Undergraduate Program

BABSON COLLEGE
COMMENCEMENT
MAY 16, 2015
Babson Park, MA 02457-0310
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“… let us chart our lives
so that what we do will:
(1) perform a needed service
and make the world a better
place in which to live;
(2) make ourselves, and also
others, so far as we can, healthier
and stronger physically;
(3) free ourselves, and others,
as much as possible, from worry,
care, and mental stress.”
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Babson is committed to sustainable practices. For this
Commencement program, the College has selected
acid-free and elemental chlorine-free recycled paper
— Roger Babson,
“What Is Success?” (1923)
that is produced with biogas energy with a minimum
of 50 percent post-consumer waste. This recycled
paper also has achieved certification from the Forest
Stewardship Council and the EcoLogo Program.
welcome
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to the ninety-sixth annual Commencement exercises at Babson College.
The College community is pleased and proud to share this memorable day with you.
Your enthusiastic support of each graduate is appreciated. As a courtesy to the graduates,
please reserve your applause until all candidates have received their diplomas.
Arrangements have been made for a professional photographer and a video crew to take
pictures of each degree candidate, and film the ceremony. This will eliminate the need
for guests to leave their seats to take photos during the ceremony. Proofs will be available
through Grad Images at 1-800-261-2576 or www.gradimages.com,
and GradMemory at www.gradmemory.com.
At the conclusion of the Commencement exercises, please join us
for a light reception in the Reynolds Campus Center.
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Program
CHIEF MARSHAL
Alfred J. Nanni Jr.
Provost
Senior Vice President
INVOCATION
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
Kevin Colleran ’03
CONFERRING OF DEGREES IN COURSE
Bachelor of Science
Rev. Jenny Rankin
Ecumenical Chaplain to
the Babson Community
Henry N. Deneault ’70, M’72, P’90
WELCOME
Rob Major
Director, Academic Services
Kerry Healey
President
GREETINGS
Henry N. Deneault ’70, M’72, P’90
Interim Dean, Undergraduate School
Vice Provost
AWARD RECOGNITIONS
Lawrence P. Ward
Vice President, Student Affairs
Dean of Students
GREETINGS AND PRESENTATION
OF PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR
Cheska Adrianne Mauban
Senior Speaker
PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR ADDRESS
G. Shankaranarayanan
Kerry Healey
Dan Kwash
Assistant Director, Academic Services
First-Year Dean
Linda E. Kean M’00
College Registrar
Steve Marchand M’01
Associate Registrar
FACULTY GREETING
Carolyn Hotchkiss
Dean, Faculty
Professor of Law
BENEDICTION
Bilal Mirza
Muslim Chaplain to
the Babson Community
SALUTATION
Joseph L. Winn M’74, P’15
Chair, Board of Trustees
RECESSIONAL
CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES
Kerry Healey
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT
Kevin Colleran ’03
Doctor of Humane Letters
presented by Erik Noyes
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
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Honorary Degree
THE BABSON COLLEGE HONORARY DEGREE
An honorary degree is the highest accolade a college or university can bestow and usually is awarded
during the Commencement ceremony. Babson College has given honorary degrees since presenting
a doctor of laws degree in 1959 to Ewan Clague, commissioner for the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics. While the award specifics are unique to each person, a common trait of all recipients is
their commitment to service in its broadest sense. Most honored by the College have distinguished
themselves as entrepreneurs and executives; however, Babson College also has honored a variety
of prominent individuals from various backgrounds, including Generals James Gavin and George
H. Akin; Senators Leverett Saltonstall, Edward M. Kennedy, and John F. Kerry; Governor William
F. Weld; journalists Natalie Jacobson and Robert L. Bartley; scholars Alfred D. Chandler Jr. and
Leonard Woodcock; music directors Sarah Caldwell and Arthur Fiedler; fashion designer Tory
Burch; basketball legend KC Jones; digital media pioneers Reid Hoffman and Biz Stone; former
faculty members Clint Peterson and Peter Black; former Babson presidents and trustees; and, most
notably, our own distinguished alumni.
Roger W. Babson, founder of Babson College, said, “I have always tried to visualize a world of
change rather than a world at rest.” Babson College celebrates these men and women for the
changes their service has brought.
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Honorary Degree Recipient
and
Commencement Speaker
KEVIN COLLERAN ’03
Kevin Colleran is the managing director of Slow Ventures, a venture capital
firm he co-founded. He invests more than $80 million of capital from more
than 100 technology founders, CEOs, and leaders as well as many top-tier
Silicon Valley Venture Capital firms into early-stage companies based in the
United States. His investments include Evernote, Nest, Pinterest, Tumblr,
Dropbox, Slack, Birchbox, Postmates, Plated, Classpass, and more than 180
other growing companies.
Colleran also is a venture partner at General Catalyst Venture Capital firm in Boston, New York, and San
Francisco, focused on Series A and Series B technology investing.
Colleran is active on many advisory boards and boards of directors, including Yik Yak, Datalogix, Buddy
Media, Humin, and PillPack.
He also writes a weekly column for The Wall Street Journal, online and print, as part of its Accelerators
section. http://blogs.wsj.com/accelerators/kevin-colleran/
Previously, Colleran was one of the first 10 employees at Facebook Inc., having joined in early 2005 as its
first advertising sales executive working from his apartment in New York City. He worked at Facebook for
nearly seven years, leaving in 2012 after having become the longest-tenured employee at the company other
than Mark Zuckerberg.
