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IREM scholarships stimulate Diversity.


Academic scholarships are available to minority college students from the Greater New York New York, state, United States
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 President Joe Scholes, CPM (1) (Critical Path Method) A project management planning and control technique implemented on computers. The critical path is the series of activities and tasks in the project that have no built-in slack time.  (Certified Property Manager This article or section is written like an .
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), said the minority scholarship program plays a significant role in stimulating ethnic diversity in New York City's real estate management field.

The centerpiece of the IREM scholarship program is the prestigious George M. Brooker, CPM, Collegiate col·le·giate  
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 Scholarship for Minorities, which provides tuition assistance to minority undergraduate and graduate college students pursuing real estate management as a career. IREM provides one graduate-level award of $2,500 and two undergraduate-level awards of $1,000 each. This scholarship was established to honor the memory of Brooker, a former IREM Greater NY Chapter president and national IREM committee member.

"Brooker was dedicated to the advancement of minorities in the property management field. His efforts created and improved opportunities for minorities in real estate management," said Scholes, whose organization represents certified See certification.  property and asset managers of residential, commercial, retail and industrial' property in the metropolitan area, and is part of the 80-chapter network of the national IREM.

In addition, IREM offers the George M. Brooker, CPM, Minority Memorial Book Scholarship, which provides a $500 award to a minority college student for the purchase of text books. While applicants for this scholarship need not be studying real estate management as a career pursuit, they are required to be a relative of someone in the real estate management industry.

Under the program, IREM also has available as many as 10 Minority Outreach Scholarships, which cover course tuition and provide a mentor for minorities in the real estate management field who are pursuing the prestigious CPM designation.

"IREM encourages certification status because it indicates that these managers underwent rigorous education and training and are committed to the highest level of dedication and professionalism available in our industry," Scholes said. "IREM's minority scholarship program is intended to foster in creased opportunities in the field of real estate management for individuals from minority group
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Title Annotation:Institute of Real Estate Management offer minority college students scholarships
Publication:Real Estate Weekly
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:May 30, 2001
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