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Winter Stroll Anyone?

Two frequent questions often asked by prospective students visiting Babson are: 1) Do alumni create successful businesses? 2) Is Babson well connected to Boston? Well, here is a perfect example of why the answer is YES to both of these questions.. On December 18th, Babson will allow the Greater Boston community to participate in the…

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A Visit to Wall Street

This post was written by Chris Harrington ’15 The NYC Finance Trip is definitely something to add to your ‘to-do’ list while at Babson College if you have an interest in Finance. Early Friday morning, we departed the Hilton hotel in NYC with a ‘must-see’ destination to start the morning: The New York Stock Exchange. I thought…

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Touch down! First week done…

Hello, again! I hope you’re well. First week interning for Junior Achievement of New York was quite nice! JA New York has a great team and I knew a few of them prior to joining the team, since I participated in a few of their programs in high school. You know, the only thing I…

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Finding the Right Fit! Student Lunch with Alumni Tim Ryan, ’88 of PwC

Babson has great alumni- we all know this to be true… amazing leadership and representation all over the world.  One key element of this that always strikes me is how so many of our alumni and friends want to give back to Babson and connect with our current students.  A great example of this is…

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Making Connections in San Francisco

In early April, I travelled with a group of Babson students and staff to San Francisco for the 4th Annual Babson Connect event! The Babson Connect event brings together alumni, current students (MBA & UG) and employers. The event took place on Thursday, April 4th and consisted of a CCD networking hour, followed by an…

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Black Affinity Conference at Babson

On April 5th and April 6th , I attend the Black Affinity Conference at Babson. This is a series of panels and networking events in which Black alumni can interact with current Black students on campus. I learned that Babson has over 500 Black alumni and counting. Through the speeches of  our alumni, I realized…

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#Babson

Babson students love social media. Last week, a Facebook trend swept college campuses across the Boston area. A company started a challenge called Facebook BeanPot. Basically, students from eleven Boston area colleges were to compete to see who could gain the most school spirit on Facebook and reach one thousand points first. We earned points…

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Back2Babson

Happy Monday Everyone! This past weekend was crazy here on campus because it was Back to Babson, also known as Alumni weekend. Babson alum travel from all over the world to visit Babson and become a part of our close knit community again, even if its just for the weekend. Alumni of all ages were…

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Babson is Everywhere

At Babson, the Center for Career Development is always encouraging students to pursue internships in order to prepare us for the real world. This summer I decided to take their advice. One of my professors recommended me for a finance internship at Tango Card, a technology company that built the perfect gift card and is the first…