Colleran graduated magna cum laude from Babson in 2003. In 2002, during his junior year, he raised
capital from Babson and several nonprofit entrepreneurship organizations in order to found Babson’s
undergraduate business hatchery. In 2000, Colleran also was the first first-year student to win Babson’s
Student Business Initiative Award.
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Graduates
David Michael Abers
** Simone Alexandra Aptekman
Valeria Renata Abramovich
*** Cristina Eloise Arias Martinez
Zakhar Abugov
* Maria del Mar Armenteros Rodriguez
Isabel Acosta Casas
Elijah Edward Arnold
** Sai Aparna Adala
Sanjana Sanjay Arora
** William Russell Affsa
Carlos Arriaga
Shivam Aggarwal
John Arriola ^
** Belma Ahmetovic
* Kerman Arriola Zugaza
Dong Nyok Ahn
Jessica R. Aruda
Melissa Akdogan
* Easan Sean Arulanantham
** Ghalia Issam Al Tawari ✤
Andrew Aryeh
* Fatema Meshari AlBader
Richard Avenarius
* Bassam Hamed Albassam
Patrick Bagley
Karla Eugenia Aldape Davila
* Rishav Bansal
** Yousef Waleed Al-Humaidhi
Liza Rose Stewart Barry
Emily Jean Aliberti
Kyle Richard Barsalou
Connor James Allen ^
Brian M. Bartlett
Noora Al-Mana
Monika Bashllari
*** Eithar Sami AlRushaid ✤ ♦
Zachary Clarence Bastarache
Nour Kamal Al-Sultan
*** Katherine Anne Began
* Federico R. Alvarez
Dara Behjat
Diamond Crystale Amie
Luis Gabriel Benetti
* Glenn Dwayne Anderson Jr.
Donna Bengio
*** Graham Thomas Anderson
Dana Bensadon
** Jennifer Ann Appel
*** Margaret Elda Berkeley
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Graduates
* Jessica Betancourt
Herbert Castillo Melendez
Breeana Degerna’Darcel Blackmon ^
Raphael Zachary Cattan
Tyler Joseph Blake
Christian James Cattaruzza
*** Joshua Bryant Blond ✤ ♦
Nicolo Catto
* Stephanie Boenawan
Javier Enrique Chacín Vitale
Jessica Taylor Bollmann ^
* Gustavo Alonso Chan
Andrew Everett Roy Bonazza
*** Jay Chen
** Guido Borrero Juliao
* Jia Ling Chen
Abdul-Rahman Eyisan Boyo ^
** Kelly A. Chewens
* Anna Danielle Brasher
** Rolando Chinchilla Boburg
* Fabian Brenninkmeijer
Pingduen Chirathivat
Leonard Arnold Brown
Chris Cho
Matthew Donald Brown
Yoon Soo Cho
** Stephanie L. Bruno
Yoon Ho Choi
* Alexander Patrick Bunick
Tiffany Y Chou
Alexandra Joy Burk
* Radhika Chouhan
Malcolm W. Bybee
Sarah Ella Christie
Robert James Caggiano
Bryan Chubbs
Shirley Teresa Campos Unocc
** Jae Bong Chung
* Felix Francisco Canino Jr.
* Molly Kathleen Church
Chase Edward Capalbo
Orjada Cinari
*** Marina Lee Capalbo ✤ ♦
Shawn Evan Citro
Javier Carabias Garcia-Quiros
Cameron Patrick Clifford
*** Benjamin Alexander Cardarelli
Dylan Michael Coan
Nicole Jennal Carli
Maria Renee Cobb ^
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Graduates
* Alexandra Olivia Cohen
Heloisa De Souza Gulin ^
Henry Sion Cohen Harari
* Janelle Linette Davis
*** Steven Aaron Comery ✤ ♦
Oliver Widmer Davis
* Jennifer Concepcion
*Beatriz De Abreu Fernandez Filgueiras
* Eduardo Condeminas Saller
* Víctor Alfonso de Zárraga
Steven Michael Connell
Cheyenne Lecia Dean
Gabrielle Autumn Conroy
Connor Lawrence DeFiore
Kathleen Anne Conway
* Talia Marie DeFranco
Michael Warren Corkrum II
* Andrew John Joseph DeLacey
Jackson David Courey
Claudia M. Delgado
Felipe Croitoru
* Nicholas George DeMartino
** Daniela Cruz
Jaspal Kaur Dhillon
Genevieve Maria Regina Buxhoeveden * Gabriel Jacques Di Capua
Curran
* Ronald Chan Diep
Kevin Michael Dachos ^
** Daniela Isabel Dioguardi Vásquez
* Alan Vince D’Adamo
Jessica Lynne DiPhilippo
Connor Thomas Dahlberg
Joseph Robert DiPietro
Jonathan Louis Dainesi
* Ryan Zeiben Diplock
Kristen R. Daley
Cassio Paulo Franca Domingues Neto
** Pradyumn Dalmia
* Brock Everett Donnelly
* Maria Carolina Damiani Garassini
** Samantha Helen Donovan
* Sam Dane
Jose Antonio Dos Santos Benitez
*** Dung Eveline Dang ✤ ♦
*** Anushka Chetan Doshi
Yasmin Said Darwazah
Ramone Antonio Doyley
** Sanjay Venkat Dasari
Michael Bosworth Driscoll
