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Babson College
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Motto: Innovation Is Our Tradition It's Possible At Babson
Established: September 3, 1919
Type: Private
Endowment: U.S. $225 Million
President: Brian M. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point For the film of this title see Private School (film. Private schools, or Independent schools are Schools not administered A financial endowment is a Transfer of Money or Property donated to an Institution, usually with the stipulation that it be invested The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Barefoot
Faculty: Approximately 250
Undergraduates: Approximately 1,800
Postgraduates: Approximately 1,500
Location: Babson Park, MA, USA
Campus: Suburban, 350 acres (1. A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. See also Postgraduate Training in Education Postgraduate education (synonymous in North America with graduate education, and sometimes described Wellesley is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U 4 km²)
Colors: Green and White         
Nickname: Beavers
Athletics: NCAA Division III
22 varsity teams
12 club sports
Website: www.babson.edu

Babson College, located in Wellesley, Massachusetts (zoned as "Babson Park," ZIP code 02457),[1] is a private business school that grants all undergraduates a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of School colors are the Colors chosen by a School to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a University or College within the United States is the name officially adopted by The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Wellesley is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration The F. W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College offers MBA degrees. Franklin Walter Olin ( January 9, 1860 – May 21, 1951) was the founder of the Olin Corporation. Babson is associated with the nearby Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, located in Needham, Massachusetts. The Franklin W Olin College of Engineering (often called simply Olin College) is a private undergraduate Engineering college located in Needham Needham is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Programs are accredited by AACSB and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB was founded in 1916 to accredit schools of business worldwide while the first accreditations took The New England Association of Schools and Colleges Inc (NEASC founded in 1885, is the oldest regional accrediting association in the United States

The college has been named #1 in the "Entrepreneurship" category of the U. S. News & World Report annual college rankings for 15 years in a row (since the ranking was established).

One of the premier campus events is the Babson Forum on Entrepreneurship & Innovation. The Forum is the largest student-run event on Babson's campus and attracts 40 speakers and over 600 attendees. The 2008 Babson Forum will be held on Thursday, October 2, 2008. In addition, there will be a $20,000 Babson Innovation Competition at the event where venture capitalists and private investors will judge the 3 finalists. For more information see www. babsonforum. com

In the 2007-2008 academic year, approximately 1,800 undergraduate and 1,600 graduate students attended Babson, representing more than 48 states and 75 countries. About 25 percent of the undergraduates and 16 percent of the graduate students are from outside the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Approximately 50% of Babson's Two-Year MBA class of 2008 are international students.


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History

Babson College was founded by Roger Babson on September 3, 1919, as the "Babson Institute. Roger Ward Babson ( July 6, 1875 – March 5, 1967) remembered today largely for founding Babson College in Massachusetts Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common " It was renamed "Babson College" in 1969.

In 1992, the radical new curriculum of Babson's Graduate School of Business made headlines in the Boston Globe, which wrote that in fall of 1993 the school: "will scrap its first-year curriculum, throwing out traditional courses such as marketing, organizational behavior and finance. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) In their place will be five sequential "modules" that track the life of a typical business; students will be taught functional skills only when they need them to solve a particular problem—a "just in time" approach to learning. "

Undergraduate program

The undergraduate curriculum integrates business disciplines and liberal arts into foundation, intermediate, and advanced-level courses. All first-year students participate in Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship (FME), a yearlong immersion into the world of business where student teams create their own for-profit ventures. At the completion of FME, the businesses are liquidated and any profits are donated to a charity of choice. Babson teaches accounting, marketing, finance, management operations, organizational behavior, strategy and economics in two integrated courses known as Organizing for Effective Management (OEM) and Managing in a Competitive Environment (MCE). As part of the Advanced Program, students design their own learning plans, which can consist of upper-level elective courses in liberal arts and management, field-based experiences, and cocurricular activities.

Graduate program

Babson features four degree programs, all using Babson's modular approach and emphasizing the practical application of business ideas.

Executive education

Babson Executive Education offerings include custom programs, open enrollment programs, consortium programs, applied research centers.

Rankings and recognition by major media

Kaplan/Newsweek

U. S. News & World Report - Undergraduate

U. S. News & World Report - MBA

Business Week - Undergraduate

Business Week - MBA

Business Week - Executive Education

Wall Street Journal - MBA

Financial Times - MBA

Financial Times - Executive Education

Custom Programs

Open Enrollment

America Economia - MBA

Entrepreneur magazine

Princeton Review - Annual College Rankings, The Best Colleges

Princeton Review - Best Business Schools (MBA)

CosmoGIRL!

