2015 MRE Newsletter

MASTER OF REAL ESTATE MRE Newsletter

Fall 2014/Spring 2015

Welcome Incoming MRE Students Welcome to the Aggie Family! I hope you are enjoying your summer because another semester is nearly upon us. A quick word of congratulations to the most recent MRE graduates who have all obtained jobs, and we wish them luck as they begin their careers. This continued record of excellence by the MRE program of 100% job placement is truly remarkable! We are all lucky to be a part of this expanding Aggie Real Estate Network, and you have officially joined the Aggie Real Estate ranks.

We are all looking forward to the beginning of the semester and everything we have planned for the program. The fall semester is a busy time in Aggieland, as football season gets underway and classes are back in full swing. Get ready, because throughout the fall semester the Real Estate Association will host various socials, including a Meet-and-Greet event following your orientation, as well as tailgates for every home football game.

Thank you to the previous officers of the Real Estate Association; hopefully the incoming officers can live up to your grandeur. The Presidential Cabinet for the upcoming semester includes: Vice President-Jack Barkley, Secretary-Mike Galindo, Treasurer-Palmer Wilson, AREN Representative-Nick Weinheimer, CREW Representative-Shelby Cooper, Intramural Chairs-Forrest Cook & Ryan McGough, Social Chairs-Luke Lusk, Jonathan Murphy, & Stephen Williamson Be on the lookout for emails from the Real Estate Association officers, as I'm sure we will be in contact towards the end of summer.

If you have any questions about the program, classes, College Station, socials, or job opportunities feel free to reach out to me or any of the 2nd or 3rd semesters. Have a great summer, and I look forward to meeting everyone soon!"

Regards, Trey Steinbring REA President MRE Class of December 2015

In This Issue 

Welcome remarks from new REA President

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Employment Statistics

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Scholarship Recipients

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Spring Case Presentations

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MRE Volunteers for Big Event

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Newly Elected REA Offiers

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NAIOP Texas Shoot Real Estate Challenge

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REA Student President’s Parting Advice

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Employment Statistics The MRE Program showed continued excellence in the job placement of our graduate students. The economic recovery nationally and the strong Texas Job market resulted in another year of 100% job placement before graduation.

In fact, we have more employers than ever trying to vie for the attention of our students.

Several firms have indicated that TAMU is their first stop for recruiting. Most gratifyingly, one hiring manager expressed that our students "really understand the underlying reasons for value and are not just relying on fancy excel models.�

2015 Employment Statistics Distribution

Congratulations to all of our new hires!

Scholarships Drs. Ivan and Luanne Schmedemann Endowed Virgie D. and O.N. Mitchell, Sr. Scholarship Scholarship Wayne Day Scott Lovett, Palmer Wilson, Colt Kokel Lorraine and Ed Wulfe Scholarship Roy G. Martin, Jr. Endowed Scholarship Kevin Freels, Ryan McGough Joshua Parulian General Master of Real Estate Scholarship Valero Energy Corporation Endowed Scott Lovett, Wayne Day Scholarship Kole Fuller Valero Energy Corporation Endowed Scholarship Alvin B. Wooten Scholarship Arthur Ferriss, Chase LaFrano, Clay Paschall, Alexandra Slaten, Scott Lovett, Katie Mason Alexandra Slaten Plum Scholarship (Finance Department) Douglas Davidson, Weston Eubanks

David B. Hendricks II Foundation Scholarship Katie Mason

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Spring Case Competition

Luke Martin, Lucas Lusk, Kevin Freels

Spring Case Competition winners and Advisory Board

Bruce Petersen, Malcolm Stewart, Donnie Sherwood

Congratulations to the Self Storage Team, pictured above: Nora Skelton, Matt Teifke, and Palmer Wilson for winning the Spring 2015 Business Plan competition! Also, great job to all the teams.

Thank you to all the supportive advisory board members who came to campus to judge the Spring Case Competition.

Clint Cooper

Cydney Donnell

David Williams, Nick Gonzalez, Lynn Krebs Page 3

MRE Volunteers for Big Event The MRE students enjoyed giving back to the community and participating in this year's Big Event.

The Big event 2015 garnered 22,000 students together to complete almost 2,500 jobs ranging from painting, to yard work, and cleaning.

The Big Event is a student run service project across the nation that represents a “Thank You� to the surrounding community for their support.

Congratulations to the Newly Elected Real Estate Association Officers!

President: Trey Steinbring VP: Jack Barkley Secretary: Mike Galindo Treasurer: Palmer Wilson Socials: Jonathan Murphy, Drew Alders, Lucas Lusk, Stephen Williamson Intramural: Forrest Cook, Ryan McGough CREW: Shelby Cooper AREN: Nick Weinheimer

MRE and MBA Program Collaboration

In February, five MRE students were given the opportunity to volunteer for an experiential coaching session with the Executive MBA program at our City Centre campus. Executive Professor Dr. Roemer Visser spearheaded this event and it was a "smashing success."

Thank you to the Executive MBA program for welcoming us and allowing us to participate and volunteer our time. It was mutually beneficial!

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Outgoing REA Student President, Kole Fuller, with some parting advice

NAIOP Hosts Tenth Annual Texas Shoot Out Real Estate Challenge th

On April 9 , the Texas A&M NAIOP team composed of Master of Real Estate students: (a) Stephanie Graf, (b) Aruna Sellathurai, (c) Chuan-tu Shih, and (d) Devin Dorman travelled to Dallas to compete against other Texas collegiate teams in the Tenth Annual Texas Shoot Out Real Estate Challenge hosted by the North Texas Chapter of NAIOP.

What a great semester we had; Big Event, Chilifest, Intramurals, LERE Olympics, Annual Case Competition, finally followed up by the May 2015 MRE Graduation – Whoop! Thanks to all of the people who made this possible, including the “Presidential Staff” of our Vice President, Scott Lovett, Secretary-Jack Horton, Treasurer-Kevin Freels, AREN Representative-Nick Weinheimer, CREW Representative-Sarah Beth Davis, Social Co-Chairs Jack Barkley and Trey Steinbring, and our Intramurals Co-chairs Nora Skelton and Forrest Cook.

As the graduating class has, once again achieved 100% job placement, we tip our hats to the MRE Staff, as well as the Real Estate Advisory Board for their networking guidance and willingness to assist and mentor all MRE students. Without your collaborative support, we would no doubt struggle to achieve that 100% employment and for that, we are truly indebted.

Though we will miss good old Wehner, I believe I can speak for all of MRE students, past and present, when I say that we have undoubtedly the finest commercial real estate program in the world.

Best regards, Kole Fuller, MRE Class of May 2015 Wells Fargo - Houston

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