In the six years he spent teaching in New Orleans public schools, Todd Wackerman (MBA ’18) had a lot of great ideas about how to make science education more exciting — and a lot of trouble getting the tools he needed to make those ideas a reality. To teach a lab on...
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Melissa Papock (BSM ’96) As the founder and CEO of stylish swimwear brand Cabana Life, Melissa Papock (BSM ’96) knows that clothing acts as a vital line of defense against summertime sun exposure. Papock was inspired to launch the sun protective...
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Brandon LeBeau (BSM ’15) As a professional football player, Brandon LeBeau (BSM ’15) has some slick moves on the field. As the founder of local moving company Movn, LeBeau specializes in smooth moves off the gridiron. “We take pride in all of...
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Jacob Landry (MBA ’13) Jacob Landry (MBA ’13) didn’t like beer until he spent a year in France during college, but after tasting some of the finest brews Europe had to offer, he began to imagine what it would be like to open his own brewery. “I put...
CAREER SPOTLIGHT: Madeleine Bell (BSM ’17) In the spring of her senior year, Madeleine Bell (BSM ’17) landed a highly coveted job interview with Restaurant Brands International, the parent company of Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes. Her interviewer? None other...
1960s Taylor Jesse Clear (BBA ’65) recently retired for the third time and closed his business, Ballistic Trap Media, a gun range design and consulting firm whose clients included police, military and national security agencies. Before retiring in 1995, Clear spent 27...
