John Mauldin, Chairman of Mauldin Economics, a keynote speaker, is a noted financial expert and New York Times best-selling author.   John is the publisher of "Thoughts from the Frontline", one of the most widely read investment newsletters in the world. 

Daniel G. Sullivan, Director of Research and an Executive Vice President at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, will give the afternoon keynote.   Daniel oversees the Bank's research in monetary policy, banking and financial markets, microeconomics and regional economics.

 

WREAA is pleased to welcome a new voice to our social media channels! Emmet Gaffney, (BBA 2018) was recently chosen as the first WREAA Social Media Ambassador. Emmet will keep alumni up to date on student and real estate club activities along with working on special projects which will be highlighted on the new "WREAA Network Blog". The Social Media Ambassador position is funded through the generous donations of alumni to the Wisconsin Connection Fund. To learn more about the fund and how you can directly impact the UW Real Estate Program, visit the Wisconsin Connection Fund webpage. Congratulations to Emmet! To learn more about Emmet, visit the Student Ambassador page on the WREAA website. 

In early March, a team of four UW Real Estate BBA's traveled to Toronto to compete in the 2017 Expand Your Empire Ryerson Real Estate Development Competition. Hard work paid off for the team and they placed second to the University of Guelph, who had home advantage. Along with the second-place finish, the team also received the Most Innovative Proposal Award. Congratulations to the team, Ou Chung, Nick Martin, Beau Vande Walle and Ryan Watt!