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.

Marjorie Feld and Babson Posse 12

A Faculty Mentor’s Bittersweet Goodbye to Babson Posse 12 Professor Marjorie Feld reflects on four years as the faculty mentor for Babson Posse 12.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

April 29, 2019

Tagged Faculty, Undergraduate, Student Life

Posted in Community

students in babson's FME

Launching a Business as a First-Year Student From Rocket Pitches to prototyping to the Expo and beyond, dive into the FME journey with Sophie Jamison ’22 and her team's venture, The Boston Hat Company.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

April 24, 2019

Tagged Campus, Student Life, Undergraduate

Posted in Community

Launch Babson

Admitted Students are Ready to Launch Nearly 350 admitted students and 800 guests ventured to Babson’s Wellesley campus on April 12 for Launch Babson.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

April 19, 2019

Tagged Undergraduate

Posted in Community

Tim DeMello

Ideas and Inspiration at Babson’s First Founders Summit Babson’s first Founder’s Summit was a day filled with inspiration, advice, and ideas from entrepreneurs of all kinds, including successful serial entrepreneur Tim DeMello ’81, P’18.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

April 17, 2019

Tagged Startups, Alumni, Advice

Posted in Community

Michael Ioffe of Arist

Michael Ioffe’s Conversation Became a World-Changing Idea A series of conversations with students in Yemen left Michael Ioffe ’21 with an idea—that text messages could be used to bridge the digital learning access gap.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

April 8, 2019

Tagged Undergraduate, Startups

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Seniors Named Poets & Quants Best and Brightest Scholars and student leaders Adam Kershner ’19 and Leslie Parra ’19 were named the Best and Brightest Business Majors by Poets & Quants.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

April 3, 2019

Tagged Student Life, Undergraduate

Posted in Community

Brian Barefoot Athletics Challenge Reaches New Heights In this year’s Brian Barefoot Athletics Challenge, more than 1,800 donors contributed more than $170,000—both all-time highs.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

March 29, 2019

Tagged Athletics

Posted in Community

Maternova

From Commander to Student to Fellow to CEO As graduation approached for Prakash Veenam MBA '18, he took advantage of a summer fellowship offered through the Leonard A. Schlesinger Fund for Global Healthcare Entrepreneurship. That fellowship paved the way for Veenam to become CEO just three months later.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

March 20, 2019

Tagged Alumni, Graduate, Social Innovation, Startups

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Babson FME Businesses

Class of 2022 Debuts FME Ventures Miss the FME Expo? Don't worry, we've got you covered. Browse our gallery to meet the class of 2022's FME ventures, the products they’re selling, and the causes they’re promoting.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

February 28, 2019

Tagged Undergraduate, Startups, Student Life, Campus

Posted in Community

Akio Toyoda, Babson's 2019 Graduate Centennial Commencement Speaker

Global Business Leader Akio Toyoda MBA’82 to Deliver Graduate Centennial Commencement Address Global business leader and Babson alumnus Akio Toyoda MBA’82, president of Toyota Motor Corporation, will address Babson’s graduate Class of 2019 as their Centennial Commencement speaker on Saturday, May 18.

By Kait Smith Lanthier

February 26, 2019

Tagged Centennial, Family Entrepreneurship, Graduate, Household Names

Posted in Community