By Johanna Beers | November 20, 2017
Before coming to Babson, Pear worked as a business strategy planner at the Mae Fah Luang Foundation (MFLF), one of leading non-profit organization in Thailand and was a co-founder/designer of Lyra Brand, a clothing line currently in its fifth year of operation. She feels lucky to have met people from all walks of life through…
By Kathy Smith | November 16, 2017
Prospective graduate students spent an exciting day with members of the Babson community at our recent Diversity Preview Day, discovering what the Babson experience could mean for them! In their welcome remarks, President Kerry Healey and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Sadie Burton-Goss highlighted the College’s approach to learning that strives to ensure a…
By Johanna Beers | November 14, 2017
Curious about Babson’s Rocket Pitch? Read about Francesca Gibb’s experience here! When I came to Babson, I knew that the program was renowned for entrepreneurship, but I didn’t come to campus with a plan to start something new. That all changed during the course of my Entrepreneurship and Opportunity (E&O) class with Professor Heidi Neck.…
By Johanna Beers | November 2, 2017
One class offered to students in the MBA programs at Babson is Managing the Consulting Experience. This class allows individuals to manage and lead a team of undergraduate students on a consulting project, gaining real-world project management experience. Read about an event initiative organized by Marc Antunes ’18, who is currently leading the team working…
By Johanna Beers | October 23, 2017
Are you wondering if your passion for social impact and sustainability will fit within a business school education? Do you want to know if there are opportunities to networking and interacting with MBA students at different business schools around Boston? Are you curious how Babson’s Entrepreneurial Thought & Action applies to real world issues? Read…
By Johanna Beers | October 10, 2017
As they make their way through their first term at Babson, the first year MBA students at Babson were tasked with creating and prototyping a viable business idea, combining their skills learned in each of their Mod 1 classes. The students gathered in Knight Auditorium to share their creations and test each other’s prototypes. See…
By Johanna Beers | May 15, 2017
This is the final graduate life blog for 2016-17, and Humans of Babson has been a revelation this year. As the President of the Graduate Student Council for next year, I have a variety of responsibilities, yet I volunteered to write this one. But I may end up regretting taking this task up because writing…
By Will Lamb | May 6, 2017
On Tuesday May 2, a large group of students, alumni, and friends of Babson College convened at our San Francisco location for a very special event: Babson Connect. This year’s special guest at connect was 1999 undergraduate alumnus Jamie Siminoff, founder and Chief Inventor of Ring. Jamie spoke with Babson’s Carol Hacker—who has known him…
By Johanna Beers | April 25, 2017
I first met Jeff Carbone in Accra Ghana during an graduate business school recruiting trip, which my then company was organizing. I still remember the first time I encountered him in person. It was about 8:30am in the lobby of our hotel before a day of sight-seeing and his opening greeting was a very assuming…
By Will Lamb | April 25, 2017
On Saturday, April 22 a group of enterprising Babson students hosted the first ever Babson TEDx event. Conceived and organized by a group of MSEL students, the event was a huge success, attended by an audience of 70-100 people who arrived early and stayed until the finish. Titled “Disruption 360,” the event included a fascinating…