On Saturday May 19th, Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, and Maria Eitel, the first president of the Nike Foundation, will be the featured speakers at the Babson College class of 2012’s undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies. Reid Hoffman is most prominently known for his cofounding of LinkedIn, a social media site that brings professional career [...]

On March 2nd, applications will close for Babson’s new business competition – B.E.T.A (Babson Entrepreneurial Thought and Action®) Challenge. The first competition of its kind, doing away with the traditional business plan component; in its place competition requires an executive summary and slide deck, the specifics of which are detailed on the B.E.T.A Challenge website. [...]

After finishing in third place in the ECAC East Division, the Babson Beavers (9-12-4) earned the right to host the Southern Maine Huskies (9-10-6) at the Babson Skating Center on February 25th. All nine of Babson’s victories this season have come against conference opponents, so heading into the playoffs they were feeling very confident. The [...]

In an effort to highlight the new collaborative United Nations Principles of Management (UN PRME) cardboard art collage, Dean Hanno held his coffee in the Writing Center, which now features the artwork along one of its entire walls. The 9×9 cardboard collage is the culmination of efforts from students, faculty, and staff across Babson’s campus. [...]

Last season, the Beavers advanced to the Pilgrim League Championship Game for the first time since 2001. With a lethal offensive attack and a stout defense, the Men’s Lacrosse team has their eyes set on the Pilgrim League Championships and the NCAA Division III Tournament. Last year, after a successful 10-8 season, the Beavers’ campaign [...]

New year, new year resolution. My New Year’s resolution is to go to the gym more, and get in shape. Are there any exercise or muscles I should work out for better sex? So the best muscle to work out for sexual benefits, male or female, is the kegel muscle, located in your pelvic area. [...]

As most of us know the Babson community has a union with Olin and Wellesley College and recently this has expanded with extended shuttle services. There are some students at Babson who have been dying to have this opportunity. Personally after four years at Babson, I have been overloaded with Wellesley students. As I write [...]

Over the winter break, the Babson IT department completed the movement of student mail from Microsoft Exchange to Gmail. Aware of the student confusion over the transition, the FREE Press team decided to ask ITSD what the five most frequently asked questions about the change were and how to remedy them. Q: I want to [...]

Eighteen FME companies have been launched by the freshman class, providing goods and services to Babson College and the surrounding community. The launch event of the selling season is the FME fair on Tuesday, February 14th from 4 to 6 pm in Knight Auditorium. This year eighteen businesses shall showcase their products and services at [...]

As those who are not first-year students may know, the position known as First-Year Programs Manager has been around in the past, but was vacant for fall 2011. Though everything seems to have happened fairly smoothly during orientation and with the Peer Mentors, the administrators, and especially Deans Duggan and Kwash, have been picking up [...]