At the Freeman School, the MBA program is more than just coursework. From group projects to local internships, here’s how two second year MBA students spend a typical week. Kendall Zenk Monday Kendall Zenk spends her Monday mornings in class. She is pursuing a career in special event sales, and […]
Osman Kazan has always made numbers matter with a simple tenet: “Tell a story with them.” That’s what he does to shape the Freeman School’s Master of Business Analytics degree into a rigorous, experience-based education of the technical side of business. How do you create a compelling story from data? […]
Brenton Ho (MBA ’22) was about to graduate. He needed a job, but the hunt had been a whirlwind. The interviews were intense. Some companies never called back. Others had interesting offers but weren’t quite the right fit. Then Samsung offered him a job, and he took it. Two months […]
It’s unbiased research. A spotlight on small, yet possibly lucrative companies that Wall Street overlooks. It’s a niche uncovered by Burkenroad Reports, a course where students conduct in-depth investment analysis of small cap companies across the Gulf South. The reports have found such success that they’ve coined their own phrase: […]
Mohammed Sharief faced a choice: should he become a doctor or study business? The rigor of a medical degree was daunting, as was the experience he’d need to be successful in business, but he had a goal: one day, he wanted to help lead hospitals. That idea made up his […]
Kate Gleason needed an MBA summer internship. She persisted through four rounds of interviews at FGS Global, a strategic communications firm. She passed a writing test. She waited for news for a month and a half. She got the job. “I was super, super excited,” Gleason said. But FGS Global […]
It is a common stereotype: accounting degrees are for math-loving introverts who spend their lives doing taxes and pouring over numbers and calculations. Accounting is a profession that many outside the field have often brushed aside as dull. But that’s all changing. A lot. Take Michael Tumminia, an accountant who […]
Living with dementia, Alzheimer’s or any other memory-impairing disease can have significant impacts not only on the individual with the diagnosis but also among their loved ones. Memoryz founder and CEO Rishawn Dindial, a medical student enrolled in the double MD/MBA program, understands this complicated shift firsthand after acting as […]
There is obviously a need for new and innovative methods for financing startups. As MBA students working on a new venture, we are especially interested in creative funding vehicles. Fortunately, many such opportunities do exist. Below we have outlined options for the next generation of savvy entrepreneurs.
Simone Reggie (MBA ’12), founder of Simone’s Market, a grocery store in uptown New Orleans that specializes in locally produced food, was profiled in the April 22, 2018, edition of the New York Times. Ms. Reggie’s enterprises have caught the attention of the magazine Southern Living, which recently named […]
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