Illustration by Juan Bernabeu depicting the four focus areas of the new certificates program

Getting ahead in the cloud

- Spring 2021 -

In 2011, David Olk teamed up with Jason Richelson to raise $2 million to build a company with the goal of taking small businesses where they’d never gone before: the cloud.

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Passing the Baton

- Spring 2021 -

A scholarship made Tulane University possible for Baton Rouge native Jim Burke. That generosity — from someone he didn’t even know — transformed his life and ultimately led him to create the same opportunity for future generations of Tulane business students.

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For alums, culture is key to private equity success

- Spring 2021 -

For Freeman alumni Steve Jarmel and John Findlay, the decision to strike out on their own in private equity presented an opportunity to not only generate superior returns but also to build a company where culture matters.

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Class Notes: Spring 2021

- Spring 2021 -

Ralph Brennan (A&S ’73, MBA ’75) has been elected the 21st chairman of the board of the Culinary Institute of America.

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In Memoriam: Spring 2021

- Spring 2021 -

Herbert Barton (BBA ’43)
Marion Zevely Mason (BBA ’44)
Thomas Carey Wicker Jr. (BBA ’44, L ’49, L ’69)
Charles Leverich Eshleman Jr. (BBA ’45)
August Joseph Selzer ( ’45)
Norman James Haupt (BBA ’46)

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Upcoming Events

- Spring 2021 -

September 2021

Sept. 17
Tulane Family Business Forum
LOCATION TBA

Sept. 23
Tulane Business Forum
LOCATION TBA

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From the Dean: The Power of Resilience

- Fall 2020 -

The COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging for both our students and our faculty and staff, but we continued to respond to this historic crisis with urgency, reason, ingenuity and, most of all, resilience.

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Education in the age of COVID

- Fall 2020 -

Under the specter of a global pandemic, the 2020–21 academic year has been one unlike any other in the history of the Freeman School, and the process of preparing for it began almost immediately after Tulane University made the decision last spring to shut down in-person classes for the semester and shift to online learning.

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Giving students — and entrepreneurs — the tools they need to succeed

- Fall 2020 -

When Otis Tucker, founder and CEO of New Orleans trucking and logistics firm T.I. Contracting, was featured in this year’s Inc. 5000, the magazine’s annual list of America’s fastest-growing privately held companies, one person may have been even prouder than Tucker.

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Entrepreneurial Hospitality to launch as Freeman’s first online graduate degree program

- Fall 2020 -

The Master of Management in Entrepreneurial Hospitality teaches students how to craft extraordinary customer experiences through the joint lenses of hospitality and entrepreneurship, fulfilling a need for companies in all industries to face challenges in the current business landscape.

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New real estate programs give students real-world experience

- Fall 2020 -

When A. J. Brooks (MBA ’12) was hired to help develop the Freeman School’s new real estate programs, he knew immediately what kind of courses he wanted to build.

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Stirling Properties establishes real estate scholarship fund

- Fall 2020 -

In partnership with Tulane and ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers) Foundation, the Maurin Ogden Tulane Real Estate Fund focuses on academic and professional development for graduate students enrolled in the A. B. Freeman School of Business and the Tulane School of Architecture.

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PMBA course leads to live-saving surgery

- Fall 2020 -

When Dr. Rizwan Aslam enrolled in the Freeman School’s PMBA program, he expected to get a peek inside the business world. He didn’t expect to save someone’s life.

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Freeman welcomes nine to faculty for 2020-21

- Fall 2020 -

Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of nine faculty members for the 2020-21 academic year. The appointments include seven tenure-track assistant professors, one professor of practice and one lecturer.

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