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Offering graduate and undergraduate programs in risk management / insurance and real estate to well over 500 majors, as well as courses in business law, our programs are consistently ranked among the nation's finest. Especially noteworthy is our master's of management program in risk management / insurance, the nation's first fully-accredited online graduate program in RMI offered at a major university, and our new online MBA concentration in real estate finance and analysis.
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News & Announcements
C.F. Sirmans has been named an honorary RERI Fellow by the Real Estate Research Institute (RERI) in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Institute and the real estate profession. RERI is a non-profit organization created to stimulate high quality research on real estate investment performance and market fundamentals that will elevate the quality of real estate decision making.
Professors C.F. Sirmans and G. Stacy Sirmans were recently ranked 1 and 20, respectively, in research productivity covering the 1990 to 2006 period (Journal of Real Estate Research, 2008). Globally, FSU was ranked 17th in research appearing in the three core real estate journals tracked and 23rd when considering a broader set of nine real estate journals. Note that because C.F. Sirmans joined the FSU faculty after the period evaluated, his record was not included in determining FSU's global ranking.
Two RMI students have been selected to receive 2009-2010 awards from the Spencer Educational Foundation. Stephen Fier (RMI-PhD) will receive the Graduate Scholarship ($10,000), and Brian Ford (an Undergraduate RMI major) will receive $5,000.
Jim Carson has been selected the Interim Editor for the Journal of Insurance Regulation. Jim will also be speaking about risk management/insurance to the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enter[roses, in Washington, D.C. in May.
REE major, Adam Foret, is the 2009 recipient of a CCIM Education Foundation University Scholarship offered through the CCIM Institute. The CCIM Institute is the world’s largest commercial real estate brokerage network. The scholarship includes a monetary award, as well as a voucher which entitles Adam to complete the CI-103 course, leading to the CCIM professional designation.
On February 23rd and February 24th, Julio Romero (State Farm), Jane Wahl (State Farm), David Medvidofsky (Main Street America Group), and David Halstead (Kemper) from the Jacksonville Chapter of the CPCU will be visiting to speak to risk management and insurance classes about career opportunities in the industry. Together, the speakers have more than 60 years of work experience in underwriting, claims, auditing, public relations, agency, and product development.
Dean Gatzlaff has been selected (via membership vote) to join the Board of Directors for the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA), the real estate area's leading academic organization.
Friday (October 17), Business Law professor, Glenn Boggs, accompanied 27 College of Business students to meet Warren Buffett in Omaha, Nebraska. For more details, see http://www.fsu.edu/ or http://cob.fsu.edu/press/buffett_trip.cfm. (FSU Headlines radio interview with Boggs/students following trip . . .): Listen here
January 2009
RMI major, Michael Rivas, was awarded a scholarship by the Trustees of the Angus Robinson Jr. Memorial Foundation for the 2008-2009 academic year.
December 2008
The following scholarship and award recipients were announced at the Fall Insurance Society banquet on December 4.
- Robert T. Powell Endowed Scholarship – Jenna Barnard, Sarah Katynski, Michael Rivas, Christie Smith
- Katrina Anne “Katie” Froeschle Memorial Scholarship – William Tate, Christine Patterson, Christopher Cibula, Brad Karl, David Pooser
- Waters Endowed Scholarship – Stephen Fier, Roxanne Dann
- Elfreda Egger, CPCU Memorial Scholarship – Edward Rivas
- Setnor-Byer Risk Management Awards – Stephanie Scherrer, Angela Warrings, Ashley Hurt, Shawn Bogdanoff
Lt. Selaina Porter from the Florida Department of Financial Services, Fraud Division, spoke to students in RMI 3011 (Principles of Risk and Insurance) on December 2. Her presentation covered the operations of the Fraud Division as they pertain to surveillance and capturing culprits of insurance fraud.
November 2008
A capacity crowd of over 500 attended the 14th annual FSU Real Estate Trends & Networking Conference, Nov. 6 & 7, 2008. P.J. O’Rourke, best-selling author and political satirist, opened the event on Thursday evening. Todd Mansfield, Chairman & CEO, Crosland; James Seneff, Jr., Chairman & CEO, CNL Financial Group, and Tom Sittema, Managing Director & Sector Head of Real Estate, Banc of America Securities offer their perspective on emerging opportunities in the plenary CEO session. Bob Basham, Co-founder, Outback Steakhouse & Vice Chair of OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC was the featured speaker at the closing on Friday. The conference also included numerous breakout sessions that highlighted critical trends and issues faced by the industry.
The following 2008-09 scholarship recipients were recognized:
- Joan Raley, REALTOR Scholarships – Jonathan Baker and Michael Willinger
- Crossman & Company Endowed Scholarship – Valerie Boyd
- Teel, Teel & Hatcher Endowed Scholarship – Ashton Bligh and Joshua Kucher
- James Rudnick and Donald Carrigan Endowed Scholarship – Jacob Cremer
- Mark Hillis and Nan Casper Hillis Endowed Scholarship – Jessie Williams
- Appraisal Institute National Scholarship – Ashton Bligh, Christopher Cibula and Jacqueline Cunha
The following 2008 Outstanding Student Graduate Award recipients were announced. The recipients are: Jonathan Dickson; Jordon Donaldson; and Andrea Torrico. This award is given annually to two or three students who graduated the previous year, who exemplify the outstanding academic excellence and personal character we hope to see in our program’s graduates.
The 2008 Real Estate Network’s Award was awarded to Patrick Kelly, President, Rubin Real Estate, Inc., Clearwater, FL. This award is given in recognition of Mr. Kelly’s significant contribution to the real estate program at Florida State University.
Congratulations to several RMI professors who will serve in leadership roles for the Southern Risk & Insurance Association (SRIA): Patty Born has been elected to the Board of Directors; Cassandra Cole has been elected Secretary/Treasurer; Randy Dumm will serve as the Immediate Past President; and Kathleen McCullough will serve as the First Vice-President of the organization.
Ryan Burk from MetLife spoke to students in RMI 3011 (Principles of Risk and Insurance) on November 6. His presentation covered a variety of issues in Life Insurance and Estate Planning.