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.

Katherine Craven P’22 Named Chair of Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Katherine Craven P’22, Chief Administrative and Financial Officer at Babson, has been appointed Chair of the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education by Gov. Charlie Baker.

By Andy Tiedemann

March 27, 2019

Tagged Women's Leadership

Posted in Community

Meet Us at the Consult Café Thirty local nonprofits recently gathered at Babson Boston to explore how to put entrepreneurial thought into action in order to advance their missions. They took away concrete ideas about marketing, social media, media relations, and fundraising.

By Andy Tiedemann

March 22, 2019

Tagged Nonprofit

Posted in Community

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

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.

By 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

Tagged Student Life, Campus, Undergraduate

Posted in Community