Community

Whether it happens in the classroom, while consulting with our partner companies, or at one of our global hubs, we bring you compelling stories about what’s happening throughout the Babson College 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.
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March 20, 2019

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Lydia Stetson '19
When Students Become Teachers Lydia Stetson ’19 has a passion for the restaurant business. By teaching a Senior-Led Seminar, she is able to share her knowledge of the industry with her fellow students.
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John Crawford
Senior Journalist
John Crawford
A writer for Babson Thought & Action and the Babson Magazine, John Crawford has been telling the College’s entrepreneurial story for more than 15 years. Assignments for Babson have taken him from Rwanda to El Salvador, from the sweet-smelling factory of a Pennsylvania candy maker, to the stately Atlanta headquarters of an NFL owner, to the bustling office of a New York City fashion designer. Beyond his work for Babson, he has written articles and essays for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Notre Dame Magazine, The Good Men Project, and other publications. He can be found on Twitter, @crawfordwriter, where he tweets about climate change.
March 14, 2019

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Marla Capozzi
Chair of the Board of Trustees, Marla Capozzi, Urges Students to Never Stop Learning Fundamentally, academia and business are two very different industries. Babson student Jess Chartier ’20 sat down with Babson Board of Trustees Chair Marla Capozzi MBA’96 to discuss the differences and similarities of leading a college and a management consulting firm at the same time.
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March 8, 2019

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Dario Guerrero
How One Student’s Scholarship Became a Stepping Stone From a career trek in New York City, to a black affinity conference in Atlanta, learn how Babson has helped Dario Guerrero Jr. ’21 open doors.
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March 7, 2019

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Gilman Scholarship
Expanding Access to Education Abroad Because of its efforts to diversify education abroad, Babson has been recognized by the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship program.
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March 5, 2019

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Snow Day
It’s a Babson Snow Day. What Now? It’s official: school is canceled. You are snowed in. What should you do this snow day at Babson? We’ve got a few ideas.
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March 4, 2019

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Babson Miami
Bringing the Boardroom to the Classroom What is the CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line doing in a classroom? Imparting wisdom and engaging in a dialogue with Babson students in Miami about real-time business issues.
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March 1, 2019

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Babson College Campus
At Babson, the World Becomes Your Home Babson offers international students one of the best college experiences in the United States, according to Forbes. What this means for Babson is that it’s creating global citizens out of all of its students, not just those from overseas, and continuing to expand its powerful, global network of 41,000 alumni across 119 countries.
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February 28, 2019

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Cathy Hughes
Entrepreneurship in Her Family Dates Back to 1844. Today, Cathy Hughes Runs the Largest Black-Owned Broadcast Company in the Nation At the 21st annual Black Affinity Network Conference, the Babson community awarded Cathy Hughes with a Pioneer Award for her unique contributions in changing the entertainment industry.
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February 28, 2019

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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.
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February 28, 2019

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