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Long Island Board of Realtors® Grants Scholarship
to Queens College Student

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Pictured are (l-r) Buddy Hoosein, LIBOR Queens Vice President; Frank Urso, Chairperson of the LIBOR Public Relations Committee; Dr. Ross Wheeler, Chief Administrator for the Office of Honors and Scholarships at Queens College; Ashley Koretz, scholarship recipient and Mohsen Zandieh, LIBOR President Elect.

September 2007 - West Babylon, NY -The Long Island Board of Realtors® (LIBOR) has granted a $1,000 scholarship from its newly formed scholarship program to Ashley Koretz of Garden City to pursue her education within the real estate industry.  Ms. Koretz is presently a sophomore at Queens College.

The LIBOR Scholarship Program is a new initiative developed by the Long Island Board of Realtors to recognize and support students from Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties studying for a career in real estate.  LIBOR will be awarding three scholarships (one from each county) every school year.  “The Long Island Board of Realtors is committed to supporting students studying for careers in real estate.  Our new scholarship program enables us to recognize those students who show promise and potential to excel in our field,” said Frank Urso, Chairperson of LIBOR’s Public Relations Committee.  “The real estate industry is both a challenging and often lucrative career choice, and we need talented individuals such as Ashley that show considerable potential to meet the demands of the ever changing real estate market in the New York area,” Urso added.

“We’re delighted that a student from Queens College was selected to receive this wonderful scholarship from the Long Island Board of Realtors,” said Dr. Ross Wheeler,

Chief Administrator for the Office of Honors and Scholarships at Queens College.  “It’s gratifying to have our talented students such as Ashley Koretz be selected to receive scholarships, because it not only recognizes individual accomplishment, it also recognizes the commitment of the college to providing avenues to valuable career choices such as those within the real estate industry,” added Dr. Wheeler. 

Ms. Koretz has already begun her career having recently earned her real estate license.  “I am very honored to have been selected by LIBOR to receive this prestigious scholarship,” said Koretz. “The funds granted to me will enable me to follow my career choice and to become an effective professional within the real estate industry.”

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Press Release Contact:
Christina DeFalco
Public Relations and Communications Specialist
631-661-4800 Ext. 358

The Long Island Board of REALTORS® is a non-profit trade association consisting of more than 20,500 professional Realtors. LIBOR is the largest local Realtor® Board in the Country with ten Chapters that cover the North Shore, South Shore and Central areas of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens Counties. Many Realtors® members actively volunteer to participate in their local Chapter meetings and fundraising events. For more information about LIBOR, or to locate a Realtor in your area, visit our web site at: www.mlsli.com.