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Graduates
Alexa E. Dumont
Nicole Rita Ferrari
** Nina Le Fong Duong ✤ ♦
Alexis Francesca Ferraro
Artur Dutka
** Courtney Margaret Marina Fischer
* Jillian Alexis Eitelman
*** Christian Fleming
Lalla Anissa Elalamy
*** Kendall Elizabeth Ford
* Clara Elbaz
* Joseph J. Franco
Patrick James Ellis
** Sarah Elizabeth Freedman
Samantha Margaret Emmerling
** Alexandra H. Freeman
Emma Kate Engelsman
Jennifer Dee Fusco
Michael Austin Epperson
Amanda Paulson Gahagan
Eragam Soma Reddy
* Nickolai Gaivoronski
Seren Ergenç
Thomas Frank Gallagher
** Hannah Elisabeth Esberg
Juliana Galofre
* Dominic Joseph Esposito
Raymond Daniel Garcia
Elizabeth Blair Estabrook
Benjamin T. Gaut
Mikiyas Yacob Estifanos
* Devon Noelle Gay
Luc Göran Roland Fagerberg
* Hanishka Anil Gehani
* Yue Fan
Sheena Rachel George
** Giuliana Stephanie Faraj Pumpo
Blair Allyson Ginden
Somia Amen Farid
*** Isabella Giraldo Chavez
*** Adam Slater Farina
Nelcy Melissa Giron
Cesar Faucheur
Ashish Golconda
Xinyue Feng
*** Alexander Lee Goldman
** Ana Vitoria Fernandes Suarez
Robert Alexander Goldman
** Carlos Alfredo Fernandez Semidey
Dillon Peter Gonzalez
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Graduates
Gregory John Gonzalez
Anna Harper Montes
Derishai Emily Gordon-Staton
Christopher Paul Harrington Jr.
Sebastian Rodrigo Gorostiaga ^
** Shruthi Satyen Harve
* Darshan Govindaraju
Anastasia Hassiotis
* April M. Goya
Connor James Hayes ^
Matthew M. Gray
Matthew Ryan Hayes
James Taylor Gregory
Meghan Elizabeth Hayes
Sean Martin Griffin ^
* Natalya Diana Bonagrazia Healey
Elliot Stephen Hamlin Grinstead
Nicole Marie Heavern
Jacob Carlton Grover
Sandra Pamela Henriquez
Joseph Andrew Guggenheim
*** Brian Pers Hickey
Radhika Gulati
Stephanie Hillebrand Hutchison ^
Mark Ernest Gulesian
** David Andrew Hines ✤ ♦
** Shreyas Vivek Gupta
Autumn E. F. Hines-Coombs
Ali Baran Guvenal
Carmen Ho
*** Kelvin Cheung Hin Ha
Ariel Ho Kjaer
Gal Hagay
Hoang Vu
** Laura Jessie Haime
Mackenzie Matthew Holmes
** Jan Talu Hakverdi
* Katherine Louise Hornigold
Jonathan Patrick Hale
Mattias Gere Huebner
Kayla Maria Hale
Briana Rose Hunt
** Sharon Halim
Kate R. Hunt
** Maryam Lauren Hamedany
** Shahroze Husain
Justin K. Han
Andrea Iacono
Chelsea Patricia Haraty
Aadil Oberoi Ikram
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Graduates
Alexander Ralph Dubach Isely
Mackenzie Helen Kelleher ^
** Anurag Jain
Magzhan Kenesbai
Chaahat Jain
Yousef Khashoggi
Pallavi Rajesh Jain ^
** Utsav Khemka
*** Shivani Janani ✤ ♦
Bum Soo Kim
** Camila Jaramillo
* Hyejin Kim
* Adam Jan Jarolimek
Joon Su Kim ^
Jae Won Jeong
Louis Kim
** Ping Jia
Min Joo Kim ^
Mingjie Jiang
Min Seuk Kim
Ascia Christine Johnson ^
Evan Kimbrell
** Sabrina Collette Jones
* Christianne Alexandra Kinder
** So Yoon Jun
Andrew Jay King
Ashley Kang
* Samuel Kevin Kizer
Soozin Kang
Jonathan Christian Klinvex
Rachael Alexis Kantor
Kaan Ilhan Kocturk
Melina Sophia Kapotsis
** Hannah En Mei Koh
* Resham Kapur
Michael Salvatore Kollaard
** Olivia Karow
Alexandra Morgan Korinis
* Ayushi Kasaraneni
* Rishitha Reddy Kotapalle
** Shivam Katyal
*** Aangi Atul Kothari
Alessandra Kauffmann
Daniel Ansel Kruse
Gabriella Amanda Kawilarang ^
Emre Muzaffer Kulluk
Morgan Lee Keith
** Shannon Nicole Kyne
Recep Batuhan Keles
Jack Jason Laboz
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Graduates
Oluwarotimi Kolade Lademo
Jeffrey Adam Lipson
Joseph August LaGrasso
** Laurence Lirette
Clifford Lam
*** Judy Yong Ying Liu
Kristen Anne Lanza
** Daniel Lloreda Velasquez
Hung Cheung Lau
Anuj Lohia
*** Justin Robert Laurenzo
Charles Jacob Long
Kamisha Lauture ^
*** Joseph James Lorusso III
Brian James Lawler
Inna Loseva
Eugene Lee
* Mrinal Lunia
* Hyukgi Lee
* Michael Brandon MacDonald
Ivana Uen Wai Lee
David Carl Mack
Jik Lee
Sean Walker MacPhee
Patrick Anthony Lee Jr.
