Brianna DiPietro Radicioni is the Associate Director of Content Strategy at Babson College. Her career includes public relations and strategic communications planning for corporations, nonprofit organizations, startups, and thought leaders. She is a proud alumna of Babson.
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re celebrating the many love stories that have started or grown on our campus. Luck or fate, whatever it was that brought you together, we’re glad Babson is part of your story.
Check out a few of our latest submissions. Have your own love story to share? Send it our way!
“We met the first day of school in 2012 and got married January 2018,” shared Arianne (Polonsky) Argi ’16 and Maurice Argi ’16. “We couldn’t be more grateful for Babson.”“We met in Professor Dietrick’s Business in American Drama class in September 2020,” said Alexis (Ferraro) Callahan ’15 and Tom Callahan ’14. “We got married on Martha’s Vineyard on September 21, 2019, surrounded by family, friends, and plenty of Babson alumni!”Kristen Haislip ’17 and Logan Brown MBA’17 married during Babson’s Centennial year, which was also 100 years since the building of the Laie Hawaii Temple in which they wed.“We met after college at a fellow classmate’s birthday party,” said Caitlin O’Neill ’10 (left) and Megan (Cyr) O’Neill ’11 (right). “After a summer of shenanigans, including a trip to Hampton Beach and camping on Saco, we decided to take a leap of faith and start dating. We got married in July 2019 and have been living happily ever after with our two pups!”“We met during Environmental Technology when we were assigned to the same group,” shared Ashley (Strangio) Hoban ’13 and Mike Hoban ’12. “We got married September 2018 with lots of alumni in attendance and now live in Acton, Mass., with our 4-year-old Vizsla, Wrigley.”“Shane (Wedge MBA’93) (far right) and I celebrated our 25th anniversary last year, and it all began at Babson during the MBA program,” said Kathie Johnson MBA’93 (far left). “Fun fact: we were, I believe, the first people ever married on campus. The president of the school at the time invited us to marry by the Globe, and he set up country flags all around us.”
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.
Hillary Chabot is a writer for Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. An award-winning journalist, she is known for her insightful reporting and dedication to detailed storytelling. With a career spanning over two decades, she has covered a wide range of topics, from presidential campaigns and government policy to neighborhood issues and investigative series. As a reporter for The Boston Herald, Hillary earned a reputation for tenacity and integrity. Her work at Babson College fuels her passions—to learn something new every day and conduct thoughtful, empathic interviews. She’s thrilled to be at Babson College, where students, faculty, staff members and classes provide compelling copy daily.
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.