SoPA News

SoPA Recent Alumni Council seeks new members

The application window is open for membership on the Tulane School of Professional Advancement (Tulane SoPA) Recent Alumni Council. Council representatives are supporters of the school who serve as a resource for Dean Suri Duitch providing feedback and

Tulane SoPA, New Leaders Council partner to develop inclusive leaders

The Tulane University School of Professional Advancement (Tulane SoPA) and the New Leaders Council have partnered to increase access to educational opportunities for inclusive, equity-focused, cross-sector leaders.  The new

Chip Kidd visits Tulane

When the Media + Design Program in the Tulane School of Professional Advancement hosted designer extraordinaire Chip Kidd last spring, students and community members alike turned out to hear how his most famed design—the dinosaur fossil that brands the

SoPA dean, faculty and alumna to participate in New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University

The highly anticipated debut of the inaugural 2022 New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University will take place on the uptown campus, March 10-12, and will feature 130 national, regional and local authors. The festival, which is free and open to the public,

Zach Harris: Gridiron and business school teach alum how to build a successful business

The skills Zach Harris gained as a starting linebacker for the Green Wave football team, a business major at the A. B. Freeman School of Business, and a graduate of the Tulane School of Professional Advancement led him to start his own construction firm,

Digital Design students win best of show among other honors at the 2022 NOLA ADDY Awards

Tulane University School of Professional Advancement’s (SoPA) Digital Design students received 32 awards in recognition of their design work. The award-winning group earned a combination of gold, silver and bronze awards in addition to winning

Tulane SoPA and Operation Restoration join $4.7 million initiative to promote post-secondary education in prisons

When the U.S. Department of Education expands its Second Chance Pell Program to include incarcerated students on July 1, 2023, the Tulane School of Professional Advancement (Tulane SoPA), in partnership with Operation Restoration, will be ready to help those

New to exercise? Watch for signs of injury

If you’ve made it to month two of a new year’s resolution to get fit, Nickie Harris-Ray, a faculty member in the Tulane School of Professional Advancement’s Kinesiology Program, says you should know how to recognize an injury. Harris-Ray says the “no pain, no

Heeding the call: Tulane SoPA graduate student creates video to promote awareness of human sex trafficking

January was National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and one Tulane University graduate student has made the prevention of this form of modern-day slavery her life’s mission. In one of Aubry Tedford’s Homeland Security Program classes at Tulane, she read

Lawsuit, protests paved way for first Black Tulane students

Black History Month is a great time to explore the culture and struggles of Black people living in America. At Tulane University, Black history was made in 1963 when the first students of color fought for—and won—the right to integrate. Learn more about
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