BYU FPM Graduation

April 23rd and 24th are the Commencement and Convocation of our April Class of 2009.

Convocation takes for the Fulton College of Engineering's School of Technology in the the beautiful Provo Tabernacle.
Our program is proud to have fourteen students graduating. True to our fame our graduating class has 100% job placement. Some of the companies which have employed our students are Sodexo, Aramark, U.G.L. Unnico, GSA, private property management groups, FME and others. The graduates will be leaving to various locations in the next few months to continue growing as leaders in the professional world. As graduates they represent the values of integrity, faith, and excellence held by BYU and the Facility and Property Management Program.

Closing Social

Students gathered for the 08-09 closing social. We shared a slide show showing pictures of events throughout the year including World Work Place, past socials, association events, and the Industry Advisory Council. Our out going FPMSA president Bryan Jolly was at the grill. There was a raffle of FPM items and keeping with tradition of our yearly closing social it was accompanied by rainy weather.

It has been an exceptional year of studies with new competitions, innovative research projects, engaging coursework, and a great deal of exciting progression for Brigham Young's Facility and Property Management Program. We are looking forward to a summer of dynamic internships.

Senior Seminar 4/9

Our graduating seniors were presented at the final seminar of the 08-09 school year.

The seminar highlighted each of the seniors and then tested their knowledge in "Are you smarter than an FPM Freshman". The seniors held up very well against test questions from the FPM 110 class.

APPA Educational Facaility Proffesional

In March two of our students sat for the APPA EFP exam. The results of that exam were recently released showing both students as some of the newest EFP credentialed facility professionals Click on the following link to see what APPA EFP credentials are all about.

APPA EFP

Congratulations to Byran Jolly and Greg Brinkerhoff.

Weekly Seminars March 26th & April 2nd

Our final seminar speakers of the semester both gave exceptional presentations.

March 26th U.S. General Services Administration

Scott Walton of GSA gave an enlightening seminar regarding the management of non-military government facilities. He covered the 15 facilities managed in the state of Utah from the historic Odd Fellows Building to the cutting edge remodels of the Frank E Moss U.S. Courthouse & the Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building in Salt Lake City.

April 2nd Pacific Northwest National Laboratory



Mike Moran of PNNL gave us an introduction to national laboratories and the high caliber work that goes in to maintaining buildings that facilitate million dollar research. He showed us the dynamic model they use to balance different aspects of operations. It was an exciting opportunity for our students to see the result of highly efficient facility operations.