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Global, Master of Business Administration, Programs

Getting Ready for South America

Tonight is for packing.  I’m leaving for South America tomorrow for our 2nd year MBA Global Leadership trip.  Starting Monday, we’ll attend lectures and visit companies in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  Most of our class will leave New Orleans on Saturday for Argentina, but a few friends and I are heading […]

November 3, 2010 ×

Master of Business Administration, New Orleans, Programs

Greetings from New Orleans’ City of the Dead

Greetings from New Orleans’ City of the Dead.  I live in a small neighborhood around the Mid City area that is flanked by at least six cemeteries.  It’s a popular destination for tourists this time of year, and Voodoo Fest , popular with visitors and locals alike, is just down […]

October 31, 2010 ×

Energy, Finance, Master of Business Administration, Programs

An interview with INFO 6020 Professor, Dr. Xiaoyue Jiang

Q1: Why do you feel that it is important to have a Quantitative Modeling course included in the MBA core curriculum? It has been the general consensus among Freeman faculty that quantitative modeling skills are fundamental to the MBA curriculum for all specializations. Today’s business practice is very much data-driven. […]

October 26, 2010 ×

Experience, Master of Business Administration, New Orleans, Programs

Halloween Week

The Freeman School is hosting a Halloween party at a popular bar, F&Ms, where there will be an open bar and costume contests. Last year students spent weeks preparing their costumes for Halloween. My personal favorite costume was by a student who came dressed as one of our first year […]

October 25, 2010 ×

Finance, Master of Business Administration, Programs

Mad Money at Tulane

Yesterday, millions of people were exposed to Tulane and the Freeman School on CNBC thanks to Jim Cramer’s “Mad Money.”  The stock-picking show made a stop on our campus as a part of Mad Money’s Back to School Tour.  A few weeks ago, the show emailed students asking for a […]

October 20, 2010 ×

Experience, Master of Business Administration, Programs

Interested in Consulting?

One of the student groups that I’ve been involved with this year is Freeman Consulting Group (FCG).  FCG provides free consulting services to both for-profit and non-profit businesses.  You can see a list of the projects that we are currently involved with here.  I’m interested in healthcare consulting, and I […]

October 17, 2010 ×

Experience, Master of Business Administration, New Orleans, Programs

Music in New Orleans

Live music in New Orleans is definitely one of the reasons that I was drawn to school here. On any given evening, you can find live music all over the city. I live in the Marigny – home to Frenchmen Street, where local jazz, funk and blues pours out onto […]

October 14, 2010 ×

Experience, Master of Business Administration, Programs

Post econ final margaritas with Dare and Nathalie.

Post econ final margaritas with Dare and Nathalie.

October 12, 2010 ×

Community, Master of Business Administration, Programs

Post Finals

My apologies for posting a few days later than usual…but it has been a busy week at Freeman School and Tulane.  My fellow MBA 1s and I had our last classes of the session on Tuesday, and turned in our Practice of Management group paper.  Then, we took our External […]

October 11, 2010 ×

Community, Master of Business Administration, Programs

Fall is Finally Here

After a summer of insufferable heat, humidity and tropical rain – it’s finally fall in Louisiana.  I have not seen a cloud in the last 11 days.  Temperatures are in the 70s and 80s, and it’s dry.  This is what it must be like to live in California. As the […]

October 8, 2010 ×