Ioli Macridi
Taeha Lee
** Daniel Michael Morgan Macumber
Timan Lee
Novita Sriraga Sanjana Maddi ^
*** Sarah Christine Lehnert
Ravine Ashok Mahtani
Lauren Rachel Lemieux
** Christopher Francis Mainiero
** Nathan Craig Lemieux
* Joy Suguna Malabanti
** Andrew John Lepine
Nicholas George Malatos
Yuanxun Li
* Stephanie Malek
Alessandro Calogero Libani
Sahar Malik
Guilherme Lima Ciciliati Fagundes
Caroline Mary Malone
** Elizabeth Lin ✤ ♦
Patricia Manent
Yuling Lin
Maria Gabriela Marcos
Evan Justin Lincoln
Hayley Aylesworth Marks ^
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Graduates
Guadalupe Martinez
** Chelsea Lauren Miller
** Juan Pablo Martinez
* Nastassja Tatjana Minaev
* Diego Mata
* Janibell Monegro
* Joshua K. Mathew
Raquel Montes Vega
** Kelsey Michiko Matsuoka
** Carly Marie Moore
Brenden Peter Matthews
** Jennifer Irene Moore
** Cheska Adrianne Mauban
* Seira Mori
* Kelly Ann McCarthy
Brenna Rose Mulhern
Sean Daniel McClung
* Nelson Dario Munoz Abreu
** Tucker Jenkins McCrabb
** James Roy Murdock ✤ ♦
* Keegan Elizabeth McDonald
Katherine Jean Murphy
* Amelia Elizabeth McKenney
*** Arjun Murthy
Christine Victoria McNeley
Kirti Kumari Nahar
* Patrick Arnesen Meany
* Gabriela Tiara Natasha
* Henry Aaron Medine
Likhita Nimmagadda
Aman Naresh Mehta
Michael Anh Tuan Ninh
** Kairavi Mehta
Joshua Aaron Noble ^
Nilomi Nilesh Mehta
* Ana Sofia Nolfo Montalvo
Deena M. Mele
** Elizabeth Nova
Luis Felipe Staub Mellao
* Andres Anibal Obando
* Federico Jose Mendy Nin
Mary Elizabeth O’Connor
Joey Evan Mensah
Emira Oliveros Zayed
*** Sarah Valentine Lucie Mercier ✤ ♦
Barrett James O’Neill
Laura Milhem
Eric Blanch Ordway
Michael Steven Millard ^
Crystal Ying Ouyang ^
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Graduates
* Ella Serine Overholt
Napone Punyagupta
** Michael James Pace
Christopher John Quach ^
** Priyanka Pachisia
Luis Queremel Milani
* Michele Geatano Palestro
John William Quinn ^
Leon Papu Beda
** Santiago Andrés Quiñones Albornoz
Tushar Parbhu
Tyler Matti Rafeldt
Manuel Paredes
*** Paul G. Ramey
Minjae Park
* Tyrone Ravi Ramnath
Luke Justin Pashos
Ched Ramyarupa
Vani Patro
** Nicole M. Ravetier
Pranav Pratik Patvardhan
Carolina Recchi
** Maria Alejandra Pavia
Conor Richard Regan
Christian Lorenzo Pedrini
* Gregory Wolfgang Reichardt
** Maria Alexandra Pereda Ehrlich ✤ ♦ ♦
Lauren Victoria Reilly
* Daniel David Perera
Jaclyn Ann Reiter
** Carl Indiana Perez
Ryan Christopher Reynolds
Jared James Pizza
* Denis John Rezendes
Vaishali Jog Plainfield
Jae Seung Rhie
* Aaron Reinhart Pomeroy
Mónica Riberas López
* Juan-Sebastian Alejandro Ponce * Erica Jane Riccardi
Bustamante
Alyssa Charlotte Rimsa
Melissa Ann Pouk
Taelyr Cheyn Roberts
Alexandra Paulina Prentice
Lindsey Travers Roche
* Emily Marie Proos
** Alberto Rodriguez Rico
* Kseniya Pulido
* Alexandra Romero
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Graduates
Alejandro Jesus Romo
Avika Sachin Shah
Shea William Rosadino
** Karan Sanjay Shah
Felipe Alberto Rubio ^
* Jack Eli Shalom
** Philip Nicholas Russo
Ast Isis Aiya Shango
* Joseph Jerome Ruvane IV
* Soundarya Shanthappa
* Wendy Kate Sachs
Mengyang Emma Shen
* Raquel Helene Safdie
Simon Shi
Julia Elizabeth Salamone ^
Yang Shi
Sergio Enrique Salas Álvarez
** Evan Angelo Shirley
* Lorenzo Salazar
Daniel Shofet
Brianna Gretchen Molina San Diego
*** Kripa Manoj Shroff ✤ ♦
** Jessica Santiago
** Alissa H. Shulman
Tushar Saraf
** Jared Myer Silber
** Yash Saraf
*** Anibha Singh
* Alexandre Gregor Sarkissian
** Dineth Harshitha Siriwardane
Sagar Sunil Sawlani
Christopher Paul Sirois ^
Bradley Evan Saxe
*** Jeffrey Walker Smith
* Nicole Scarpetta Lopez
Cem Soylu ^
Alexandra Ann Schiffer ^
Emre Basar Sözen
Ary Schlumberger
Victoria Katherine Squire
Lindsey Elizabeth Schmid
Rehanna Leigh Stepnoski ^
Yasmine Sebti
Joseph Stern
* Rachel Hannah Secrist
