What does it really mean for housing to be affordable? In Affordable Housing in the United States, authors Gregg Colburn and Rebecca Walter, Associate Professors in the Runstad Department of Real Estate at the College of Built Environments, …
Category: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
2023-24 Ferguson Fellow Audrey Ochsner
The Runstad Department of Real Estate has partnered with the Ferguson Center for Leadership Excellence program. This program helps racially, ethnically and gender diverse students earn undergraduate degrees and secure promising careers in real estate and related sectors by offering …
Runstad Leadership Dinner Provides Record Support for Undergraduate Scholarships
The overwhelmingly successful paddle raise at last year’s Runstad Leadership Dinner has enabled the Runstad Department of Real Estate to significantly expand scholarship support to undergraduate majors in real estate. Runstad Advisory Board member Eric Campbell and his wife, Denise …
Empowering Change: Runstad’s Commitment to Diversity in Real Estate
The Runstad Advisory Board has developed several committees focused on supporting the Runstad Department of Real Estate’s students, faculty and programs. One of these committees, the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, is dedicated to helping create a future where equity …
Nicole DeNamur honored at Business of Pride
On June 8th, the Puget Sound Business Journal will celebrate LGBTQ+ business leaders at “Business of Pride: Outstanding Voices and LBGTQ+ Businesses. Among those honored is one of the department’s instructors, Nicole DeNamur.
Owner of Sustainable Strategies, a …
Hacking Inequity in Access to Real Estate Capital: Best Practices & New Options
On February 15th the Runstad Department of Real Estate and Foster School of Business held their annual symposium, “Hacking Inequity in Access to Real Estate Capital: Best Practices and New Options”. This year the event was co-sponsored …
Seattle’s Chinatown/International District: A Personal Reflection by Diane Sugimura
Appreciation for those who came before me.
Hope for those who come behind me.
As I think about Lunar New Year 2023, I am in awe of and thankful for the early Asian pioneers who not only faced the difficulties …
Happy International Women’s Day!
Today we celebrate one of our own, Katlin Jackson Svik, 2011 MSRE Alumnus and founder of Haitibabi. She was inspired to start Haitibabi after a life changing trip she took to Haiti a few years ago. Haitibabi gives moms in …