By Johnny Bui | July 25, 2019
I came across the above quote not too long ago and thought it exemplified my responsibility as a volunteer. In the Winter of 2019, I participated in a service immersion program known as the Habitat for Humanity Gulf Coast Service Trip. As I formerly entered Babson as a transfer student, I hoped that this experience…
By Hannah Moriggi | October 4, 2012
Reporting to you LIVE from Red Bank, New Jersey! Before heading out on the road for travel, several colleagues told me that some high schools give “goodie bags” to visiting Admission Counselors. Immediately I felt a wave of nostalgia for my elementary school days when we all used to receive goodie bags before leaving birthday…
By Joshua Stevenson | January 12, 2011
Hey everybody 🙂 We had a great 2nd day down here in Mississippi. On a nice sunny day down here, we continued on our projects from yesterday. (Sorry to everyone up in MA who has to shovel out from the blizzard!) I was up in the attic putting up support beams for hurricane protection with…
By Joshua Stevenson | January 11, 2011
Hi Babson folks! We had a successful first day here in Biloxi and are back at the New Christian Church (the Habitat camp that will be our home for our time here in Mississippi). We worked alongside AmeriCorps and will continue to work with them for the remainder of the week. We are working on…
By Joshua Stevenson | March 19, 2009
Greetings from our LAST POST ON BON JOVI BLVD! Today we chose to wake up the house by blasting High School Musical. We refused to turn it off until Pat Wolenter finally got up and left the room so the girls could change. So Doug “One-Way” Pottle stood there kicking Pat’s air matress for a…
By Joshua Stevenson | March 18, 2009
Allons-y (Let’s Go) New Orleans! Last night was an adventure, as always. We started the night by eating local cuisine, complete with alligator. We have learned that every single thing in Louisiana is fried. So at our table included: fried pickles, fried alligator bites (which somehow Melissa liked), fried cornbread (hush puppies), fried catfish, turtle…we…
By Joshua Stevenson | March 17, 2009
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from New Orleans! FIrst, we are going to begin by explaining what we’re doing here, as we neglected to address this in our earlier post. Our team of 15 students is led by Josh “fearless leader” Stevenson, Professor Kevin “Can I have a piece of that?” Tuthill, Doug “One-way” Pottle, and…
By Brian Duggan | March 16, 2009
This post was written by undergraduate student Tazmun Nahar ’12 8:00am this morning officially ended our rest and restore period as we pulled away from a gorgeous resort in La Paz, El Salvador. It was fun, relaxing and exactly what we needed after traveling all day on Saturday but we were all anxious to see and…
By Joshua Stevenson | March 16, 2009
This post was written by undergraduate students Marissa Ferber ’09 and Melissa Diranian ’11 Greetings from Bon Jovi Boulevard! Yesterday we met bright and early at 7:15am to get ready for our flight to Louisiana. More importantly, it was Josh “fearless leader” Stevenson’s birthday! In the spirit of humiliation, we announced this not only in…