President's update: "Push for the Pin" scholarship

The Push for the Pin Scholarship was created to support qualified real estate professionals in their efforts to achieve the CCIM designation. Recipients should exemplify the high caliber of professionals that comprise the CCIM Institute. Selection Criteria Includes the following: * Recipients of this scholarship should be selected from among individuals who have already successfully completed CI 101, are currently candidate members of the CCIM Institute, and have a need for financial assistance. * Each applicant should be able to demonstrate a commitment to a commercial real estate career. * Each applicant should be able to demonstrate active involvement as a dues paying member with a local CCIM chapter. Scholarship Value Each recipient will receive a full tuition enrollment in one of the following CCIM designation courses: CI 103 or CI 104. Please note that scholarship recipients will be responsible for reimbursing the foundation for the full cost of a failed course; failing the course renders the scholarship null and void. Procedure Applications are submitted directly to the individual's local CCIM chapter. It is required that the specific course, as well as, the date of the course selected be submitted at the same time as the application. Please note that the course selected can only be taken in 2010. The scholarship cannot be applied retroactively to any course already taken. The award is not redeemable for cash and the foundation will not reimburse individuals for any courses already taken. The deadline for submission to chapters is January 15, 2010. Send your application to Beverly Cain at [email protected]. Recipient Notification On or before February 15, 2010, letters will be sent from the Education Foundation of the CCIM Institute notifying those selected. Once accepted, recipients are responsible for registering for the class and making their own travel arrangements. Joseph Larkin, CCIM, is the president of the Upstate New York CCIM chapter, Albany, N.Y.