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A Penultimate Lecture for the Class of 2020 More than 235 Graduate students tuned in to the Penultimate Lecture, where beloved faculty members offered words of wisdom ahead of the official degree conferral.
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Elizabeth Atwater
Elizabeth Atwater is the former Associate Director of Content Strategy at Babson College. Her writing has appeared in print and online in a wide range of outlets including Forbes, The Atlantic, Reuters, Chief Learning Officer, BostInno, and Seventeen magazine. Her career includes a stint at a venture capital-backed technology startup, as well as a chapter working for a small, family-run public relations firm. Atwater earned her undergraduate degree at Northwestern University and MBA at Babson College.
May 18, 2020

Tagged Class of 2020, Advice, Faculty, Graduate

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Champagne Toast
A Toast to the Class of 2020 A time to reflect and celebrate, the annual Champagne Toast moved online this year and welcomed Babson’s graduates into the 43,000-strong alumni network.
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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 18, 2020

Tagged Class of 2020, Graduate, Undergraduate

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Babson College's Class of 2020
Babson Class of 2020 Honored at Degree Conferral On Saturday, nearly 1,200 graduate and undergraduate students earned their Babson College degrees.
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May 18, 2020

Tagged Alumni, Class of 2020, Graduate, Undergraduate

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Rourke and Taillard
Rourke, Taillard Named Faculty of the Year Students from the undergraduate and graduate Class of 2020 honored two of their favorite teachers with Faculty of the Year awards.
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May 15, 2020

Tagged Faculty, Graduate, Research, Undergraduate

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Greg Clancy's Honors Project on the socioeconomic impact of development in Somerville, Massachusetts
Capping a Babson Experience with Real-World Research Babson’s Class of 2020 honors students concluded their college experience by completing a project that contributes real research to their field of interest.
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Bryan Lipiner
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Bryan Lipiner
Bryan Lipiner is the Senior Manager for Social Media and Content Marketing at Babson College. Since arriving at Babson in 2019, he has dramatically scaled engagement and followings on Babson’s social media channels, led award-winning social media campaigns, written for Babson Thought & Action, and more. Prior to Babson, he worked as a reporter and editor at the Record-Journal newspaper in central Connecticut. Bryan received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University in 2015.
May 15, 2020

Tagged Class of 2020, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Online Classes, Research

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Erik Steiner MBA’20
The Making of an Entrepreneurial Leader As he prepares to graduate, Erik Steiner MBA’20 looks back at his Babson education, which has taught him to accept uncertainty, look for opportunity, and not fear failure.
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.
May 14, 2020

Tagged Class of 2020, Entrepreneurship Education, Global, Graduate

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Babson Pride Award Winners
LGBTQ Community and Allies Celebrated at Babson’s Lavender Graduation The Babson community gathered virtually for Lavender Graduation, a tradition honoring LGBTQ+ and ally students and recognizing their achievements and contributions to the College.
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May 14, 2020

Tagged Student Life, Diversity and Inclusion, Undergraduate, Class of 2020, Graduate

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Babson Miami Class of 2020
At Babson Miami, a Trailblazing Class Graduates Babson College’s Miami campus, a growing presence in the entrepreneurial city, is graduating its first MBA class, a close-knit group of students who hail from diverse backgrounds.
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.
May 13, 2020

Tagged Class of 2020, Graduate, Entrepreneurship Education

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Will Gallagher ’20
Baseball’s Lost Season: ‘What Could Have Been’ The seniors on Babson's baseball team began the year with their eyes on a national championship. Now, they're left wondering "what could have been."
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Scott Dietz
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Scott Dietz
Scott Dietz is Babson College's Associate Athletic Director for Strategic Communications. Dietz is responsible for the department's internal and external communications, including branding, campus engagement, marketing, social media, sponsorships and website management. Additional duties consist of event coverage, facilitation of interview requests, media pitching, video content, writing and editing. Before Babson, Dietz spent 13-plus years at fellow NEWMAC institution Wheaton College, worked for the NFL, New England Patriots, and in the media relations department with the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. A native of South Park, PA, Dietz began his sports information career at Westminster College.
May 13, 2020

Tagged Babson Magazine, Athletics, Class of 2020

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Mackenzie Page '20
#MyBabson: Centers and Institutes These graduates are just a few examples of students whose Babson experience has been enhanced by the College's centers and institutes.
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Bryan Lipiner
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Bryan Lipiner
Bryan Lipiner is the Senior Manager for Social Media and Content Marketing at Babson College. Since arriving at Babson in 2019, he has dramatically scaled engagement and followings on Babson’s social media channels, led award-winning social media campaigns, written for Babson Thought & Action, and more. Prior to Babson, he worked as a reporter and editor at the Record-Journal newspaper in central Connecticut. Bryan received his undergraduate degree in journalism from Quinnipiac University in 2015.
May 13, 2020

Tagged Class of 2020, Campus, Entrepreneurship of All Kinds, Entrepreneurship, Graduate, Student Life, Undergraduate

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