{"id":17753,"date":"2012-09-05T12:57:41","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T12:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=17753"},"modified":"2017-11-06T12:06:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T17:06:16","slug":"the-perfect-real-estate-masters-program-holds-a-surprise-for-three-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2012\/09\/the-perfect-real-estate-masters-program-holds-a-surprise-for-three-students\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u201cperfect\u201d real estate master\u2019s program holds a surprise for three students."},"content":{"rendered":"

David Blount thought the Master of Science in International Real Estate (MSIRE)<\/a> program at Florida International University (FIU) was exactly what he wanted. Little did he know, the opportunity was going to become even better.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m working at an engineering consulting firm and want a master\u2019s degree to become better-rounded and to move more into the development aspect of the business,\u201d said Blount, a Miami resident with a civil engineering degree from Purdue University. \u201cThe MSIRE program in FIU\u2019s College of Business has the courses I want and lets me earn my degree by taking classes two evenings a week. A perfect fit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blount\u2019s decision to begin the program in August 2012 became even smarter when he learned he was one of three FIU students receiving a sizable scholarship from the Florida chapter of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) in conjunction with the SIOR Foundation.<\/p>\n

\"David
SIOR scholarship recipients David Blount, Zavier Moreno and William Lee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI\u2019m incredibly honored to receive funding from such a prestigious organization,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Alumni connection helps FIU students.<\/em><\/p>\n

Blount, along with graduate students Zavier Moreno (BBA \u201912) and William Lee (BBA \u201906),<\/em> were honored at a scholarship ceremony on August 17, 2012.<\/p>\n

From the SIOR Florida Chapter, scholarship chairman Jose Juncadella (BBA \u201981),<\/em> past president Michael Silver, current president Jim Steinbauer (BBA \u201984) and members John R. Steinbauer and J.R. Steinbauer Jr. congratulated the students.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur chapter, along with the SIOR Foundation, awards scholarship money annually to students at one particular university,\u201d Jim Steinbauer said. \u201cWhile we make sure to \u2018spread the money around,\u2019 typically the current chapter president selects which university will receive the money. I was happy to choose FIU.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"SIOR
John R. Steinbauer, Jim Steinbauer, William Hardin, Jose Juncadella, Michael Silver and J.R. Steinbauer Jr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On hand to thank SIOR were William Hardin, the college\u2019s director of real estate programs; Matthew Rothstein, marketing and development manager of the MSIRE program; and Yolanda Rodriquez (MBA \u201910, BS \u201907), assistant director, operations, advancement, alumni and corporate relations.<\/p>\n

SIOR is the leading professional commercial and industrial real estate association, with more than 3,000 members in more than 29 countries. The Florida chapter has 165 members.<\/p>\n

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David Blount thought the Master of Science in International Real Estate (MSIRE) program at Florida International University (FIU) was exactly what he wanted. Little did he know, the opportunity was going to become even better. \u201cI\u2019m working at an engineering consulting firm and want a master\u2019s degree to become better-rounded and to move more into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[565,1299,1374,1814,1826,3806,2672,2698,2701],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17753"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29454,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17753\/revisions\/29454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}