*** Robert Edward Sternberg ✤ ♦
** Dhruv Sehgal
Brianna Noelle Stiklickas
*** Daniel Harris Shaffer
Ryan Michael Stowe
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Graduates
Zachary Andrew Sufrin
* Leonora Trueba de Buen
Trevor Christopher Sullivan
Philip Lawrence Turpin
* Kris Supavatanakul
** Cole Anders Ungar
* Nihal Sura
** Reynaldo Urip
** Hendry Susanto
*** Deniz Uyan ✤ ♦
Connor H. Swatling
Christian Van Hoegaerden Herrmann Emily Bernadette Swindell
Telles
Szilard Szilagyi
Peter Ikai Van Noppen
*** Kyle Pierce Tagen
* Charilaos Varelas
* Zachary Michael Talotta
*** Abigail Vargas ✤ ♦
** Minte Juliana Tamoshunas
Maurice Varsano
* Raycent Zhi Hao Tan
* Ryan Alec Vayo
** Benny Jun-Hong Tang
Zermina Velic
** Johanna Patricia Teahan
** Jacob Allen Vick
Bijan Tehrani
** Helen Alexandra Voloshin
** Teo Jia Jun
** Saniya Waghray
** Michael Robert Terzi
Kyle Christopher Wallis ^
** Kyaw Zaw Thant ✤ ♦
Hailey Shannen Walsh
** Alexander James Tighe
Thomas Carter Walsh
Dominick Robert Tocci
*** Han Wang
* Meaghan Amanda Toothaker
** Jianhan Wang
Matthew James Towarnicky
Vivian Yi-Wen Wang
Han Han Tran
* Xiaoyang Wang
Thu Mai Tran
* Yi Alice Wang
* Allyson Rae Trayah
*** Yiwen Wang ✤ ♦
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Graduates
Paris Keaton Waranimman
*** Sanjay Zimmermann ✤ ♦
Purin Kelvin Waranimman
** Pedro Zuccolillo
Christopher Matthew Warren
* Kristen Marie Zuleg
Matthew Lo Wei
John Patrick Wickey
*** Summa Cum Laude ♦
** Michael Lawrence Winter
** Magna Cum Laude
Jared Taylor Wolf
* Cum Laude
Agnes Tak Wei Wong
Nicholas Warren Wong
Alexander Michael Woodhouse
Degree Candidate
Alexander Gray Worcester ^
** Hongling Xu
* Ruoqi Xu
Jenny Su Yi
Erin Marie Young
Diana Yuan ^
* Jason Yuji Yuasa
** Philip Aleksander Yudin
Jae Ro Yun
Luis Manuel Zabala
Joseph Robert Zanca
* Lexin Zhang
Xuhua Zhou
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Honors Program
^ August 2015 Bachelor of Science Senior Award Recipients
ROGER W. BABSON AWARD
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
Marina Lee Capalbo
Hannah Elisabeth Esberg
CAROLL W. FORD SCHOLARSHIP
GLOBAL STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD
Adam Slater Farina
David Andrew Hines
GEORGE MACY WHEELER AWARD
HISTORY AND SOCIETY AWARD
Blair Allyson Ginden
Christopher Francis Mainiero
MICHAEL J. CONLON SENIOR SPIRIT AWARD
INFORMATION SYSTEMS AWARD
Rishav Bansal
Luis Queremel Milani
CLINTON A. PETERSEN ACCOUNTING AWARD
OUTSTANDING STUDENT IN LAW AWARD
Kendall Elizabeth Ford
Kendall Elizabeth Ford
Yiwen Wang
ARTS AND HUMANITIES AWARD
NEWTON NATURAL SCIENCE
& TECHNOLOGY AWARD
Janelle Linette Davis
Ast Isis Aiya Shango
Deniz Uyan
CREATIVE ARTS AWARD
Helen Alexandra Voloshin
BERTRAND R. CANFIELD AWARD
Adam Slater Farina
EARL K. BOWEN AWARD
Jennifer Ann Appel
ECONOMICS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Daniel Harris Shaffer
OUTSTANDING STUDENT IN
ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES AWARD
RUDOLPH A. JOHNSON AWARD
Kyle Pierce Tagen
TECHNOLOGY, OPERATIONS AND
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AWARD
Benny Jun-Hong Tang
TED GROSSMAN SCHOLAR
Gustavo Alonso Chan
WALL STREET JOURNAL FINANCE AWARD
Katherine Anne Began
WALLACE P. MORS FINANCE AWARD
Jeffrey Walker Smith
Rolando Chinchilla Boburg
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Senior Award Recipients
and
Student Leaders
STUDENT ATHLETE OF THE CLASS
Daniel Michael Morgan Macumber
Kendall Elizabeth Ford
Taelyr Cheyn Roberts
Meaghan Amanda Toothaker
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE CLASS
Abigail Vargas
Marina Lee Capalbo
Sanjay Zimmermann
MALE ATHLETE OF THE CLASS
Michael Bosworth Driscoll
STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXECUTIVE BOARD
John Patrick Wickey
Dara Behjat
DR. NORM GOVONI SCHOLAR ATHLETE
OF THE CLASS
DEAN’S LEADERSHIP AND
