Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Congratulations to Seniors! Congratulations to the University of Connecticut's School of Business Class of 2009! Please keep in touch with the Center for Real Estate and send us your current contact information and where you have been placed. Information can be mailed to: 2100 Hillside Road Unit 1041RE Storrs, Ct 06269-1041 email: recenter@business.uconn.edu Summer 2009 Internship Placement The Center for Real Estate has been able to place many MBA and undergraduate students into summer internship positions in the area and throughout the country. Some companies include: Brown Advisory, CBRE Boston, CBRE Framingham, CHFA, Department of Consumer Protection, GE Real Estate, NE Utilities, Prudential South Windsor, State Farm Insurance Real Estate Investments (IL), UBS Stamford, and UBS NYC. The Center for Real Estate has also taken on several interns for various research projects this summer. There are still students available for internship and full time placement. If you are interested in gaining access to our electronic resume book, then please call Debbie Philips at (860) 486-3227 or e-mail your request to recenter@business.uconn.edu. We enthusiastically endorse these trained and skilled young people in their quest for careers in real estate. Please feel free to contact the individual students directly or if you would like us to arrange interviews for you, then we will be happy to do so. If you require further information about these students or about our program, please call the Real Estate Center at (860) 486-3227. Real Estate Society Thank you to the 2008-2009 Real Estate Society Officers: Christine Elmore, President, ('09) Kyle Schmidt, Vice President, ('09) Jennifer Layton, Vice President, ('09) John Desrochers, Treasurer, ('11) Jessica Pollack, Secretary, ('10) Congratulations to Christine, Kyle and Jennifer on their graduation! Incoming Real Estate Society Officers for the 2009-2010 year are (from left to right): Kelsey Rath, Secretary, ('11) John Desrochers, COO, ('11) Jessica Pollack, CFO, ('10) Michael Schleifer, Vice President, ('10) 2009 Connecticut Housing Conference The Center for Real Estate and Urban Economic Studies at the University of Connecticut hosted its 11th Housing Conference on May 12, 2009. The conference was sponsored by the Connecticut Association of Realtors®, Connecticut Attorney's Title Insurance Company (CATIC), Connecticut Chapter Appraisal Institute/Connecticut Appraisal Education Foundation, Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Liberty Bank, and NewAlliance Bank. The event drew approximately 75 attendees to the Hawthorne Inn in Berlin, making the conference a great success. At the forefront of the Conference was an examination of current trends and critical issues within Connecticut's housing markets. Keynote speaker, Stephen Malpezzi, Professor at Wisconsin School of Business discussed the crisis in national housing and financial markets by exploring what led to this crisis and where we are now headed.Todd P. Martin, President of Todd P. Martin, Economic Services, gave an economic overview of Connecticut. William J. McCue, President of McCue Mortgage Company, spoke on Connecticut mortgage lending, what is different about today's crisis to recessions in the past as well as new opportunities. Colleen D. Lindroos, Esq., Legal Publications Manager at CATIC gave a Connecticut legislative update. The University's own John M. Clapp, Professor and Director at the Center for Real Estate, presented on house price trends and opportunities. Pictured left Stephen Malpezzi and John M. Clapp. Click here to view additional photos. We would like to thank all guest speakers for sharing their expertise. Click  here to view the presentations.
School of Business University of Connecticut 2100 Hillside Road Unit 1041RE Storrs, Ct 06269-1041 Tel: (860) 486-3227 Fax: (860) 486-0349 email: recenter@business.uconn.edu For More information, visit www.business.uconn.edu/realestate	Real Estate Center Links Conference presentations UConn Real Estate Center Council Scholarship and Award Winners Student Activities Summary