Scholarship Competition
2008 Winning Scholarship Essays
2008 Scholarship Competition Details
The University of Michigan and Urban Land Institute Real Estate Forum awarded five $2,000 scholarships to students at the 22nd Annual UM/ULI Real Estate Forum held October 15-16 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The scholarships were funded by donations from Butzel Long, The Christman Company, Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW Detroit), First Commercial Realty & Development Co. and Mika Meyers Beckett & Jones.
UM graduate students who study business, architecture, urban planning, public policy, law, natural resources or engineering and wished to be considered for one of the $2,000 scholarships had to first read a report (download pdf, 275Kb) about how Michigan is faring in attracting and retaining young talent and then write a brief essay to address the following question:
Large gaps exist between Michigan's three largest metropolitan areas and the number of young professionals in the most prosperous regions in the Great Lakes. What would you advise political and business leaders to do to eliminate those gaps?
Essays were limited to two pages, double spaced using 12-point font and were e-mailed to Peter Allen, Jim Kosteva and Lou Glazer by 5 p.m., Tuesday, September 23. An up-to-date résumé accompanied all submissions.
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