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Freeman hosts 14th annual Finance Case Competition

March 23, 2010

MBA students from Freeman and seven other top-ranked business schools competed for $10,000 in cash prizes at the 14th annual Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Finance Case Competition.

This year's competition, which took place on March 19 in Goldring/Woldenberg Hall II, featured teams from Tulane, Emory, Rice, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of South Carolina, University of Texas at Austin, Washington University and Vanderbilt.

Vanderbilt took first place and the grand prize of $5,000 in the competition, Emory earned second-place honors and a prize of $3...

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Record attendance highlights Freeman Days New Orleans

March 19, 2010

This year’s Freeman Days New Orleans recruiting and networking event broke records for both corporate participation and alumni involvement.

More than 60 alumni attended this year's Freeman Days New Orleans Networking Reception.

Freeman Days kicked off on Thursday, March 11, with the annual alumni networking reception. More than 150 people attended this year’s event, which gives students the opportunity to mix and mingle with both alumni and corporate recruiters. That number included more than 60 alumni, an all-time high for the reception.

On Friday, a record 31...

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Freeman mourns the death of Douglas Schantz

March 12, 2010

Douglas N. Schantz, president of Sequent Energy Management, died tragically in New Orleans on March 5 after apparently falling accidentally into the Mississippi River.

Schantz, who served on the board of the Tulane Energy Institute, had been in New Orleans to present a gift of $25,000 to the institute as well as award two scholarships to Freeman students seeking careers in the energy industry.

Douglas N. Schantz, right, presented James McFarland with a gift of $25,000 for the Tulane Energy Institute at a reception in the Lavin-Bernick Center on March 4.

Schantz, a Tulane...

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Executive MBA program ranked among top 25 in U.S.

November 12, 2009

The Freeman School jumped seven spots in the latest Financial Times ranking of executive MBA programs. Freeman's EMBA program is now ranked 64th in the world and 22nd among U.S. programs.

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Financial Times bases its ranking of executive MBA programs on measures of alumni success, program diversity and quality of faculty. Graduates of Freeman's executive MBA program reported an average...

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Saying goodbye to the Katrina Class

May 20, 2009

The 2009 commencement ceremonies marked an historic end and a bright beginning for 769 newly minted alumni of the A. B. Freeman School of Business.

At the undergraduate level, this year's commencement was notable for the graduation of the so-called Katrina Class, the students who made the decision to return to New Orleans and Tulane after Hurricane Katrina forced the cancellation of what would have been their first semester in college. More than 250 undergraduate business majors were among the graduating students treated to an extraordinary unified ceremony at the Louisiana...

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New alumni group hopes to improve ranking

May 15, 2009

A new alumni group hopes to improve the Freeman School's national ranking by reaching out to recent graduates.

The Freeman 50 is the brainchild of Edward Crawford (MBA '08, MGM '09), who says he was inspired to start the group after seeing the success that other schools had had with initiatives such as class agent programs.

"We have alumni who love Freeman and want to come back to New Orleans all the time, but they're not connected to the school," says Crawford. "I started talking to some recent alumni and people at the school about how to fix that, and the idea just grew...

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TABA Baseball Tent Party Friday, May 8

May 08, 2009

The 2nd annual TABA Baseball Blowout will take place Friday night, May 8, at Turchin Stadium.

The Tulane Green Wave baseball team takes on UAB at 6 p.m. in an important Conference USA contest, so to help fans get ready for the big game, TABA is sponsoring a pre-game Tent Party featuring food, refreshments and fun for friends and alumni of the Freeman School. The Tent Party runs from 5 to 7 p.m., and the cost (including a game ticket) is $25 for adults and $15 for children aged 3 to 17. Walk ups are welcomed as long as the food lasts, but to insure your place, contact Rhonda Earles...

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Opportunities with the CIA National Clandestine Service

March 12, 2009

Mindy Trittipo reports that Freeman students and alumni who missed last week's CIA National Clandestine Service information session can still apply for positions. Applicants were requested to include the name of the presenter and the date and location of the information session in the online application's Objective field. Students and alumni who missed the session can contact the CMC for that information. Trittipo notes that there are opportunities for both graduating students and alumni and freshman and sophomores. The NCS internship available to freshmen and sophomores is a paid...

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Energy Futures announces job openings for alumni

March 12, 2009

Energy Future Holdings Corp., formerly TXU Corp., is a Dallas-based, privately held energy company with a portfolio of competitive and regulated energy subsidiaries. TXU Energy, Luminant and Oncor, EFH's primary businesses, serve the high-growth Texas electricity market, which is one of world's largest and among the nation's most successful competitive markets.

EFH currently has more than 100 openings for experienced-level candidates in the following areas:

  • Accounting/Finance
  • Engineering
  • I.T.
  • Legal & Governmental Affairs
    • ...
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GradeUs announces marketing program with Sonic

March 12, 2009

GradeUs, a mobile marketing firm founded by Freeman alums Greg Woolverton (BSM '85, MBA '89) and Rob Mouton (BSM '85, MBA/JD '89), recently completed a text-based mobile marketing program at 10 Sonic stores in southwestern Louisiana.

The campaign involved a customer satisfaction program which encouraged customers to grade their dining experience via text messaging and a "blast" marketing campaign which provided participating customers with coupons for free and discounted food also via text message. GradeUs provides mobile marketing and customer satisfaction solutions for...

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It's never too late to graduate

May 19, 2008
Henry St. Paul became one of the oldest graduates to earn a Freeman School MBA when he graduated in 2008.

Henry St. Paul knew it would take time to earn enough credits to get a master of business administration degree when he started night classes at Tulane. He just never thought it would take 53 years.

On May 17, 2008, 53 years after starting the MBA program, Henry St. Paul crossed the stage in McAlister Auditorium along with 187 fellow graduates of the A. B. Freeman School of Business, finally receiving his master of business administration degree. At 81, St. Paul is one of...

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Reiss and Houston honored as Entrepreneurs of the Year

April 21, 2008

The Freeman School has named two distinguished businessmen with close ties to New Orleans as this year's Tulane Entrepreneurs of the Year.

James J. Reiss Jr., a private investor and manager of Reiss Companies, was honored as the 2008 Tulane Most Distinguished Entrepreneur, and Allan Houston, former NBA player and founder of the Allan Houston Foundation, was honored as the 2008 Tulane Social Entrepreneur of the Year.

The awards were presented at the annual Tulane Council of Entrepreneurs Awards Gala on Friday, April 18, at the Westin New Orleans at Canal Place. The Freeman...