Chicago & Midwest + Downtown + Finance | May 17, 2023

Marshall Bennett Institute Sees 92% Employment for 2023 Grads

Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate at Roosevelt University (MBIRE) celebrated its graduates in a spring commencement ceremony earlier this month at the Auditorium Theater at Roosevelt University. MBIRE also reported 92% of its graduates of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in real estate over the 2022-2023 academic year had secured employment in the real estate industry upon graduation, despite current economic challenges.

“Our programs, curriculum and experiential learning give undergraduates a head start in understanding the industry and help graduates enhance their current experience, which leads to more successful outcomes,” said Collete English Dixon, executive director of MBIRE. “Their learning curve is shorter, they can be engaged with the company they’re working with faster, and that is important to the industry.”

The 2022-2023 academic year saw 12 students graduate from MBIRE, including five receiving a bachelor’s degree and seven receiving a master’s degree

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 13-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 15-20 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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