Hispanic Trends magazine

Black Enterprise magazine

The Unofficial, Unbiased Guide To The 328 Most Interesting Colleges

Success magazine

Economist Intelligence Unit

Kiplinger magazine's Best Values In Private Colleges

Prominent faculty

Notable alumni

Entrepreneurs & Corporate Leaders

Government & Public Service

Other

Organizations

Minority and international student organizations

Religious organizations

Campus publications

Fraternities and sororities

Admissions

Babson College is a competitive institution. Stephen Whorton Gaghan (born May 6, 1965 in Louisville Kentucky) is an Academy Award and Emmy Award -winning American Syriana is a 2005 geopolitical thriller Film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, and executive produced by George Traffic on Roads may consist of Pedestrians ridden or herded Animals Vehicles Streetcars and other Conveyances either singly Molson is the Canadian division of the world's fifth-largest brewing company, the Molson Coors Brewing Company. Scott Sharp (born February 14, 1968 in Norwalk Connecticut) is an American race car driver in the American Le Mans Series. Tau Kappa Epsilon ( ΤΚΕ or Teke, pronounced T-K-E or ˈtiːk as in Teak wood is a College fraternity founded on January 10th Theta Chi Fraternity (ΘΧ is an international college fraternity. ΣΦΕ ( Sigma Phi Epsilon) commonly Nicknamed SigEp or SPE, is a social fraternity for male College students in the Alpha Epsilon Pi ( ΑΕΠ or AEPi) is the only international Jewish college fraternity in North America, with chapters in the Sigma Kappa ( ΣΚ) is a sorority founded in 1874 at Colby College in Waterville Maine. Kappa Kappa Gamma ( ΚΚΓ) is a college women's fraternity, founded at Monmouth College, Illinois. Chi Omega ( ΧΩ, also known as Chi O is a women's fraternity and the largest member of the National Panhellenic Conference. Approximately 36% of regular applicants and 45% of early decision applicants are accepted. Acceptance rates for early action candidates are not published.

Other

Babson's "E-Tower" is an alternative housing option for entrepreneur students. Started in 2001, the building is a meeting place for brainstorming sessions, dinners with entrepreneurs, and other activities designed to foster an entrepreneurial community.

Babson's "I-Tower" is a special-interest housing unit that focuses on finance and investing by exposing its members to the American and international equity markets. One of I-Tower’s primary purposes is to foster an environment in which students help one another on the path to a career in the finance/investing industry

Babson College Radio, started by Adam Berger B'01 and Jacob Walker B'01 was the first web-based internet college radio station in the country.

Babo, the colorful student term for Public Safety.

Athletics

Babson College has eleven Varsity Men's and eleven Varsity Women's intercollegiate athetic teams. The majority of teams compete within the The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) which is an association of ten selective institutions of higher learning that provide high quality, competitive athletics for student-athletes within an educational and respectful environment that exemplifies the philosophy of NCAA Division III athletics. Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. In addition, the women's and women's alpine ski teams compete in the Eastern Collegiate Ski Conference (ECSC), the men's ice hockey team competes in the ECAC East conference, and the men's lacrosse team competes in the Pilgrim League. The only team that does not compete in a specific conference is the golf program, which competed in the NEWMAC until 2005, when the conference ceased sponsorship of the sport due to lack of participating teams.

The school's mascot is the animal, the Beaver. Its colors are green and white.

Babson Globe

The 25-ton, 28-foot diameter Babson Globe is a notable campus landmark. Built in 1955 by Roger Babson at a cost of $200,000, it originally rotated both on its axis and its base, demonstrating both day and night and the progression of the seasons. Roger Ward Babson ( July 6, 1875 – March 5, 1967) remembered today largely for founding Babson College in Massachusetts

It was allowed to deteriorate; the facing tiles fell off in 1984, and by 1988 it had the appearance of a rusty sphere. The Babson administration announced that it would be destroyed, but outraged students, faculty and alumni began a drive to raise money for its restoration. In 1994 the globe itself was refurbished, though it no longer rotates. It was for many years the largest rotating globe in the world and, as of 2005, the second-largest one ever built. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (For the largest, see Eartha). Eartha, the world's largest rotating and revolving Globe, is located within the headquarters of the DeLorme mapping

The former Coleman Map Building, now Coleman Hall, once housed a very large relief map of the United States, but according to the college it was destroyed circa 1997 when the building was remodelled into student housing. This map, built to a scale of four miles to the inch, was cast in sections in plaster and set up on a spherical surface. It was used to illustrate the effects of geophysical features on commercial and political decision-making. In the center was a large circle marking a region supposedly safe from aerial bombardment. Small light bulbs indicated the locations of major cities, which could be switched on and off at the viewer's discretion. The map took from 1925 to 1940 to complete, and was a noted tourist attraction.

References

  1. ^ About Babson

External links

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