NBN Online for the week of February 1, 2010

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In This Issue:

Front Page
Builders Looking to Repair Broken Home Finance System
High Unemployment Levels Put Housing on Slow Growth Track
Builders Need to Act Fast on Home Buyer Tax Credit
Nation's Building News Begins Biweekly Publication
Coast to Coast
Lifelines Dry Up for Mortgage Lending
Politics & Government
Builders Continue to Battle Unfair Health Care Bill Provision
Economics & Finance
New-Home Sales Decline in November, Inventories Slim
Housing Starts Down in December, But Permits Rise
Economy, Foreclosures Take Toll on Builder Confidence
Returning Home Buyers Show a Shift in Preferences
FHA Announces Tighter Lending Requirements
IRS Updates Form 5405 for Home Buyer Tax Credit
Useful Links to Monitor Economic and Housing Trends
Tips
Builders’ Tip: Protecting Stairs During Drywall Installation
builders show
Crowds at IBS More Upbeat About Prospects for 2010
50Plus Housing
Social Activities Not at the Top of 55+ Home Buyer Wish List
It’s Not Easy Getting a Handle on What 55+ Home Buyers Want
Sales
NAHB Names Gold Award Winners of The Nationals
‘Think Sold!’ Provides the Tools to Sell Homes, Even in a Slow Market
Multifamily
Research Center Certifies First Green Multifamily Buildings
Remodelers
Remodeling Poised to Enter Early Phase of Recovery
Apply for NAHB Remodelers Leadership Grant by Friday, Feb. 5
Education
Education Calendar
environment
Remodelers Advised to Apply Now for Lead Certification
Green Building
Appraisals Impeding Wider Use of Green Products
Builders See Cost Savings Move Green Into the Mainstream
Builder Rebate Program Helps Owners Weatherize Homes
Green Building Awards Deadline Is Feb. 3
Greening Missouri Homes Conference Set for March 16-17
home builders institute
Construction Management Contest Winners Announced
Building Products
Pella to Hold 30 ‘ProExpo’ Events Around the Country
TV
NAHB-Produced Programs on the DIY Network
Endowment
Education Scholarship Fund Created to Honor Joe Robson
Evans Scholarship Fund Awards $41,000 to 13 Students
Association News
Nation’s Home Builders Elect Leadership for 2010
Hall of Fame Builder F. Coin Campbell, Jr. Dies at 85
Let Love Bloom This Valentine’s Day With FTD 20% Discount
FedEx Offers Big Savings on Shipping
Members, Take Advantage of Special Offers From Hertz
Speakers Wanted for 2011 International Builders’ Show
Calendar of Events
NAHB Career Center

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Education Scholarship Fund Created to Honor Joe Robson

Evans Scholarship Fund Awards $41,000 to 13 Students

 

 

  Lee S. Evans

The National Housing Endowment, the philanthropic arm of NAHB, announced the recipients of the 2010-2011 Lee S. Evans/National Housing Endowment Scholarship, which is awarded to exemplary students who major in construction-related fields.

The Lee S. Evans Scholarship Committee awarded $41,000 to 13 worthy students.

The scholarship recipients include:

  • Donovan Ballantyne, a graduate student at the Southern California Institute of Architecture

  • Brady Bonds, a junior at Missouri State University majoring in construction management

  • Andres Boral, a junior at Florida Gulf Coast University studying civil engineering

  • Christina Corely, a graduate student at Georgia Tech pursuing a master’s degree in building construction and facility management

  • Mathew Huskins, a senior at Appalachian State University majoring in building science

  • David Jones, a graduate student in his final year at Georgia Tech

  • Scott Kelting, a graduate student at the University of California at Santa Barbara completing his master’s in education leadership

  • Peter Kraemer, a junior at North Dakota State University studying construction management

  • Jingyu Lee, a student at the Illinois Institute of Technology pursuing a dual degree in architecture and architectural engineering

  • Andrew Molgren, a junior at Pittsburg State University studying construction management

  • Daniel Rathe, a student at Missouri State University studying construction management

  • Samantha Spill, a junior at Western Kentucky University studying construction management

  • Nathan Tew, a sophomore at Brigham Young University-Idaho majoring in construction management


Founded in 1993 by Lee and Virginia Evans, the Lee S. Evans Scholarship has awarded more than $540,000 to more than 184 students across the country. 

The annual scholarships award graduates and undergraduates pursuing degrees in residential construction management in two- and four-year colleges and universities up to $5,000 each year.

The scholarship determinations were made by the Evans Scholarship Committee. Committee members included Brenda Eid, founder of BJ Eid Associates; Carole Jones, of Robert R. Jones Associates; William Hauke, president of Hauke Building Supply; Mark Lee Levine, director and professor of the Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management at the University of Denver; Roger Reinhardt, executive vice president of the Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Denver; and Chuck Shinn, of Shinn Associates.

More Endowment Scholarship Programs

The endowment administers 12 scholarship programs and awards more than $300,000 each year to hundreds of students pursuing careers in residential construction and related fields.

For more information on these scholarships, visit the endowment Web site at www.nationalhousingendowment.org.


 

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