<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/college-of-business-challenges-students-to-launch-their-first-business-during-freshman-night.php" dsn="blogs"><pubDate>09/24/2026</pubDate><title>College of Business challenges students to launch their first business during Freshman Night</title><main-featured>true</main-featured><category-featured>true</category-featured><summary>Louisiana Tech University College of Business freshmen used technology and AI to turn ideas into marketable businesses in a matter of hours during Freshman Night on September 10.</summary><image><img src="/news/_images/cob-freshman-night-2026.jpg" alt="The Louisiana Tech Student Center is full of College of Business freshmen sitting at long tables and working on computers"/></image><tags><tag>Business</tag><tag>Students</tag></tags></item>