Spring Break
40 HBS students embarked on the business school experience of a lifetime, to positively impact lives that have been affected by the devastation of hurricane Katrina by applying highly sought after business skills learned through classroom instruction and work experience. (0) comments
Seven students and professor Stacey Childress worked on a strategic planning project with The Cowen Institute, a newly formed institute at Tulane University that seeks to serve the needs of charter schools in New Orleans. As a result of Hurricane Katrina, over 50% of New Orleans public schools have become charters (publicly funded but independently operated), and this creates an exciting and unique education environment in the city. (0) comments
In the Fall of 2006, Kirsten Hassert (OC), Leslie Feinzaig (OF) and Helen Trapp (NB) decided to team up with silo leaders Jean-Philippe Odunlami (OA) and Jeff Shaddix (NH) to work with Dillard University. This marks the second year that HBS students have partnered with Dillard University, one of the oldest institutions in the network of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. (0) comments
Prior to Katrina, New Orleans was ineffective at educating the majority of its children. By virtually any metric, the public school system was woefully underperforming, both in terms of educating students and managing schools. In a strange twist of fate, the arrival of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005 provided an opportunity to wipe the slate clean. (0) comments
Eight students, staff, and faculty worked on two planning and policy projects for the Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations (LANO). LANO is the statewide advocacy group for the nonprofit sector in Louisiana. Besides lobbying on behalf of the entire sector at the State House in Baton Rouge, LANO operates regional satellite offices including one in New Orleans. (0) comments
A team of eight MBA students and one HBS research associate worked with the Baton Rough Area Foundation to develop a strategic plan for the reintegration of the thousands of storm evacuees that are still living in FEMA trailer parks seventeen months after the storm. (0) comments
Fourteen students, partners, and administrators worked with Habitat for Humanity to build homes in the St. Tammany parish, about 40 miles north of New Orleans. HBSers worked alongside future Habitat homeowners and the construction crew on a wide variety of projects, including installing doorframes inside homes, cutting and putting siding outside of homes, and debris removal. (0) comments
