These funds are provided by UF Real Estate Advisory Board members, Friends and Alumni members, and others who contribute to this scholarship and graduate assistantship fund.

2023 - 2024

• Wilson Carlstedt
• Jack Phillips
• Sabrina Saint-Marc

2022 - 2023

• Leah Thompson
• Moriah Marquette
• Paige Kramer

2021 - 2022

• Manuel Andres Cordova-Carrion
• Michael Gibbons
• Noel Odonnell
• Michael Sabat

2020 - 2021

• Devon Stoloff
• Noah Rolnick

2019 - 2020

• Mike Harris

2018 - 2019

• Kandace Keeling
• Tor Carmichael
• Sugandha Sharma

2017 - 2018

• Ben Robinson
• Melody Scott

2016 - 2017

• Michael Bennett
• Arjun Choudhary
• Zachary Feldman
• Siddhartha Gautam
• Paul Naccache
• Ranosurja Sarkar
• Qi Si

2015 - 2016

• James Baker
• Safak Erseven
• Kelsey Broadhead
• Olaf Boullé

2014 - 2015

• Candis Pressley
• Peter Wilkins

This annual scholarship is funded by Nathan S. Collier of Gainesville, CEO of The Collier Companies, UF Real Estate Advisory Board member, and provides two rent free 3 bedroom/3 bath luxury scholarship apartments in The Polos for six MSRE students.

2023 - 2024

• Alec Frank
• Hai Ha
• Sean Scully
• Scenic Mosley
• Jessica Satfield
• Audrianna Thomsen-Roeder

2022 - 2023

• Mariana Villicana
• Houyu Xie
• Ryan Krane
• Harrison Haber

2021 - 2022

• Paige Kramer
• Noel ODonnell
• Spencer Preston
• Pedro Esteban Vintimilla

2020 - 2021

• Victoria Noska
• Amber Little
• Maria Muzaurieta
• Michael Bass
• Chad Madden
• Robert Roxas

2019 - 2020

• Enrique Triana
• Kemal Sengul
• Yifeng Xie
• Yixuan Zang

2018 - 2019

• Jenai Ferguson
• Sugandha Sharma
• Li Yang
• Mario Agosto
• Shane O’Connor
• Enrique Triana

2017 - 2018

• Melody Scott
• Zifei Wang
• Dongyeon Hwang
• Jiyu Liu
• Enrique Triana

2016 - 2017

• Eduardo Cademartori
• Arjun Choudhary
• Zachary Feldman
• Siddhartha Guatam
• Yeji Moon
• Xuan “Somerville” Wang

2015 - 2016

• Carey Froelicher
• Chiwei Zhong
• Olaf Boullé
• Francisco Padilla

2014 - 2015

• Beijia Li
• Noa Marks
• Panpan Rao
• Matthew Gourlay
• Zhonghao (Ken) Wu
• Yifan (Evan) Yang

This endowed scholarship will be awarded annually through the Bergstrom Real Estate Center to support students pursuing their MS-Real Estate degree to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the real estate industry.

2023 - 2024

• Audrianna Thomsen-Roeder
• Madison Tidwell
• Paris Vanacore

2022 - 2023

• Houyu Xie

This endowed scholarship supports awards to recruit outstanding students to the Master of Science in Real Estate programs; preference to non-Florida resident students who have exhibited through past superior academic performance the intellectual attributes to be viewed as “Best in Class” and also demonstrated outstanding leadership skills that differentiated the applicant among his/her peers.

2023-2024

• Joshua Burr
• Wilson Carlstedt

2022-2023

• Bryan Madeya

2020 - 2021

• Jesse Clark

2018 - 2019

• Mario Agosto

2015 - 2016

• Safak Erseven

The University of Florida Warrington College of Business is proud to announce a new scholarship for students who attended Florida A&M University (FAMU) or other Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCU) and are interested in studying real estate. The Bergstrom-Crossman Real Estate Scholarship will be awarded annually through the Kelley A. Bergstrom Real Estate Center to support students qualified for the Nathan S. Collier Master of Science in Real Estate (MSRE) program with undergraduate degrees from Florida A&M University or another HBCU.