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Rachel Hanna Secrist
Graham Thomas Anderson
Justin Robert Laurenzo
Katherine Anne Began
Marina Lee Capalbo
CONLON AWARD FOR ATHLETICS
Gustavo Alonso Chan
Alexandra H. Freeman
Nina Le Fong Duong
Hannah Elisabeth Esberg
NATALIE TAYLOR SCHOLARS
Breeana Degerna’Darcel Blackmon
Novita Sriraga Sanjana Maddi
Nina Le Fong Duong
Derishai Emily Gordon-Staton
Kayla Maria Hale
Alexander Michael Woodhouse
Meaghan Amanda Toothaker
STUDENT CONTRIBUTION AWARDS
Graham Thomas Anderson
Adam Slater Farina
Justin Robert Laurenzo
Michael Brandon MacDonald
Dineth Harshitha Siriwardane
Robert Edward Sternberg
Alexander James Tighe
Meaghan Amanda Toothaker
Saniya Waghray
Sanjay Zimmermann
Dara Behjat
SHELBY CULLOM DAVIS
ENTREPRENEURSHIP PRIZE
Hannah Elisabeth Esberg
Hannah Elisabeth Esberg
Dominic Joseph Esposito
Derishai Emily Gordon-Staton
Derishai Emily Gordon-Staton
Wendy Kate Sachs
Elizabeth Lin
Alexander Michael Woodhouse
Michael Brandon MacDonald
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Student Leaders, Retiring Faculty,
OUTSTANDING PHILANTHROPIC
ACTIVITY AWARD
Derishai Emily Gordon-Staton
HONOR BOARD
Jacob Allen Vick
Daniel Harris Shaffer
Tyrone Ravi Ramnath
RESIDENT ASSISTANTS
Graham Thomas Anderson
Chase Edward Capalbo
Marina Lee Capalbo
Gustavo Alonso Chan
Dominic Joseph Esposito
Sarah Elizabeth Freedman
Jennifer Dee Fusco
Blair Allyson Ginden
Sean Martin Griffin
David Andrew Hines
Oluwarotimi Kolade Lademo
Sarah Christine Lehnert
Cheska Adrianne Mauban
Kseniya Pulido
Wendy Kate Sachs
STEERING COMMITTEE
Kate R. Hunt
Olivia Karow
Timan Lee
Melissa Ann Pouk
Victoria Katherine Squire
Allyson Rae Trayah
and
M a r sh a l s
RETIRING FACULTY
Philip A. Dover
Associate Professor, Marketing
Christopher P. Hennessey
Associate Professor, Law
Robert J. Kopp*
Associate Professor, Marketing
Michael Levy
Professor, Marketing
Charles Clarke Reynolds Professor of
Retailing and Marketing
Robert J. Ng
Associate Professor, Marketing
Farshad Rafii
Associate Professor, Management
*Retired February 28, 2015
PLATFORM PARTY MARSHAL
Carolyn Hotchkiss
GOVERNANCE MARSHALS
Deborah L. DeSantis ’85
Frank M. Fischer P’06
STAGE MARSHALS
Mary M. Rose
Joseph R. Weintraub
HONORS MARSHALS
Rob Major
Dan Kwash
COORDINATOR OF STAGE LINES
Samantha Stanley
Staci Weber
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M a r sh a l s
and
Committees
STUDENT MARSHALS
Carolyn Hotchkiss
Matt Allen
Jenny Rankin
Jim Berrigan
Samantha Stanley
Michael Carenzo ’91
Allan Cohen
COMMENCEMENT LOGISTICS COMMITTEE
Ryan Davies
Lola Norman-Salako ’99
Dawna Travis Dewire P’08 ’13
Sarah Blakeslee
Jaime Doherty
Holly Brennan
Jennifer Ellis
Erin Carcia
Fatemeh Emdad
Luis Carrion
Steven Eriksen
Judy Curley
Kristen Fischer
Andrew Dutton
Katrina Fludd ’08, M’10
Bruno Fraga
Jeff Hall P’11
John Florendo
Brenda Kostyk
Emily Groccia
Kevin Mulcahy
Lindsay Harris
Kate O’Leary
Amanda Hellen
Keith Rollag
Travis Killeen
Scott Taylor
Peter Latvis
Tony Wain
Ian MacLeod
Peter Wilson
Jim McLaughlin
Sharon Yardley
Bill O’Donnell
Joe O’Leary
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAMMING
COMMITTEE
Lola Norman-Salako ’99
Linda E. Kean M’00
Karene Alexander Thorne
Beth Bristol M’06
Kate Buckman
Alex Cabal
Chuck Collins
Kristen Fischer
Melissa Grove
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Stan Park
Jim Pollard
Erik Shaw
Terry Sullivan
Sandy Sweetman
Steve Tolley
B o a r ds
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Michael J. Angelakis ’86
The Honorable Craig R. Benson ’77, H’03
Ettore V. Biagioni ’80
Howard S. Brown ’88
Marla M. Capozzi M’96
Paul W. Chisholm M’82
Theodore A. Clark M’94
Timothy A. DeMello ’81, P’18
Deborah L. DeSantis ’85
Gary T. DiCamillo
Craig M. Donaldson ’88
Harish M. Fabiani P’17
Frank M. Fischer P’06
Thomas F. Gilbane Jr. ’70
Brett A. Gordon M’98
Leonard C. Green
Kerry Healey
Bruce T. Herring ’87
