by freemanschool | Nov 8, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2024 -, News
Students at two New Orleans area high schools are doing more than just learning financial literacy. With the help of students from the A. B. Freeman School of Business, they’re studying investment strategies and actively building their own portfolios. Students in Mara...
by freemanschool | Nov 8, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2024 -, News
“It’s always on my brain in the month of July,” says Christine Smith, “but this year in particular.” July 20, 2024, marked the 10th anniversary of the death of Smith’s father, Beauregard J. “Beau” Parent Jr., the legendary instructor who taught accounting at the...
by freemanschool | Nov 8, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2024 -, News
The Freeman School of Business has named Mara Baumgarten Force as the inaugural director of the Center for Experiential Business Learning, the school’s new center of excellence dedicated to high-impact hands-on learning. In this new position, Force, who serves as the...
by freemanschool | Nov 8, 2024 | - Fall/Winter 2024 -, News
Russ Robins spent the better part of his career teaching statistics, so it makes sense that he’d continue to focus on numbers even in retirement. “My daughter gave me a Fitbit, and I’m kind of a fanatic about it,” he says. “I try and walk 10 miles a day — that’s about...
by freemanschool | Nov 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Music app Tipzy hit a high note at this year’s Pitch Friday Competition, taking home the grand prize of $15,000 in cash and $2,500 in pro bono legal services. The final round of the competition, an annual presentation of the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and...
