Feature: Six Extraordinary Years
As he steps down as dean, Angelo DeNisi looks back on his six years at the helm of the Freeman School, six years that will no doubt be remembered as among the most challenging and eventful in the school’s history.
Cover Story: Conscious Consumption
A new generation of entrepreneurs and business people are combining their love of food with a desire to make an impact in New Orleans, and the Freeman School is playing a big part in that effort.
News from TABA: Family Ties
Today’s graduates and alumni face great social and economic challenges, and in order to be successful, they must be able to lean on immediate family, extended family and, yes, their Tulane family.
In Memoriam: Summer 2011
Samuel F. Parker Jr. (BBA ’49)
J. Barbee Winston (BBA ’49, L ’51)
Carl M. Fremaux (BBA ’39)
Henry W. Bull Jr. (BBA ’40)
William V. Lyons (BBA ’40)
Marjorie S. Vanzant (BBA ’42)
John Dane Jr. (BBA ’43)
Humble Beginnings: A Life in Insurance
Life insurance salesmen have been a butt of jokes for years, but when Emile Bayle (BBA ’53) was looking for his first job, nobody bothered to tell him. “I didn’t realize then that mothers shielded their sons from going into the life insurance business,” Bayle recalls with a laugh. “Nobody wants to sell life insurance.”
Freeman School of Business Upcoming Events
AUGUST 2011
AUG. 25
Tulane Houston Information Session, 1700 West Loop South, Houston
AUG. 26
Rock ’n’ Bowl Party for Alumni and Graduate Students, Mid-City Lanes Rock ’n’ Bowl
From The Dean: Looking Back on Five Years
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.
Freeman Launches New Master’s Program in Energy
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.
MBAs Bring Service Learning to Argentina
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.
Booyah on the Bayou: Mad Money Comes to Freeman
“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.
Freeman Jumps in Businessweek Ranking
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.
Top Traders Converge for Energy Trading Competition
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.
Tulane Business Forum Looks at Leveraging Resources
This year’s Tulane Business Forum focused on the theme “Leveraging Corporate Resources,” and more than 650 people attended to hear some of the creative ways that businesses and business leaders are doing more with less.
Freeman Ranked 13th for Entrepreneurship
In its latest survey of entrepreneurship programs, the Princeton Review ranks the Freeman School 13th on its list of the nation’s top graduate programs for entrepreneurs. The ranking appeared in the October 2010 issue of Entrepreneur magazine and online at Entrepreneur.com.
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