Eric G. Johnson ’72, P’08
Fred S.C. Kiang ’70, M’75
Carmella R. Kletjian
David F. Lamere ’82
Louis J. Lavigne Jr. ’69, P’92
Michael S. Lorber ’01
David L. Lucchino
Narender Manoj Madnani ’91
Carlos J. Mattos M’76, P’17
Jeffrey J. McLane ’96
Richard K. Miller P’02
Gordon D. Prichett
Richard A. Renwick ’79
Kenneth G. Romanzi ’82
James A. Rullo M’85
Thomas T. Stallkamp
Amanda G. Strong ’87
Martha D. Vorlicek ’81
Robert E. Weissman ’64, H’94, P’87 ’90
of
Trustees
and
Overseers
Joseph L. Winn M’74, P’15
Gary L. Zwerling P’06
TRUSTEES EMERITI
John M. Daigle ’54, H’84, P’82
Andronico C. Luksic Jr. ’76, H’04, P’04
’06 ’11 ’14
William F. Markey Jr. M’64, H’09
Richard J. Snyder Esq. ’60, H’94, P’93 ’01
Thomas T. Stallkamp
Ronald G. Weiner ’66
PRESIDENTS EMERITI
Brian M. Barefoot ’66, H’09, P’01
William R. Dill H’91
William F. Glavin H’99
Leo I. Higdon Jr. H’07
Leonard A. Schlesinger H’14
Ralph Z. Sorenson H’85
HONORARY TRUSTEES
Samuel W. Bodman
Robert H. Castellini P’92 ’94
Richard C. Kimball ’64
Peter H. Lunder P’86 ’90
Peter E. Madden ’64, P’04
Yodjin Uahwatanasakul ’60, H’94, P’99
BOARD OF OVERSEERS
Femina Ali P’12
Peter A. Bailey M’83
Linda L. Bourn M’11
John J. Burns P’10 ’12
Daniel S. Calista ’96
Gillian Newton Callaghan ’85
Vicente Carvajal ’91
Myron Cohn ’60
Adam J. Collins ’94
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Board
of
Overseers
and
Global Advisory Board
Stephen P. Connelly ’82
Matthew D. Consigli M’08
Paul J. Cunningham Jr. ’84
Stephen D. Cutler M’61
Lupo M. del Bono ’79, P’09
Richard R. Dubois ’82
Arthur X. Duffy ’90
Carolina B. Fernandez P’14
Bruce H. Freedman ’70, P’14
Steven A. Gaklis M’97
Daniel L. Gay M’09
I. Bradley Hoffman ’82
Kristen J. Holihan ’12
Robert E. Kelly Jr. ’81
Willy S.M. Lin ’81, P’10 ’13
Michael London ’92
Timothy G. Marken ’81
Stephen Martiros ’83, M’85
Jeffrey J. McLane ’96
Christopher C. McMahon ’83
Christopher A. Menard ’96
Rena P. Mirkin
Kevin F. Moran M’85
Gregory G. O’Brien M’83, P’07 ’11
Ted E. Orenstein ’94
Joseph G. Parham Jr. ’72, M’75
Kevin C. Phelan
Jason A. Reuben ’07
John D. Rogol ’77
David W. Sargent ’82, P’12
Sylvia Shepard M’09
James W. Taylor ’86
Lisa Spadafora Thompson M’96
Davide D. Visco ’95
Jack F. Waterstreet ’04
Amy Reich Weil ’87
John D. White Jr. ’81
Mikki E. Wosencoft ’99
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OVERSEERS EMERITI
Bernard G. Berkman ’52, P’79
Adelaide Van Winkle
GLOBAL ADVISORY BOARD
Stephen I. Bandel P’16
Eduardo Barco ’82, P’18
Brian M. Barefoot ’66, H’09, P’01
Bettina Beckhoff-Longinotti P’11 ’14
Ettore V. Biagioni ’80
Paloma Botin P’12
David D. Brillembourg ’93
William G. Burrill P’04, ’04, ’06, P’11 ’11
Cyril C. Camus ’91
Vicente Carvajal ’91
Said S. Darawazah P’15
Lupo M. del Bono ’79, P’09
Moullay Hafid Elalamy P’15
Carlos Fernandez Gallardo P’15
Mariana Salazar Fernandez ’83
Susana Gallardo P’13
Paul S. Gass ’59
Sunil Goyal P’13 ’16
Muhammad H. Habib ’81, P’09
Alvaro J. Heilbron P’17
James J. K. Hung M’71, P’99 ’01
Massimo Iacono ’83, P’15
Vivek Jain M’83, P’07
Prashant Jhawar P’14
Surya K. Jhunjhnuwala P’09 ’11 ’14
Karlheinz M. Kaiser ’82, M’84
Raymond Kassin ’84
Fred S. C. Kiang ’70, M’75
Gudmundur Kjaernested ’91
Markus T. Krautli ’81, P’12
Manish Kumar P’18
Pimjai Laochinda P’13
Willy S. M. Lin ’81, P’10 ’13
Global Advisory Board
Narender Manoj Madnani ’91
Umer Mansha ’95
Pedro Martin P’17
Richard A. Maser Jr. ’89
Elizabeth P. Powell M’76, P’01
Gabriel R. Safdie M’86, P’09 ’16
Juan Carlos Serrano P’18 ’18
Chockchai Sethiwan P’18
Richard J. Snyder Esq. ’60, H’94, P’93 ’01
Xing-Yan Sun
Giuseppina Vinaccia ’74, P’15
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The History
of
B a bs o n C o l l e g e
ROGER WARD BABSON (1919–1921) was a highly successful pioneer in the financial
investment business. On September 3, 1919, he opened the Babson Institute with an enrollment
of 27 students.
