Author: Kait Smith Lanthier

Kait Smith Lanthier

Managing Editor

Kait Smith Lanthier

Kait Smith Lanthier is the Director, Content Strategy at Babson College and the Managing Editor of Babson Thought & Action. Her writing has appeared in print and online in a variety of outlets including USA Today, Yahoo Shine, YourTango, CosmoGirl, and First for Women magazine. Smith earned her undergraduate degree in journalism and graduate degree in integrated marketing, both from Marist College.

Babson Hosts MFCA Opening Reception Babson hosted the welcome reception for the Management Faculty of Color Association’s (MFCA) 2019 annual conference at the College’s downtown Boston location.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

August 14, 2019

Tagged Faculty

Posted in Community

Karen Herbert-Maccaro

Karen Hebert-Maccaro Named CEO of Babson Executive Education Accomplished practitioner, educator, and thought-leader Karen Hebert-Maccaro has been named the CEO of Babson Executive Education.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

August 5, 2019

Tagged Executive Education, Women's Leadership

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Career Fair

Babson a Founding School in Career Readiness Project There’s a new way to assess how career ready new graduates are, and Babson has been a partner in the initiative since day one.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

July 26, 2019

Tagged Career, Undergraduate

Posted in Community

Here's What Babson Students are Learning During Summer Internships Undergraduate students are sharing lessons from their summer internships on Babson’s blog platform. Here's what they learned.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

July 19, 2019

Tagged Undergraduate, Career

Posted in Community

Financing Women Entrepreneurs at Diana Impact Day

Experts Gather at Babson to Disrupt Financing for Women Entrepreneurs Diana International Impact Day convened more than 250 investors, accelerators, policy-makers, researchers, founders, and other disrupters dedicated to changing the landscape of financing women entrepreneurs.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

June 13, 2019

Tagged Women-Led Entrepreneurship, Research, VC & Investing

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Ken Matsuno, Dean of Faculty

3 Questions with Dean of Faculty Ken Matsuno Ken Matsuno has been a member of Babson’s faculty for more than 20 years. This June, he’ll put those years of experience to work in a new role: Dean of Faculty.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

June 11, 2019

Tagged Faculty

Posted in Community, Insights

Baseball Wins NCAA Super Regional

Babson Advances to NCAA Division III College World Series This weekend, Babson’s baseball team will compete in the NCAA Super Regionals for the first time in school history. Even better: the team has home field advantage.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

May 22, 2019

Tagged Athletics, Campus

Posted in Community

Grad Cap Ideas

Looking for Grad Cap Ideas? Looking to decorate your mortarboard? As commencement nears, here are some ideas for decorating your grad cap, straight from past Babson graduates.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

May 13, 2019

Tagged Commencement, Campus

Posted in Community

Babson's 2019 Honorary Degree Recipients

Babson to Award Eight Honorary Degrees at Centennial Commencement Eight visionary entrepreneurs will receive honorary degrees at Babson College’s Centennial Commencement ceremonies on May 18, 2019.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

May 9, 2019

Tagged Alumni, Centennial, Commencement

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Babson's Class of 2019

Get to Know Babson's Class of 2019 As we countdown to May 18, we’re celebrating the many members of our graduate and undergraduate classes of 2019.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

April 30, 2019

Tagged Commencement, Student Life, Graduate, Undergraduate

Posted in Community