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2007 East Carolina University/National Housing Endowment Building Communities webcast!

Upper Marlboro , MD, Oct. 25 - The National Housing Endowment, in partnership with East Carolina University, is joining with the nation’s leading home building experts to present this year's entry into the Building Communities webcast seminar series about residential construction management.

“The Upside of Downtime: Why Residential Construction is Still A Path to Success,” takes place on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. EDT and features Jerry Howard, Executive Vice President and CEO of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and Dave Seiders, chief economist and senior staff vice president. Mark Tipton, a past president of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), will serve as moderator.

“Our industry has been in the news a lot recently,” said Gary Garczynski, chairman of the National Housing Endowment. “this webcast series will look past the headlines and parse the hard data, giving students an honest look at the challenges facing our industry in the short-term and the growth peering just over the horizon.”

This special event marks the second installment of the Building Communities series, which offers online audiences valuable information in a variety of ways, including:

	Live, moderated, 50-minute sessions with the nation’s leading industry experts.
	Answers to selected questions from audience members.
	Seminar archives with organized content.
	Links to industry-related programs and organizations.

The webcast is available to students and professors in construction management/science/technology programs across the country. Participants can register for the webcast online at www.RCMSeries.ecu.edu and submit questions that they would like for Eller to answer. The event will be aired live on November 13th at 2:00 p.m. EDT, and students and professors will be able to access the program afterwards through the seminar archive.

The webcast seminar series reflects the commitment of East Carolina’s Department of Construction Management to teaching students real-world solutions to real-world construction problems, while providing continuing education to industry professionals. By holding the series, East Carolina University and the National Housing Endowment hope to increase awareness of residential construction career opportunities among students and to create a process enabling successful industry professionals to share their insights into the profession, its current challenges, and what lies ahead with students.

For more information on the Building Communities series, and on the “The Upside of Downtime: Why Residential Construction is Still a Path to Success ” webcast, visit www.RCMSeries.ecu.edu.