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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.

Harry Susilo sitting in a chair
Harry Susilo Shares Wisdom from Decades of Entrepreneurial Success  With family at the heart of his successes, Harry Susilo P’96, G’24 ’26, an industry leader for over half a century, will receive an honorary degree at Babson’s Commencement.
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May 8, 2024

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Zixu “HaHa” Ha MBA’24, the graduate student speaker for the Class of 2024
Zixu “HaHa” Ha MBA’24 on the Power of Persistence and Community Zixu Ha MBA’24, better known as “HaHa,” celebrates the relationships he built at Babson and looks forward to addressing his classmates as the graduate student speaker at Commencement.
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May 8, 2024

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Alyssa Keith on the Babson campus
Alyssa Keith ’24 on Speaking Up and Running with Her Ideas Alyssa Keith ’24 spent her time at Babson discovering her voice and sense of self outside of school. As the undergraduate Commencement speaker for the Babson Class of 2024, that journey comes full circle.
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May 7, 2024

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Shilphi Chaudhary MBA’24 stands in front of the Babson World Globe while wearing a Babson MBA sweatshirt
Class of 2024: The Lawyer Who Earned an MBA In our ongoing series spotlighting the Class of 2024, Shilphi Chaudhary MBA’24 reveals how coming to Babson gave her a new career and a new dream for the future.
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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.
May 7, 2024

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Class of 2024: The Advocate Jacob Nyamu MSBA’23, who graduated early but will be part of the Commencement ceremony, became a prominent, respected advocate for the underrepresented during his tenure at Babson.
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May 6, 2024

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Joshua Kim in front of a sign for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at California Institute of Technology.
Class of 2024: The Collaborator Joshua Kim’s ’24 undergraduate Babson experience involved everything from bonding with teammates at swim meets to an internship crunching numbers for NASA.
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Melissa Savignano
Writer
Melissa Savignano
Melissa Savignano, a content marketing manager at Babson College, has worked in higher education for almost a decade, where she tells authentic, compelling campus and community stories. Before Babson, she managed communications for Boston University’s largest college, the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. She previously worked in client relations, helping brands of various sizes launch content marketing strategies and storytelling initiatives. When not at work, you will find her in the city of Boston, probably at the movie theater.
May 6, 2024

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Arthur Blank poses for a photo in front of the Babson Globe
Arthur M. Blank ’63, H’98: Empowering and Inspiring Entrepreneurial Leaders The Babson alumnus who co-founded The Home Depot and owns the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons returns to campus as the Commencement speaker at the undergraduate ceremony May 11.
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May 3, 2024

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Portraits of Eric Johnson and Erin Tolefree
A Father and Daughter Prepare to Speak at Babson’s Commencement In a historic first for Babson, the College’s graduate Commencement ceremony will feature a joint address, delivered by a father-daughter pair of business leaders: Eric Johnson ’72, P’08 and Erin Tolefree.
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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.
May 2, 2024

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Local Wellesley small business, ChocAllure's Chocolate Jewels ™.
A Delicious Partnership: Part-Time MBA Students Consult for Local Chocolate Maker Part-Time MBA students in the Online Marketing Core class taught by Associate Professor Ellie Kyung spent their spring semester consulting for ChocAllure, the Wellesley-based chocolate shop, and saw the results of their work almost immediately.
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May 2, 2024

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Kerry Murphy Healey will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at this year's commencement. (Photo: Nic Czarnecki)
With Honorary Degree, Former Babson President Kerry Murphy Healey Deepens Connection to the College Kerry Murphy Healey, Babson’s 13th president who helped transform the College’s campus and its global reach, reflects on her tenure.
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April 30, 2024

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