New Tulane Business School Wins Award of Merit from AIA Connecticut

After earning a business degree from Tulane University in Louisiana, Geoffrey J. “Geoff” Block went on to become the manager of a company in South Carolina. In his free time, Geoff Block enjoys vintage wines, playing golf, and attending pro football and baseball games. He also remains involved with the alumni association at Tulane and closely follows its Goldring/Woldenberg Complex project.

Established more than a century ago in 1914, Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business is internationally recognized, teaching more than 2,500 students invaluable business skills through its various programs worldwide. The Freeman School is comprised of two buildings: Goldring/Woldenberg Hall I and Goldring/Woldenberg Hall II. A team of planning, design, and construction professionals recently came together and added an extra 42,000 square feet to the school, linking the two buildings together. The renovation was completed in March of 2018 and won an award of merit from AIA Connecticut in late 2019.

About the Tulane University Alumni Admission Programs

Geoff Block is an experienced investment manager who formerly held executive roles at Crown Growth Partners before establishing RLB Squared in 2013. As the firm’s manager, he is in charge of all day-to-day operations and the firm’s investment portfolio, including hedge funds and real estate initiatives. A business alumnus of Tulane University, Geoff Block is still involved with the university as a member of the Tulane Alumni Association.

Underpinning the success of the Tulane Alumni Association is the consistent dedication of alumni and staff to building a long-standing relationship with one another and also promoting the vision of the university. The Alumni Admission Program is one of the several programs established with that aim.

Tulane’s Alumni Admission Programs offers a full spectrum of resources that keep alumni families abreast with information pertinent to admission programs and protocols. The need for the program was spawned by the increasing complexity and changes in admission protocols. Tulane’s Alumni Admission Program is directed by Valerie Calenda, an alumna of the institution who draws on two decades of experience working with the Office of Admission at the university. Aware of the challenges faced by alumni families looking to enroll students in the university, Calenda sees the prime need to communicate ongoing modalities and changes regarding admission to these families to guide them in this endeavor.

The admission program also features an online community called “Parent Connection.” Through Parent Connection, admission information (including reminders) is disseminated to parents. Alumni who are looking to join the program can fill out a legacy disclosure form online at Aumni.tulane.edu/s/1586/Alumni/16/interior.aspx?sid=1586&gid=3&pgid=10572&cid=24379

Tulane University Launches TU Fit Ultra-Modern Fitness Center

Geoff Block is an accomplished entrepreneur and real estate expert who has been actively involved in real estate management and development services. Since 2013, Geoffrey J. Block has managed his real estate firm, overseeing day-to-day company activities. Geoff Block is actively involved with his Alma mater through Tulane Alumni Association.

Tulane Alumni Association allows alumni and friends to connect and participate in various initiatives and networking events. As part of the university’s growth plan, Tulane’s downtown campus has set up TU Fit, a new Tulane Fitness Center. The Department of Campus Recreation will manage the 12,000-square-foot facility at the downtown New Orleans campus.

This is among the multiple expansion and modernization projects at the campus, including the transformation of Warwick Hotel into residential and retail development facility, as well as redevelopment of The Bertie M. and John W. Deming Pavilion expected to host TU Fit. TU Fit is expected to cater for the increasing demand for modern fitness facilities at the rapidly expanding campus community. Some of the beneficiaries of the health facility are staff and students of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, and School of Social Work.

According to Wendy Windsor, director of Campus Creation, the new fitness center is expected to promote an active lifestyle within the campus community. The fitness center was designed and developed through a collaboration between the Tulane Campus Recreation team and Trahan Architects and Boudreaux Nathan Builders. TU Fit is equipped with modern cardio and strength equipment and other modern workout equipment.