Tag: Undergraduate

Babson Named Among 15 Top Colleges for Launching Your Career
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December 8, 2025

Posted in Babson Briefs

The Retailing Management course with Jaylen Brown and Joel Kamm MBA’12 outside their pop-up event.
Hands-On, All-In: Babson’s Retailing Management Students Create Unforgettable Pop-Up Experience The Retailing Management class, composed of mostly fourth-year students, brought experiential learning to life, executing a campus pop-up event with Jaylen Brown’s 741 Performance brand, culminating in all they’ve learned at Babson.
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Melissa Savignano
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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.
December 8, 2025

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Babson college students in an improvisational comedy club.
From Stage to Startup: This Improv Group Prepares Babson Students for Boardroom Success  Students Against Gravity, Babson’s long-running improvisational comedy group, blends creativity and business insight, teaching students how to adapt, collaborate, and communicate under pressure.
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Hillary Chabot
Writer
Hillary Chabot
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.
December 4, 2025

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership

Jaylen Brown and Biz E. Beaver pose for a photo in front of a tent on campus
Big Man on Campus: Basketball Star Jaylen Brown Visits Babson As part of a Retailing Management class project, NBA Finals MVP Jaylen Brown made an appearance at a pop-up store on campus, posing for pictures and signing autographs.
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Eric Beato
Editor / Writer
Eric Beato
Eric Beato is the Editor of Babson Thought & Action and Babson Magazine. A native of Chicago and a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Eric has worked as an editor and writer at newspapers across the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and Boston Herald. Eric joined Babson College in 2019 after working as the communications director for a private educational travel company and as the managing editor of six regional sports publications.
December 3, 2025

Posted in Community

LendPilot Wins Fourth Annual Babson Fintech Startup Pitch Competition The competition featured fintech startup ideas developed by students. LendPilot, by Martin Mejia ’26, seeks to help early-stage small businesses manage cash flow and build credit history.
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November 25, 2025

Posted in Babson Briefs

The Babson team poses for a group photo
Babson Field Hockey Team Returns to NCAA Division III Final Four  The Babson College field hockey team is returning to the Final Four of the NCAA Division III tournament for the second time in three years and the third time in program history. 
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November 17, 2025

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Priyansh Bothra '25 Wins 15th Annual Babson Trading Competition Priyansh Bothra ’25 won the 15th annual Babson Trading Competition, which attracted more than 60 undergraduate and graduate students from Babson College, Olin College, and Wellesley College to the Stephen D. Cutler Center for Investments and Finance.
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November 17, 2025

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Sitting at a table, a Babson student talks with two attendees of the AI Innovators Bootcamp
A Tech Bootcamp: Babson Trains Small Businesses on AI Babson’s AI Innovators Bootcamp offers small businesses a one-day dive into artificial intelligence, showing how it can foster innovation and improve how they run their organizations.
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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.
November 12, 2025

Posted in Insights

Babson Economics Team Earns Honorable Mention at Boston Regional College Fed Challenge  Babson College and a team of economics students earned an honorable mention at the regional finals of the 2025 Boston Regional College Fed Challenge competition at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
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November 11, 2025

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Krish Khemlani serves pick-up orders to students at Roger's Pub
The Food Network of Babson Food is the focus of many student and alumni entrepreneurs from Babson. Together, they form a loose community of startups and more established ventures seeking to fill bellies and grow their businesses. That food community is fostered with guidance and a helping hand by Babson College Dining.
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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.
November 10, 2025

Posted in Community, Entrepreneurial Leadership, Outcomes