Fisher Real Estate Society
Altering the Perception of Real Estate
The Fisher Real Estate Society (FRES) is a student organization created to promote careers in the real estate industry and foster academic programming at Fisher. The undergraduate chapter seeks to provide Ohio State students interested in a career in real estate with educational and professional development opportunities in all aspects of the industry. FRES uses action-based learning, including conferences, treks and case competitions in addition to classroom instruction, to further students' knowledge and understanding of real estate fundamentals.
FRES members are given first access to real estate job and internship opportunities that come to the Center's attention and preference towards $35,000 in real estate scholarships that are awarded on an annual basis. All students at The Ohio State University are eligible to join FRES.
Seth Brennock
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President
Seth Brennock is currently a fourth year student double specializing
in Finance and Real Estate with a minor in Economics within the Fisher
College of Business. Seth has experience as a Investment Brokerage
intern and as an accounting intern at a private REIT in the Cincinnati
area. In his free time, Seth enjoys coaching wrestling, wrestling
himself and traveling.
Senior student double specializing in Accounting and Finance within the Fisher College of Business, will be graduating May 2018. Interned in private wealth management, with particular interest in alternative investments. As real estate continues to gain a foothold in portfolios of global institutional investors, commercial real estate will be the fourth major asset class amongst asset managers and looks forward to a career in this field.
John is a senior studying Real Estate with a minor in Economics in the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State. This past summer he worked as a research assistant at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University. His past experience includes working as a finance Intern at Habitat for Humanity and as an Oil and Gas intern at Brownsdale Lane Inc. Upon graduation, he plans to attend law school and eventually work in development.
Ross Groedel
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VP of Programming
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I am majoring in Industrial and Systems Engineering; however, my passion is Real Estate. My past experience has been working at Honda of America Mfg Inc. and MC Dean Inc as an engineering intern. I have also been working as a residential real estate agent in the Cleveland area. My goals after college are to work in engineering until I have the ability to transition into full time real estate development and investments.