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January 25th, 2010
In its latest ranking of global MBA programs, the Financial Times has ranked the Freeman School 61st in the world and 35th in the U.S. The ranking appears in the newspaper’s Jan. 25, 2010, issue.
Freeman was most recently ranked 80th in the world and 46th among U.S. programs in the 2008 Financial Times global MBA ranking, the last time Freeman was included in the survey.
The Financial Times ranks global MBA programs using a variety of criteria, including measures of alumni success and satisfaction, school reputation, institutional diversity, international experience, and research quality.
Of the 100 programs on the list, Freeman ranked 3rd in international experience, a weighted average of four criteria that measure international exposure during the MBA program.
To see the complete ranking, visit http://www.ft.com/businesseducation/mba2010.
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January 20th, 2010
 The Burkenroad Fund has once again outperformed the market.
The mutual fund, which was inspired by the Freeman School’s Burkenroad Reports program and which invests in many of the companies followed by the program, finished 2009 with a return of 31.63 percent, beating both the S&P 500, which returned 26.47 percent, and the Russell 2000 Index, which returned 27.16 percent.
Since its inception in 2001, the Burkenroad Fund has posted a return of 108.39 percent, placing it in the top 1 percent of all 4,348 funds. Over that same period, the Russell 2000 Index returned 42.42 percent and the S&P 500 returned 13.48 percent.
Burkenroad Reports is an equities analysis program established in 1993 to give students practical experience as research analysts while at the same time highlighting companies often overlooked by Wall Street. Today, the program has grown to include more than 140 student analysts covering 40 small- and mid-cap companies in six states.
The Burkenroad Fund (ticker symbol: HYBUX) was established on Dec. 31, 2001, and is managed by Hancock Horizon Investments, a department of Hancock Bank. The fund utilizes Burkenroad Reports as a primary source of research and analysis in its investment decision making. For more information about the fund, contact Hancock Investor Services at 888-346-6300 or visit Hancock Horizon Funds.
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January 8th, 2010
As the Tulane Entrepreneurs Association (TEA) hits a 10-year milestone with its annual Business Plan Competition, the group is shaking things up by more than doubling the prize money and shifting focus to the virtues of “conscious capitalism.”
 The deadline to apply for the 2010 Tulane Business Plan Competition is Feb. 1. This year, the contest will award a top prize of $50,000 in startup capital to the group with the best idea for a business that seeks to positively affect both its stakeholders and the society in which it operates. The idea could involve the principles of social entrepreneurship or “right livelihood,” which is based on the belief that one can do good for the world while doing well for oneself, says TEA President Matt Dearmon, a second-year graduate student at the Freeman School.
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Tags: John Elstrott, Levy-Rosenblum Institute, Matt Dearmon, Tulane Business Plan Competition, Tulane Entrepreneurs Association
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December 15th, 2009
 The "Future Freeman Alum" toddler T-shirt is only $10. Looking for a last-minute holiday gift for the Freeman alum in your life? Check out the Freeman Online Store.
The Freeman Online Store offers a wide selection of Freeman logo gifts and apparel that make great stocking stuffers for students, parents, kids, friends and alumni. The store features golf shirts, T-shirts, baseball caps, coffee mugs, pens, tote bags, key chains, blankets, koozies, baby bibs, onesies and much more. You can order gifts online securely with Visa, MasterCard or Discover.
Christmas is just around the corner, so visit the Freeman Online Store today!
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November 24th, 2009
 The Tulane chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society recognizing business excellence, welcomed its newest members in a ceremony at the Freeman School on Nov. 18, 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
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November 17th, 2009
Twenty-eight of the nation’s best student traders met up in New Orleans on Nov. 14 to test their skills trading simulated live oil and gas futures, but unlike most competitions, the winners of this event weren’t necessarily the ones with the biggest profits. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Joe LeBlanc, Trading Center, Tulane Energy Institute
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November 16th, 2009
For more than a decade, the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certification has been the globally recognized benchmark for expertise in risk management. Now, thanks to a unique partnership between Freeman and the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), students can earn a master’s degree in risk management while simultaneously preparing for the FRM examinations.
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November 12th, 2009
The Freeman School jumped seven spots in the latest Financial Times ranking of executive MBA programs. Freeman’s EMBA program is now ranked 64th in the world and 22nd among U.S. programs.
 Financial Times ranked Freeman's Executive MBA program 22nd among U.S. programs. Financial Times bases its ranking of executive MBA programs on measures of alumni success, program diversity and quality of faculty. Graduates of Freeman’s executive MBA program reported an average salary of $163,859 three years after completing the program, and graduates experienced a 50 percent increase in average salary compared with their levels prior to entering the program. In addition, Freeman’s faculty ranked 55th internationally in research according to the number of publications in 40 top-tier academic and practitioner journals.
