properties, Mike Moran, Patchin Messner Valuation, RE/MAX Advantage Plus, Robert Lindahl Realty, Ryan Companies, Valbridge Property Advisors

Scholarship Donors

Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, Neil Kennedy Memorial, Richard Chalstrom/Raymond Anderson, Real Estate Alumni Association, MN Chair in Real Estate, Stephanie Meyer, The RMR Group, LLC, Robert Lindahl Realty, Real Estate Endowed Scholarship

 

A final note of reflection: I was able to participate in Real Estate Program Leadership Conference put on by the American Real Estate Society (ARES) in November. It was their inaugural event held at the University of San Diego and it was great to connect with so many others running real estate programs around the country. The opportunity to share ideas and resources and I look forward to launching a few new ideas in 2023!

Happy New Year to all of you!

2022 Career Day was a Sucess!

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Career Day was on Wedensday, September 21 this year and there was good representation from Real Estate Employers. The students enjoyed getting out and talking to employers! Thanks to those alumni and partners that joined us!

 

BOMA

Building Owners and Managers Association was staffed by Laura Anderson with BOMA,  and two SCSU Alum – Paige Morton with Kraus Anderson and Ryan Connolly with Newmark

 

The Appraisal Institute table was staffed by two SCSU alum – Tim Klein with Diversified Real Estate Service and Andy Totzke with Patchin Messner Valuation Consutants

 

Ryan Companies

The Ryan Companies table was staffed by two alum – Krista Kay and Heather Way (photo bombed by Kelly Jameson)

 

The Gate City Bank booth was staffed by mortgage and bank management – Brady Jameson and Ryan Coye

Thanks to all the students who stopped by to greet these great employers!

Spring News at SCSU

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We just returned from Spring Break at St. Cloud State University and that signals only a little over a month left of school before summer.  Things are going well, and campus is a bit more of a buzz, but there is still a lot of students that prefer a “Hybrid” model to their classes and take some course work online. Amazingly I have 43 students in appraisal class this spring!! I know Dr. Mooney would be amazed. Anyone want to help grade papers late April??  Seventeen seats were reserved for Chinese International students (finance majors) studying at SCSU as part of the Binhai 2+2 program where they take their final two years of schooling here at SCSU. The Chinese students are very interested in real estate and values as some interesting things are happening with development companies in China. The other 26 students are Real Estate and Finance majors interested in Appraisal and/or getting their real estate license.

We have lot of student athletes in the real estate program right now and it was fun to see their seasons turn out so nicely. Because of Covid, many athletes were able to pick up another year of NCAA eligibility and added course work (like real estate major/minor) to keep playing their sport.  Basketball, Hockey, Volleyball and Wrestling all represented in the real estate major this year!  Learn more about how their seasons went here: SCSU Huskies (Sports Info)

We have a great team lined up for the NAIOP University Challenge this year and looking at an Office Development in Shoreview.  The competition is back in person this year on April 21. Hope to see some of you there!  Find out more and register to attend here: 2022 NAIOP University Challenge

Our SCSU Real Estate Market Update that was canceled due to Covid in the fall has been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 17. More details to come but we are planning an afternoon program followed by a SCSU REAA happy hour.

Finally – can you believe we have been collecting wage survey data for 25 years?  Because of the anniversary I’m asking a few additional questions this year and presenting results at a National Real Estate Conference in April. I’m happy to do presentations for any groups that might be interested. Last year I shared with MAAO (Minnesota Association of Assessors) and because I collect on survey monkey, I can add filters by industry segment or another relevant characteristic. If you are interested in a specialized report let me know!  If you are alumni of the SCSU Real Estate Program and didn’t get survey link by email let me know!

Wishing you a great spring!

Back to School!

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It feels good to be back to campus and back to school. I have more students choosing online learning than in previous years but those that come to campus are engaged and happy to be there. We had a first Real Estate Association Meeting this year and there was some good energy around planning for the year!

Mark your calendars for October 6. Back to back events – Market Panel update in the morning and golf in the afternoon. Hope you can make one or BOTH events.  Details below:

Come support our alumni and learn more about what’s happening in the real estate industry. Join us on Wednesday, October 6 for a morning Real Estate Market Update featuring a panel of experts in the local market, including:

  • Keith Sturm ‘86, Principal, Upland Real Estate Group
    • Tony Kuechle ‘94, President of Development, Doran Companies
    • Travis Peltier ‘01, Senior VP and Regional Manager, Edina Realty
    • Bjorik Mutize ‘19, Broker/Associate Advisory and Transaction Services, CBRE
    • Donna Becker ‘89, Senior General Manager of Riverplace
    • Kara Olson ‘04, Principal, GTRE Commercial
    • Kelly Jameson ‘98, Real Estate Program Chair, St. Cloud State University

Real Estate Salesperson Continuing Education Credit has been applied for and 1.5 hours is pending approval from the Minnesota Department of Commerce.  Sign up for this FREE event using the link below. Space is limited.

Herberger Business School Real Estate Market Update (tassl.com)

 

Note this is the same day as the SCSU Real Estate Alumni Association Golf tournament so after earning your education credits in the morning you can head to Brookview Golf course for a fun filled afternoon.  You can register for the golf tournament here.

https://scsureaa.org/meetinginfo.php?id=21&ts=1630968444

 

 

Welcome Real Estate Community!

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Welcome to a new site designed to help connect our real estate students at St. Cloud State University with the real estate community. The goal will be to promote and publish information on all aspects of real estate. For the students you will find job, internship, and scholarship information along with posts about different career paths in the real estate industry. For our alumni and friends, learn what we are up to at the University with our real estate program and let this be a place to share information with our students or post your jobs or networking opportunities. We look forward to helping connect the industry with the next generation of real estate leaders!