Over the past few weeks, I’ve been meeting with the candidates to take over the dean’s job when I step down in June, and in the course of these discussions, I’ve had the chance to reflect on what we’ve accomplished over the last five years.
The Master of Management in Energy is an intensive one-year program focused exclusively on the business of energy and targeted at new or recent college graduates who wish to extend their knowledge and skills for jobs in energy finance, analysis, risk management, consulting and trading.
Tulane University has built a national reputation for public service in recent years. Now, thanks to a group of Freeman School MBA students, that reputation is poised to go global.
“Mad Money” host Jim Cramer is famous for his unabashedly bullish take on the stock market, so it was only fitting that the investment guru should bring his CNBC television show to a city like New Orleans and a school like Freeman.
In its latest biennial ranking of full-time MBA programs, Bloomberg Businessweek has ranked the Freeman School 35th in the U.S. The ranking represents a jump of at least 10 spots for the Freeman School.
In just two years, the Tulane Energy Trading Competition has grown into one of the leading annual events for both students seeking careers in trading and energy executives seeking the best young talent.