St. Mary’s University is offering free assistance to small businesses through a program that helps local businesses and nonprofits while giving advanced students a hands-on learning experience. The Small Business Institute inside the Greehey School of Business at St. Mary’s offers an in-depth consulting service for local businesses. Areas of expertise include accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, human resource management, information technology, international business and marketing. Senior business students, under the supervision of the business staff, give…