Lehigh’s College of Business and Economics Welcomes International Industry
As part of its Gruhn Distinguished Speaker Series in Finance, Lehigh University’s College of Business and Economics recently hosted real estate developer Daniel Haime, who graduated from Lehigh in 1982.
Haime is a native of Colombia. In his talk, he urged MBAs and undergraduate business students to pursue opportunities internationally. “The U.S. has it all, no doubt, but we live in a globalized economy, and the more bridges you can build, the more relationships you will profit from—in business and in life.” he said.
Haime earned his B.S. from Lehigh in industrial engineering. Throughout his career, he has specialized in steel pipe and tube production and distribution for the oil and construction industries, in addition to the cultivation of palm oil and its chemical derivatives. His role in production of industrial products led him into the field of real estate development, where he has led large-scale residential, retail and medical projects.
Haime said, “Lehigh’s demanding environment gives you the true grit to be a problem solver. What you get here at Lehigh is a toolbox that will reaffirm your aptitudes. With that toolbox, you can apply those abilities and succeed when the opportunities present.”
The Gruhn Distinguished Speaker Series in Finance was founded by Daniel M. Gruhn, a 1949 graduate of Lehigh in business administration. Now retired, Gruhn spent four decades in the financial services industry on the New York Stock Exchange. He is an active member of the College of Business and Economics’ Dean’s Advisory Council. In 2008, he established an endowment for the Speaker Series, in an effort to bring business leaders to campus for the benefit of the student community.
Lerner Holds Mortgage Banking Luncheon
The Alfred Lerner College of Business at the University of Delaware will be holding a Lunch and Learn event for students. The event will be hosted by NewDay USA and Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The event will feature a one-hour presentation about the industry and lunch for those in attendance. The title of the event is, “Spotlight on the Industry: Mortgage Banking Lunch & Learn.”
During the event students will have the opportunity to learn more about the finance in the real estate industry and mortgages. All Lerner Students are invited to attend as well as any other member of the University of Delaware network. After the lecture, there will also be a short Q&A session for students who would like more information on working in the industry.
Gabelli EMBA Students Give Chinese Investors Real Estate Advice
The cohort of executive MBA students at the Gabelli School of Business recently advised the China-based lender CreditEase on the best places for Chinese investment in real estate. The consulting project was part of the EMBA program’s capstone course. The cohort of students gave a presentation to the company on August 19, at the firm’s headquarters in Beijing. For the project, students were asked to identify which U.S. cities offer Chinese investors the best potential return on investment in residential real estate.
The 22 student cohort conducted extensive market research to find the best answer for their client. The result of the research was the recommendation of five US locations; New York City (Queens and the Bronx), Philadelphia, Seattle, Houston and San Francisco. One student in the cohort, Colin Cassidy, explained in a press release for Gabelli that the areas chosen were based on specific criteria for their research, such as how quickly the area recovered from the 2007-2008 financial crisis, the local economy’s strength, unemployment rates, real estate taxes and rent-to-buy ratios.
DePaul University Offering MBA Degree With Real Estate Focus
As the real estate industry rebounds from its bursted bubble a few year back, DePaul University’s Kellstadt School of Business provides various opportunities for graduate students who want to enter or advance in the field.
“After the real estate slowdown of the last few years, the job market for real estate graduates has improved substantially recently,” Charles Wurtzebach, chairman of the Department of Real Estate at DePaul University, said in an article on the school’s website. “All sectors of commercial real estate appear to be expanding and need new employees to keep up with the expansion. Many of our students have been successful in getting multiple offers at graduation.” Continue reading…
JHU Carey Associate Professor Conducts Study on Beauty
Ah, to be beautiful. There have been countless studies that show that those deemed as beautiful people go on to have better lives than the rest of us. Metrics used to gauge this include career path, income and more positive attention from society. However, according to an article from BizEd, a new study from a JHU Carey School of Business professor shows that what constitutes “beautiful” can rapidly change. Continue reading…
As California Real Estate Markets Grow, Real Estate MBA Become More Popular
The California Association of Realtors (CAR), has reported that California real estate sales have increased in 2015 and predict that sales will continue to improve throughout the rest of the year and that prices will grow steadily over the rest of this year and the next. In June 2015, CAR released the 2015 California Housing Market Forecast. The report found that existing home sales for the year had reached 5,275, up from 4,940 in 2014. CAR also predicts that the numbers will continue to grow to at least 5,490 in 2016.
This increase in market sales and prices has made it more important than ever for real estate professionals to be as educated as possible in their field. An MBA in Real Estate from a California Business School can help you to become the educated and trained real estate business professional needed to succeed in the industry. There are several programs across the state that offer Real Estate as a concentration or specialization along with the MBA degree.
Bloomberg reported that in 2013, about 15 percent of business schools surveyed by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), reported having graduate and undergraduate degree programs with an emphasis on real estate. The number of programs has only increased since then. Bloomberg also reports that the number of programs offering a real estate-related program has risen by more than 30 percent over the last ten years.