2023 - 2024

• Andrew Lewis IV
• Scenic Mosley

2022 - 2023

• Eleanor McCoy

2021 - 2022

• Alexis Ashley

Steve Bernstein, of Boca Raton, Chairman of SBA Communications, established an endowed scholarship fund for real estate students in 2005.

2023- 2024

• Max Milicevic
• Peyton Recer

2022- 2023

• Jasmeen Randhawa

2021- 2022

• Hope Stephens

2020- 2021

• Cameron Alexander

• Sammy Coker

2018 - 2019

• Paige Winters

2017 - 2018

• Trent Slattery

2015 - 2016

• Kevin Gregory

2013 - 2014

• Kevin Jund

2023 - 2024

• Blake Beltz
• Brandon Williams

Alumnus, Mr. Donnellan of Boca Raton, Managing Director of Apartment Realty Advisors, established an endowed scholarship fund for real estate students in 2005.

2023 - 2024

• Clayton Gardner
• Nicole Gaviria
• Jack Phillips

2022 - 2023

• Mariana Villicana

2021 - 2022

• Brayden Curry

2020 - 2021

• Amber Little

• Sammy Coker

2019 - 2020

• Saya Perez

2017 - 2018

• Ben Robinson

2016 - 2017

• Denise Fierro

2015 - 2016

• Avery Dorr

2013 - 2014

• Allison Selby
• Greg Dupes

Mr. Dan Dupree and his wife, of Atlanta, endowed a scholarship fund for real estate students in 2000.

2023- 2024

• Bella Barrios
• Robert Duckworth

2020 - 2021

• Erin Elferdink

2019 - 2020

• Sean West

2018 - 2019

• Will Wyman

One or two Scholarships of up to $8,000 are available from an endowment created by the Florida Association of Realtors.

2023 - 2024

• Zach Flaksman
• Anna Glass
• Francisco Martell
• Noah Miller

2022 - 2023

• Mariana Villicana

2021 - 2022

• Jayme Morrall

2020 - 2021

• Jesse Clark
• Spencer Preston
• Robert Roxas

2018 - 2019

• Carlos Ardavin
• Jenai Ferguson

2017 - 2018

• Cooper Reese

2016 - 2017

• Denise Fierro

2015 - 2016

• Carey Froelicher

2014 - 2015

• Seun Falade
• JJ Sofarelli

Alumnus James Heistand (BSBA ’74) established this endowed scholarship in 2009 in memory of his mother Yvonne to support MSRE students or MBA students with a concentration in real estate.

2023 - 2024

• Demetrios Psarianos
• Keegan Stinnett

2022 - 2023

• Zane Mueller

2021 - 2022

• Claudia Verdecia

2020 - 2021

• Maria Muzaurieta
• Chad Madden

2019 - 2020

• Sean West

2018 - 2019

• Sarabeth Lewis

2016 - 2017

• Eduardo Cademartori

A partial scholarship in memorial of Jack Havener to a deserving student with a real estate focus.

2020 - 2021

• Maria Muzaurieta

2015 - 2016

• Tanner Ziebarth

2023 - 2024

• Peter Lambrou
• Oliver Lewis
• Evan Mendelson
• Trenton Woehrle

2022 - 2023

• Houyu Xie

2021 - 2022

• Moriah Marquette

2020 - 2021

• Erin Elferdink
• Taylor Oldham

2019 - 2020

• Daniel Rodriguez
• Kyle Sarbak

2018 - 2019

• Shane O’Connor

The Appraisal Institute Education Trust offers $2,000 graduate scholarships for students with an interest in real estate appraisal. Students should request applications for these scholarships from the Appraisal Institute.

2014 - 2015

• Ye “Ashlynn” Liu

2022 - 2023

• Houyu Xie

2019 - 2020

• Yixuan Zhang
• Yifeng Xie

The CCIM Institute, which offers the prestigious CCIM designation, has typically reserved a $1,000 scholarship, plus complimentary enrollment in the CI 103 Course (tuition value of this course is over $1000), for one of our real estate students each year. CCIM requests the nomination of three students for consideration annually and selects the awardee in the spring semester.

