Student-centered, diverse, and forward-thinking. At #Winthrop, you'll love where you learn. 🦅 Student-centered, diverse, and forward-thinking. At #Winthrop, you’ll love where you learn. 🦅 WUREF, Inc. serves as the conduit through which gifts of real estate and property are received and liquidated to advance the mission of Winthrop University; to develop, own, manage, lease, and sell real estate and property; and to protect the real estate assets of the Winthrop Foundation.