Tulane University Freeman School BLOG

Yesterday I answered a student’s question about how to improve their Excel skills before MBA classes start. I forgot to mention the Freeman School’s Summer Session, which starts about a month before regular classes. Abe covered this info a while ago, but it’s buried. So here it is again:
Abe writes:
We had three […]

I received the following question from a recently admitted Freeman MBA:
I have just been accepted to Freeman and plan on attending this fall. My
question involves my lack of experience with Excel. Would you recommend a
particular book or class that I might be able to dive into before I get to New
Orleans so that […]

I just had an interesting conversation w/Bill Sandefer - Director of Admissions at the Freeman School - about the current state of the Class of 2010.
The class size will be about 100 kids, which is bigger than my class (59) or this year’s class (74). 100 is right around the number we had before […]

I received this question a few weeks ago:

Eric Seling wrote:
I am very interested to learn more about the Global Leadership Series.
Specifically, do students have a say in the countries studied/trips taken?
Also, is it same to assume that costs associated with these trips are in
addition to the tuition? Thanks so much.
Regards,
Eric

The Global Leadership courses are […]

So, the graduate business building is brand new. The photos on the freeman website don’t do us justice, so I won’t link them. But, some of the print materials you’ll receive in the mail, if you contact us, will give you a great picture about what the new building is like. It’s awesome, because there […]

Good thing? Maybe… For most though, it just added a bunch of stress. Tulane really has 3 full time concentrations:
Management (which apparently has several different titles) – I have heard it called “strategy and leadership,” “strategy and entrepreneurship,” “strategic management” ….zZzZz
Consumer Behavior – A.K.A.Marketing. I haven’t taken any of these courses, but I have met […]

Ok so after a too long hiatus from regular posting on the blog I’m back into the swing of things. Hard to imagine that in five short months I’ll be finished with my 2 year MBA, a lot smarter and $120,000 poorer. Wheel of Fortune here I come!
I’ve had a bunch of time […]

So here is my recap of the first semester as short as possible:
We started out with a week of extreme orientation. We called it extreme orientation because the admissions office had us from 8 A.M. well into dinner time for a solid week. There were 70ish new faces and it was much like freshmen year […]

A while back I mentioned that CNBC was on campus to do a special on the Freeman School’s awesome FX/Energy trading room.
CNBC did their segment, here’s the video.
The FX professor, Leslie McNew, has left the Freeman School (forever? for the time being? until I’m gone?), however Professor Joe LeBlanc, who teaches energy trading, is […]

Bill Gates took a sizable stake in FEMSA, the maker of Tecate (among others) last week. Not notable in itself, but remember that the Freeman School visited the FEMSA brewery and met with CEO José A. Fernández last year as part of our global leadership class trip to Monterrey, MX.
Bill Gates buys stake in […]