The Central Arizona chapterof CCIM has launched a mentorship program forundergraduate students. The local chapter launched its firstmentoring session last month at Colangelo College of Business atGrand Canyon University. The program will include analysis,students creating and presenting a broker opinion of value, listingpitches and sales offering memorandum.

"Our Central Arizona Chapter's mission is to provide thepremiere education in commercial real estate. University outreachwas on my agenda for this year, so I reached out to Mr. Colangeloat the CCIM economic forecast in January," JenetteBennett, first VP at Kidder Matthews, tells GlobeSt.com."The Colangelo College of Business had just been announced in themedia, so I thought it was a perfect time to introduce a customizedCCIM curriculum and mentorship to the undergrads."

At an introductory session announcing the program, 45 studentsin attended with 30 expected. Needless to say there is a lot ofinterest from the students. "We had a strong response from thestudents at our first meeting," Bennett says. "GCU had announcedthe CCIM mentorship during their back—to-school night, anddistributed our agenda. As of now we have over 50 students who areenrolled and matched to a mentor."