Undergraduate
This is my first blog ever. I am so excited! I have been working for my internship for a week now, and I LOVE IT. I have been working on Pinterest for a non-profit organization, Boston Bakes For Breast Cancer. I have been trying to promote this organization and the great work they do through [...]
Creating Social Value
Last week the Financial Times invited leaders in the area of social entrepreneurship and social innovation to present their view on what defines a social entrepreneur. The article, Value creation, a sustainable firm or venture philanthropy?, featured a debate between social entrepreneurship as a purely charitable venture or as a business oriented practice. At The [...]
Undergraduate
Babson encourages and helps prepare its students to pursue opportunities, and I am excited to report that I have a summer full of opportunities ahead. After a great first semester at Babson last fall, I knew that I wanted to live and work in Boston over the summer. I found an amazing company called Janji [...]
Creating Social Value
By Bradley Googins & Philip Mirvis This is the first of a new monthly installment from two of The Lewis Institute’s Social Innovation Fellows: Bradley Googins and Philip Mirvis. Top companies are doing many different things to engage their employees through CSR nowadays. There has, for example, been a big increase in corporate volunteering—including global [...]
News & Announcements
Take a look at our New Books shelf to find new titles about environmental issues: On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson Global Weirdness: Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas and the Weather of the Future The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions can make [...]
Undergraduate
So I have been home for a little over a week, and during this week it gave me a lot of time to think about the past year. Some things I thought about were things I learned/wished I knew coming into my freshmen year at Babson. Since summer is upon us, and many incoming freshmen [...]
Undergraduate
My first year at Babson is complete! Overall it was a great year, and having just experienced it, I want to leave some tips for incoming freshman to help make their experience even better! 1) Connect with People: Babson has one of the most diverse mixes of students of all colleges in the U.S. There [...]
Living Entrepreneurship
By Kate Anderson, Class of 2013 For my Natalie Taylor Scholar senior project I chose to focus in on one of my passions which is working with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning LGBTQ community. As a member of this community I have found it to be quite important to work for the well-being and [...]
Undergraduate
This weekend I checked off one of the items on my bucket list: RUN A HALF MARATHON! It was truly one of the most inspiring events I’ve ever been apart of – 13.1 long miles (and it’s that .1 that really kicks your butt!). Beginning with my pre-race anxiety standing amongst hundreds of people, to [...]
News & Announcements
Name of Business: DashaBella Mission/ Description: DashaBella is a company that is dedicated to promoting women empowerment through our promotional products; we strive to offer the gift of beauty to every woman by specifically targeting women owned businesses and organizations. We understand that it is important for women owned companies and organizations to stand out [...]
