If you are wondering what it means to part of the Babson community, here is a quick account of a well-loved and much-anticipated seasonal event, the Graduate School bake-off held during Graduate Student Rejuvenation Week. Two events explained. First, Grad Rejuvenation Week–it happens every finals week. Graduate School Offices sponsor or host events–some silly, some [...]
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May 1 is a big day at Babson Graduate Admissions. Here’s why: Second-deposit day for the Two-Year MBA admits First application deadline for Evening MBA, September 2013 enrollment First application deadline for Fast Track October 2013 enrollment Tips about the three events listed above: We are moving to the end of the Two-Year Full-time program decision [...]
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On this, the first day of spring 2013, with 6 inches of icy mix packed onto the ground, I congratulate all you hardy MBA candidates, who show more perseverance and determination in achieving your goal than most New Englanders do now when faced with another driveway to shovel. Here is a round-up of where we [...]
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Till date, we wore glasses only to improve our eyesight. However, with Google Glass, Google is offering you something more – vision. Now, with just a pair of glasses, you can take pictures, record videos, share content, get directions, send texts and do much more. That’s how technology can transform nothing into something! Not to [...]
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Greetings, everyone, from Wellesley, MA, where the snow piles are begining to shrink as the temperature rises. The Admissions Committee did not let a major blizzard deter us from finishing our task (the post office has nothin’ on us.) We met, we deliberated long into the night, and thus, all of you who applied by [...]
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At Babson, entrepreneurship is a daily, hourly, by minute activity. We live it, talk about it, share it, own it. Yesterday evening, Michael Cummings, faculty member and Faculty Director of the Fast Track MBA program, was in Seattle speaking at the TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) event. TiE is about fostering e-ship globally, and Babson is all [...]
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Happy New Year! Welcome to a new opportunity to realize your goal of becoming an entrepreneur of one of many kinds through earning an MBA. My team and I welcome a chance to talk with you about how a Babson can become the home of that new MBA venture. Here is how easy it is to [...]
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Everyone makes an end of the year list. I, too, am a list maker, a list keeper, a list-obsessive. I frequently post My Top five lists in this blog on almost any admissions related or Babson related topic. So in these waning days of 2012, let me post my Five Reasons to Make 2013 Your year for [...]
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Last week, I was fortunate to attend a luncheon co-sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the Lewis Institute featuring Nate Garvis, Babson Social Innovation Fellow and author of the just released book “Naked Civics.” The conversation was far-ranging, as convos at Babson always are, stopping to look at definitions of a healthy community, [...]
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Most people quickly and easily associate entrepreneurship with taking risk. During my undergrad days, any daring student who tried to make a quick buck to fuel those teenage impulses, was considered entrepreneurial. However, I feel that such an assumption is far from reality. In fact, I believe the truth is the exact opposite and here’s why. [...]
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