For release: Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007

LOS ANGELES (Feb. 8) - The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Scholarship Foundation recently awarded eight scholarships to college students planning careers in real estate. The scholarships were awarded at the Association's board of directors meetings in Monterey, Calif.

"The C.A.R. ScholarshipFoundation was established in 1948," said C.A.R. President Colleen Badagliacco. "To be eligible for a scholarship, recipients must be enrolled in at least one real estate or real estate-related course and have completed a minimum of two real estate or real estate-related college-level courses. We are pleased that scholarships were awarded to recipients from across the state, all of whom have demonstrated a serious commitment to a career in real estate."

Scholarships awarded by the C.A.R.Scholarship Foundation address C.A.R.'s goal of bringing new professionals into the real estate industry and training them with the skills required to effectively meet the needs of future homeowners in California. Scholarships are awarded three times annually, during C.A.R. board of directors meetings in January and June and at the annual CALIFORNIA REALTOR® EXPO and business meetings held in the fall.

Scholarships were awarded to:

Jeanette Areia
Lincoln Law School
Elk Grove, Calif.
$1000
Don Beck Memorial Scholarship

Jeffrey Bryant
CSU Northridge
North Hills, Calif.
$3000
Ira Gribin Honorary Scholarship

Nassyr Gemeel
Cuyamaca College
Santee, Calif.
$2000
Mark Consalvo Memorial Scholarship

Lilit Grigoryan
Glendale Community College
Glendale, Calif.
$2000
Lois Jean Moulton Honorary Scholarship

Michael McCoy
CSU Long Beach
Los Angeles, Calif.
$1000
Deede Keller Memorial Scholarship

Kevin Merrett
CSUFullerton
Riverside, Calif.
$1000
Carl Clor Memorial Scholarhip

Jeff Sommars
West Los Angeles Community College
Los Angeles, Calif.
$2000
BJ Johnson Memorial Scholarship

Oliver Wolcott
CSU Sacramento
Sacramento,Calif.
$1500
Aurelia Gebert Memorial
 
Leading the way...® in California real estate for more than 100 years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (www.car.org) is one of the largeststate trade organizations in the United States, with nearly 200,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. C.A.R. is headquartered in Los Angeles.