FIU Business has received a $250,000 gift from noted developer Malcolm Butters and his wife Catherine Butters to support high-level teaching and research at the Hollo School of Real Estate. This initial gift, plus an additional $250,000 in matching funds, will establish the Butters Endowed Professorship, a $500,000 endowment to support one professor. To date $83,500 […]
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Butters family scholarship helps FIU real estate grads pay down debt and start anew.
When Jarrod Woodley started his Master of Science in International Real Estate (MSIRE) at Florida International University’s College of Business, he brought with him a history of failures but a perseverance to turn things around. Ten months later, at the Hollo School of Real Estate program’s graduation dinner on June 30, 2019, he not only […]
Malcolm Butters lifts student loan burden for two MSIRE students.
Completing the demanding Master of Science in International Real Estate program at the Hollo School of Real Estate is a true achievement. Two brand-new graduates of the Florida International University (FIU) College of Business program received an additional reward for their hard work: checks for $11,700 as winners of the Malcolm Butters Real Estate Scholarship […]
FIU Business students learn how investments in philanthropy yield high returns.
Those who can fund a hospital wing or museum are not the only ones filling the ranks of philanthropists. Volunteers who paint seniors’ homes, tutor children, or give a few dollars a week through employer giving programs are just as important. What’s more, establishing the giving-back habit early is good for both spirit and career. […]
They did it! Commencement marks achievement of nearly 1,000 College of Business grads.
Years of study, determination and hard work paid off for 987 students in the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU) when they were awarded degrees at the Spring 2016 Commencement. President Mark B. Rosenberg welcomed the graduates and their proud families and friends to ceremonies held Monday, May 9, 2016, at the FIU […]
Alum Malcolm Butters helps MSIRE grads with debt.
For many graduates, debt from student loans looms large. But thanks to the generosity of FIU alumnus Malcolm Butters (MSRE ’83), president and co-founder of Butters Construction & Development, Inc., the debt burden for two students who received their Master of Science in International Real Estate (MSIRE) at Florida International University (FIU) has been eased. […]
FIU Business alum Malcolm Butters changes lives of Hollo School graduates.
Malcolm Butters graduated from a Master’s program at Florida International University’s (FIU) College of Business in 1984. He started his career in real estate with a big advantage: no student loans to pay off. He chose the job he wanted and started saving for a car, a home, and later, an entrepreneurial venture, without the […]
Alumni Notes: April-June 2014
Tony Argiz (BAcc ’74), chairman and CEO at Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, was featured in the June 19, 2014 Miami Today in the section “The Achiever”. He is also the new 2015 chairman of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. Governor Rick Scott has appointed Javier Vazquez (BBA ’86) to the Miami Dade Expressway […]
Developer Malcolm Butters shares insight with real estate students.
Real estate development is a complex business – multiplied by 10 in an area as multi-faceted as southeast Florida. Students in the Hollo School of Real Estate at Florida International University (FIU) got to learn more about the subject from a man not only deeply involved in the business but also an FIU alumnus. Malcolm […]
Alumni Notes: February 2013
The South Florida Business Journal designated Antonio “Tony” Argiz (BBA ’74), Frank Sacco (MS, Mgt. ’78), Guillermo G. Castillo (BBA ’81) and Malcolm Butters (MS Mgt. ’83) among the “100 Top Power Leaders of 2013.” Horacio LeDon (BBA ’77) joined Douglas Elliman Real Estate as president of development marketing Florida. Nancy Castleman-Dion (BBA ’91) joined […]