Author: Elizabeth Atwater

Elizabeth Atwater

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Elizabeth Atwater

Elizabeth Atwater is the former Associate Director of Content Strategy at Babson College. Her writing has appeared in print and online in a wide range of outlets including Forbes, The Atlantic, Reuters, Chief Learning Officer, BostInno, and Seventeen magazine. Her career includes a stint at a venture capital-backed technology startup, as well as a chapter working for a small, family-run public relations firm. Atwater earned her undergraduate degree at Northwestern University and MBA at Babson College.

Ideas for Keeping Health and Wellness in Check With so much uncertainty and transition, it's especially important to take care of yourself. Babson's meditation voicemail, virtual support groups, Instagram wellness challenges, and even some faculty research provide a starting point.

Tagged Advice, Faculty, Student Life

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How to Stay Connected From Afar Staying connected to the community is more important than ever. Here are a few recommendations for how to stay socially connected without being together on campus.

Tagged Advice, Graduate, Student Life, Undergraduate

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Best MBA for Entrepreneurship – Again For an unprecedented 27th consecutive year, U.S. News & World report has ranked Babson’s MBA program No. 1 for entrepreneurship. Our innovative, ever-evolving approach to instilling an entrepreneurial, make-it-happen mindset in our graduates is needed now more than ever.

Tagged Career, Entrepreneurship Education, Graduate

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SPLAT! Breaking the Rules in STEM Education If you’re on a mission to get kids excited about coding, letting them jump and play is a pretty good place to start. Just ask Bryanne Leeming MBA’16, who built a business that mixes STEM education and play.

Tagged Graduate, Alumni, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Startups, Technology, Women-Led Entrepreneurship

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Create Your Own MBA Adventure Online classes, concentrations, intensity tracks, and one on one advising are only a few of the ways Babson students can customize their MBA experience.

Tagged Graduate, Ranking

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Five Reasons Why International Students Call Babson College Home Choosing which college to attend is an important decision, especially when the choice involves moving across the world and studying internationally.

Tagged Global, Campus, Entrepreneurship Education, Graduate, Undergraduate

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$50 Million Gift Boldly Expands Entrepreneurial Leadership at Babson College Top-ranked Babson College and The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation partner to establish the Arthur M. Blank School for Entrepreneurial Leadership, fueling future generations of entrepreneurial leaders.

Tagged Alumni, Campus, Entrepreneurship Education, Household Names

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The Babson College MBAs Behind These ‘Startups That Disrupt’ Poets & Quants recently set out to discover MBA startups with staying power. After scouring 28 campuses and countless companies, here are two Babson College startups that disrupt.

Tagged Graduate, Alumni, Startups, Class of 2020

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

The Next Generation Two generations of the Cisneros family business shared their take on succession planning and more during Babson Connect: Worldwide.

Tagged Family Entrepreneurship, Alumni, Centennial

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The AI Advantage Artificial intelligence powers everything from ecommerce chatbots to retirement planning. Babson College professor and AI expert Tom Davenport weighs in on how to kickstart AI projects, and why humans aren’t going away.

Tagged Technology, Centennial, Faculty, Research

Posted in Insights