Note: CCIM has notified us that they are not able to offer this scholarship for the 2012-2013 academic year.

2011- 2012

• Daniel Drotos

Full-time students from Latin America and the Caribbean (including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) who receive scholarships from the federal or state government qualify for in-state tuition.

2022- 2023

• Mariana Villicana

This scholarship program will provide up to $2,500 per semester for qualified graduate students, is renewable on a semester-by-semester basis, and contingent upon funding. The applicant should express a desire for a career in the real estate industry and need for educational financial assistance while demonstrating an active community service record, pursuing a concentration in real estate at Florida, and meeting Florida residency requirements.

2016 - 2017

• Luke Feldman
• Alex Gonzalez
• Blake Hakimian
• Nick Kasper
• Charles Kennedy
• Cooper Reece

2015 - 2016

• Nick Kasper
• Charles Kennedy
• Brandon Perdeck
• Tanner Ziebarth

2014 - 2015

• JJ Sofarelli
• Cory Yeffet
• Seun Falade
• Noa Marks
• Peter Wilkins

This scholarship fund awards $1,000 and $2,000 scholarships to African-American U.S. citizens who are residents of South Florida and enrolled full-time in graduate business degree programs at Florida universities. Applicants must plan to pursue their professional careers in South Florida.

Advisory Board members Daryl Carter and John Crossman were instrumental in raising the money for the $3000 tuition scholarship, established in honor of Daryl Carter’s father, Maury Carter.

2022 - 2023

• Nicolas Moreland

2020 - 2021

• Spencer Preston

2019 - 2020

• Edmund Aramayo

2015 - 2016

• David Saperstein

2014 - 2015

• Avery Dorr

PREA scholarships of $500 to $5,000 are available to Master’s degree students majoring or concentrating in real estate. Please visit the Pension Real Estate Association or the Robert Tiogo Foundation website for more information.

2011- 2012

• Josh Weisenfeld

The Society of Industrial and Office Realtors Foundation and Majestic Realty Co. teamed up to provide this $10,000 Scholarship.

2007- 2008

• Kevin Whirity

The Society of Real Estate Professionals is pleased to offer an annual scholarship to eligible full-time undergraduate or graduate level students who are pursuing a career in real estate with the intent to relocate to Tampa Bay after graduation. The scholarship is open to students admitted to or attending the University of Florida.

2023- 2024

• Audrianna Thomsen-Roeder
• Drew Lewis
• Caroline Kelly
• Natalie Bongirno
• Zachary Flaksman
• Noah Miller

2022- 2023

• Kyle Stoker
• Michael Van Ness

2021- 2022

• Jake Duff
• Anthony Cimino
• Matthew Gomez
• Patrick Farese
• Noah Miller
• Daniel Batatt

2020- 2021

• Jason Banky
• Daniel Becker
• Barry McDonnell
• Matthew Moisello
• Cater Nash

2019- 2020

• Kyle Sarbak

2018- 2019

• Andrew Dale
• John Farese
• Kyle Larsen

The UF Office of Graduate Minority Programs spearheads the UF Graduate School’s contribution to campus diversity by working for the recruitment, retention and graduation of minority and underrepresented students in master’s degree and doctoral degree programs.

It has a two-fold mission:

Increasing the number of graduate students from underrepresented ethnic or racial groups: African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Native Alaskans (Aleuts and Eskimos), Native Americans and Native Pacific Islanders.

Providing prospective and enrolled graduate students in underrepresented demographic groups with material aid and mentoring to help in their successful pursuit of a graduate school education.

It accomplishes this mission through a variety of programs, services and support initiatives, including:

• Campus Visitation Program
• FAMU Feeder Program
• McNair Scholars Program
• Office of Graduate Professional Development
• Supplemental Scholarships
• UF/SFCC Development Project

2007- 2008

• Andres Andrade
• Kahlil Bond
• Henry Smith