It was an action packed day Number 2 and we heard from some great speakers. Alain Dumont, our professor, gave a lecture on the evolution of the European Business Context. We also heard from Tulane alums from Schlumberger and Olmeto Capital Partners. Schlumberger is the largest global supplier of technology […]
After traveling across the ocean, the group of nearly 100 first-years arrived in Paris throughout the day on Sunday. We were given the whole day to check in and sight see before we got down to the academic portion of the trip which starts Monday. Some students left earlier and […]
The first day of our China program began yesterday. We started the morning at a local university (Tsinghua in Beijing) where we heard a lecture from an Oxford educated communications professor about the subtle differences for those who seek to do business in China. The lecture was very enlightening. As […]
I’m in Boston. Nothing as exciting as France or China. 🙁 I am actually here to visit family and friends since I have the spring break days to use. Why, you ask? Well, it is because I am a candidate for one of the dual degrees that Tulane offers; a […]
While the second-year MBAs will be in China, myself and the rest of my first-year classmates will be in Paris, France. Our class of 100 students was split into three teams to work on a presentation for Colas, which is the world leader in road construction. Each team was told […]
In the beginning, I thought that the last semester would be easier and I would have time to look for a job. I thought that the amount of labor required would be a downward sloping curve over the course of the MBA. That is not the case! During the last […]
Yesterday four Tulane MBAs (Cesar Solozano, Wil, Amina, and I) were selected to be on a panel for The Conference Board’s Work-Life Conference. We participated in a 1.5 hr session called, “The Real Deal: A Conversation with MBA Students”. Tulane’s President, Scott Cowen, was the Keynote speaker for the conference. […]
Following today’s Burkenroad Symposium the four speakers participated in a lunch workshop on leadership and innovation. Four tables of one speaker and eight students worked through a delicious lunch before presenting their findings to the others. I had the director of the National Science Foundation at my table. Appointed by […]
Burkenroad’s 16th annual symposium. “Leadership and the Eye for Innovation.”. Happening right… Now.
So today I finished my 10th speech. 10th speech you say? Yes, my 10th speech in the Competent Communicator track of Toastmasters International. Tulane University has a chapter of Toastmasters International on campus. Toastmasters International is an educational organization that works to build the communication and leadership skills of its […]
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