Schulich students receive CREW scholarships

headshot of Amber Lam

Schulich students Amanda Acchione (BBA Candidate 2013) and Amber Lam (MBA/JD Candidate 2014) have been awarded scholarships by the CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) Network in the United States.

Acchione was one of the top two ranked undergraduate candidates and won a $10,000 headshot of Amber Lamscholarship. Lam was one of only two graduate students awarded a scholarship worth $5,000.

Amber Lam

Students from both American and Canadian schools were eligible for the scholarships. Seven scholarships were awarded in total – five to undergraduate students and two to graduate students.

“Schulich students took two out of the top four positions in this year’s CREW Network scholarship rankings – an incredible achievement considering that the scholarship is available to students at every university across North America,” said Andre Andre KuzmickiKuzmicki, executive director of Schulich’s Program in Real Estate and Infrastructure.

Andre Kuzmicki

“Amanda is an excellent student with strong entrepreneurial credentials currently interning at Canadian Apartment Properties REIT and Amber was a member of Schulich’s winning ARGUS case competition team,” he said. “Amber is serving as the 2012-2013 president of the Schulich Real Property Students’ Association and is working this summer as an assistant legal analyst for the Independent Electricity System Operator.”

Founded in 1989, CREW Network is the industry’s premier business networking organization dedicated to supporting the achievements of women in commercial real estate. With 8,000 members located in 76 major markets across North America, CREW represents nearly every discipline within the industry.