The Business Report calendar is open to events of general interest to the Capital Region business community. Items must be submitted no later than noon the Friday before the event occurs. Email ssanoski@businessreport.com with information.
Tonight — Rep. Bill Cassidy, hosts a town hall meeting on health care from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Auditorium, 5000 Hennessy Blvd. The event is free. Details are here.
Wednesday — SeNSE partners with Forum 35 to present its monthly social from 6 to 8 p.m. at Blend Wine Bar, 304 Laurel St. Get the full details and register to attend here.
Wednesday — A small-business seminar will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the West Feliciana Parish Fire District headquarters, 9892 West Feliciana Parkway. The seminar will focus on various insurance options for small businesses. The event is free, and you can register for it by email at dmanshack@wfparish.org or by calling 225-784-3672.
Thursday — Jazz & Cocktails, a summer social hosted by the LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business and the LSU Flores MBA Alumni Association, will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in The Commons area of the Business Education Complex on campus. All LSU MBA alumni, current and prospective MBA students, sponsors, recruiters and their guests are invited to the free networking event. RSVP and get complete details here.
Thursday — BRSocMe, a social media association, holds its monthly meeting on the topic of “kids and social media” at noon at the Louisiana Technology Park, 7117 Florida Blvd. Lunch is provided. The event is free for members, $10 for guests. Full details can be found here.
Friday — The University of Phoenix of Baton Rouge hosts Entrepreneurship Expo: The Science of Success from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the campus, 2431 S. Acadian Thruway. The workshop will include four informational sessions featuring speakers from the university, the Small Business Administration, LED, and Gulf Coast Bank—the area’s top SBA lender. The event is free. Online registration is available here.
July 25 — As part of a statewide tour, Southern University System officials will host a town hall meeting at 6 p.m. at the A.W. Mumford Field House on the Baton Rouge campus. “Keys to the Future of the Southern System” will be presented by SU President Ronald Mason Jr., who will touch on financial and political changes, as well as budget cuts, enrollment challenges and increased benefit costs for SU employees.
July 26 — An informational session about Louisiana Connections Academy, a virtual charter school that opened last year, will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Best Western Richmond Suites Hotel, 5668 Hilton Ave. Get more details on the school here.
July 27 — Creative Louisiana, a morning meeting for creative types held each month, will gather at the Baton Rouge Gallery, 1515 Dalrymple Dr., beginning at 8:30 a.m. The featured guest will be LSU adjunct professor of design Scott Hodgin, also a director at TILT, who will speak at 9 a.m., followed by a group discussion that will wrap up by 10 a.m. Full details and registration are available here. There is no charge.
July 31 — The Baton Rouge chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals is hosting a workshop highlighting fundamentals of members’ work from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Redemptorist High School, 4000 St. Gerard Ave. Registration is $10 and includes breakfast and lunch. Complete details and registration is available here.
