02/23/2012
Tomorrow we descend into Chapel Hill for the 2012 UNC Real Estate Conference! It will be great to catch up with friends and colleagues who share a connection with the real estate program at KFBS. In advance, I would like to reflect on all that we've accomplished over the last 6 months since we kicked off both the UNC Real Estate Alumni Club (REAC) and the Mentorship Program and what we'd like to do in 2012. You will here more about this at the conference tomorrow. Go Tar Heels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Since our first REAC event in October 2011, we've held several events across all of our chapter locations. Past events include: (1) Reunion weekend social in Chapel Hill, (2) Alumni mixer in NYC, (3) Speaker series in Atlanta, (4) ULI reception in LA, (5) Cocktail hour in Charlotte, (6) UNC vs. Va Tech game watching event in Washington DC, (7) Cocktail hour in Atlanta and (8) Washington DC
We've kicked off two mentoring programs
(1) MBAs mentoring undergrads: Launched in Nov 2011 with 13 mentor/mentee pairs
(2) UNC Alumni mentoring MBAs: Launched in Jan 2012 with 32 mentor/mentee pairs
Here are our 2012 Goals:
(1) Host additional alumni events in all regions
(2) Create a presence at industry conferences to raise awareness of the real estate program
(3) Continue to build the mentorship program, getting more involvement out of alumni, MBAs and undergrads