“We bring great students into our program and pair them with great professors,” says Russ Robins, associate dean for executive education. “Students integrate new insights into their decision-making and as the curriculum progresses, application to work projects becomes more sophisticated and more meaningful. In one to three years, we can clearly see and quantify the value added.”
To see the full ranking, visit http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/emba-rankings.
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October 27th, 2009
The Freeman School has earned a national reputation in recent years for its use of cutting-edge technology to teach energy trading. Next month, Freeman takes another step toward establishing itself as one of the nation’s leading institutions for the study of energy with the first Tulane Energy Trading Competition.
The Tulane Energy Trading Competition will take place on Nov. 13 and 14 in the Freeman School’s trading center. Twenty-eight students from five top business schools will travel to New Orleans to put their skills to the test in a unique competition with highly coveted internships at top trading firms on the line.
 Twenty-eight students from five top business schools will visit the Freeman School's trading floor in November to participate in the first Tulane Energy Trading Competition. What makes the Tulane competition unique is that participants will be judged not solely on profit but on risk-adjusted returns and the ability to articulate and execute a logical trading strategy, a crucial distinction according to Joe LeBlanc, assistant director of the Tulane Energy Institute and organizer of the event.
“The idea was to create a trading competition that is more aligned with what employers want in the marketplace,” says LeBlanc. “We think that by adjusting for risk, combining several different performance measures and using the best trading software from Trading Technologies and Thomson Reuters, we’re creating a competition that rewards responsible trading and more accurately reflects the way trading is truly practiced in today’s energy firms.”
The competition began on Oct. 12 with a two-week remote phase for 21 teams from 13 business schools. Each team was given a mock $100,000 to trade and was required to execute at least five trades per day. While most trading competitions reward the team or individuals who generate the highest profit, the Tulane Energy Trading Competition uses a method for measuring investment risk known as the Ulcer Performance Index to penalize teams that take on too much risk.
At the end of the two weeks, the members of the top seven teams qualified to participate as individuals in the final round in New Orleans.
Another innovation of the competition is the prize structure. Rather than cash prizes, the Tulane Energy Trading Competition will offer internships with Webster Capital on the CME/NYMEX, Luminant Energy and Mirant Energy to the top three participants. While most trading competitions award cash prizes to students, LeBlanc says that sends the wrong message to the public at a time when many people blame high energy prices on speculation.
“We think awarding internships is the right thing to do because students want jobs and internships more than anything,” says LeBlanc. “It also supports the mission of the Freeman School by providing an opportunity for students to further their education through an opportunity with a top energy trading firm.”
The Tulane Energy Trading Competition is presented by the Tulane Energy Institute and the Tulane Energy Club and sponsored by CME Group, Trading Technologies and Thomson Reuters. For more information about the competition, visit http://trading.tulane.edu or contact Joe LeBlanc at 504-314-2662 or jleblan@tulane.edu.
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October 12th, 2009
Whole Foods Market co-founder and CEO John Mackey drew the wrath of many longtime customers in August with a Wall Street Journal opinion piece that proposed free-market alternatives to healthcare reform, but the article was vintage Mackey, combining the iconoclastic executive’s strong beliefs in the power of capitalism and the importance of social responsibility in business.
 Whole Foods Market CEO and co-founder John Mackey will deliver the luncheon keynote presentation at this year's Tulane Business Forum. On Friday, Oct. 16, Mackey will be in New Orleans to deliver the luncheon keynote presentation at the 2009 Tulane Business Forum, which this year focuses on the theme of corporate consciousness.
“The whole idea of corporate consciousness goes back to the basic business fundamentals of doing things in an ethical manner and being responsible and purposeful in how you gear your business,” says Tom Spiers (MBA ‘01), board member of the Tulane Association of Business Alumni (TABA), which organizes the annual event. “We thought this would be a good way to focus on how to return to core values and how certain large organizations are doing it and succeeding at it.”
In addition to Mackey, other speakers addressing corporate consciousness, ethics and social responsibility include Mark Quartermain, president of Shell Energy North America; Alan R. Yuspeh, senior vice president and chief ethics and compliance officer of HCA; and Gary Jay Saulson, director of corporate real estate with PNC Financial Services Group.
The forum will also feature a panel discussion on alternative energy and financing featuring Jon Guidroz, director of project development with Free Flow Power Corp.; D’Juan Hernandez, president and CEO of Sun Energy Group; and Eldon Klaassen, CEO of Allegro. The discussion will be moderated by Michael L. LeBourgeois, principal of NGP Energy Technology Partners in New Orleans.
The 2009 Tulane Business Forum will take place at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. Registration and continental breakfast will begin at 8 a.m. and the forum will begin at 8:30 a.m. For more information about this year’s program, visit tulanebusinessforum.com.
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