Author: Jeff Carbone

The new application is live (and an updated essay too)!

By jcarbone | August 3, 2017

For those of you applying for a program in spring, summer, or fall of 2018, our application is live!  We released a new application on Monday as well as a new essay topic. For those of you applying to our working professional’s programs for Fall 2018, don’t worry. The application may look a little different…

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Babson Baffoonery – Yoga and Dancing

By jcarbone | March 31, 2017

My colleague, Kathy Smith, enjoyed watching me embarrass myself and summed it up nicely in the piece below. Enjoy! Babson’s first Buffoonery in 1992 featured an a cappella group, rock band and skit about a not-so-typical dinner party. If yesterday is any indication, the 25th Anniversary Buffoonery will make the founders of this irreverent MBA…

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Dean Lamb Welcomes New Graduate Students in India and Thailand

By jcarbone | March 24, 2017

My colleague, Kathy Smith, who plans many of our events on campus and around the globe, reports back on Dean Lamb’s recent events below. En route to this weekend’s Babson Connect Worldwide 2017 in Bangkok, Will Lamb, Dean of the F.W. Olin School of Business, stopped for a few dinners.  He wasn’t just sampling the delicious…

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Babson Alumna Secures Funding On Shark Tank

By jcarbone | March 9, 2017

My colleagues Johanna Beers and Mary Beth Crook worked closely with a recent graduate, Abby Speicher, while she was an MBA student and wanted to share her venture’s recent accomplishments in the blog post below. On Friday, February 24th, many Babson community members were glued to their televisions to watch Abby Speicher, a 2015 Two-Year…

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Babson Connect: New York City – Power of the Network

By jcarbone | January 20, 2017

Last week I had the opportunity to attend my first Babson Connect (New York City).  For those of you who don’t know, Babson Connect is a networking event that can also have an educational component.  It is a great way for alumni and current students to connect with others from both the undergraduate and graduate…

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Meet the Director of Graduate Admissions at Babson College

By jcarbone | January 11, 2017

A common greeting I received over the past couple weeks from various members of the Babson community is ‘Welcome back’.  It’s been a while, but it feels like yesterday that I worked across the parking lot in undergraduate admissions where I began my career.  After I left Babson, I had the privilege to work at…

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