In 1921, Babson named George Coleman (1921–1935) as the second president. That same year,
Babson was incorporated under the educational laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as
a not-for-profit institution.
In 1923, Babson acquired farmland in Wellesley Hills, established an endowment fund, and began
to build a campus. By the end of that year, Mustard, Bryant, and Lyon (now Lukŝić) Halls, and
Knight Auditorium were completed. Two years later, the Babson Park Clubhouse and Coleman
Hall were finished. To accommodate the rise in student enrollment, the Clubhouse was renamed
Park Manor South, and the hotel rooms, originally designed for visiting businessmen, became
residence rooms for Babson students.
With the appointment of Carl Smith (1935–1944), Babson was now led by its first professional
educator. He reorganized the curriculum, adding liberal arts courses, and in 1943, Babson
Institute received permission to confer both the Bachelor of Science and Master of Business
Administration degrees.
Following World War II, Babson, which had been used by the U.S. Navy for three years, reopened
to record enrollments. New President Edward B. Hinckley (1946–1956) tightened admission
standards and strengthened the academic content. By 1950, the Institute had received accreditation
from the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
Under Gordon Trim (1957–1961), an evening MBA program was developed and the first alumni
fundraising effort was held to fund the construction of the dining hall that bears his name.
Henry Kriebel (1961–1974), the school’s sixth president, expanded the curriculum to four years,
redefined its mission as a school of management, opened the doors to women, began a massive
building program, created the School of Continuing Education, and changed the name from
Babson Institute to Babson College. Kriebel’s administration laid the foundation for the next
20 years of development.
Babson’s seventh president, Ralph Z. Sorenson H’85 (1974–1981), also strengthened the
curriculum. He created the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies in 1978, and Babson became
the first college in the United States to offer entrepreneurship as a major. Horn Library was built,
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The History
of
B a bs o n C o l l e g e
the Babson Recreation Center (now the Boston Sports Club) was completed, and more student
housing was added.
In 1981, William R. Dill H’91 (1981–1989) became the College’s eighth president. He placed
a greater emphasis on a curriculum, faculty, and student body that focused on globalization. Many
campus buildings were renovated and others added, including the Webster Center for physical
education and recreation, to provide students with state-of-the-art facilities and services, thus
enabling Babson to compete with the nation’s top business programs. It was during the Dill era that
the Center for Executive Education (now the Babson Executive Conference Center) was added.
During the presidency of William F. Glavin H’99 (1989–1997), Babson moved from being
a strong regional presence to an internationally respected school of business. Building on the
College’s legacy of entrepreneurship, the idea of entrepreneurial leadership was woven into every
aspect of the institution. Glavin believed that people at all stages of their careers could demonstrate
entrepreneurial leadership and become well-rounded, analytical problem-solvers who seize
opportunities and move boldly and creatively to take advantage of them.
In 1997, Leo I. Higdon Jr. H’07 (1997–2001) became the 10th president to lead Babson College.
He strengthened Babson’s curriculum with a renewed emphasis on technology, practice-based
learning, and entrepreneurship in a global context. A commitment to diversity and the arts brought
about the opening of the Reynolds Campus Center, Richard W. Sorenson Center for the Arts, and
the Glavin Family Chapel. Higdon also was instrumental in establishing the Center for Women’s
Leadership at Babson College.
Brian M. Barefoot ’66, H’09, P’01 (2001–2008), Babson’s 11th president, was the first Babson
alumnus to hold this position. During his presidency, Babson developed a long-term strategic
and financial plan, expanded the College’s leadership in entrepreneurship, improved the quality
of campus life, committed to new efforts in diversity, strengthened the alumni network, and
partnered with leading global educational institutions.
Leonard A. Schlesinger H’14 (2008–2013), Babson’s 12th president, brought to the College
extraordinary leadership experience in academia and industry. He formulated the conversations that
led to the development of today’s strategy, starting with a community-wide discussion and decisions
around Babson’s strategic direction. That work resulted in a strategy focused on Entrepreneurial
Thought and Action® as the core of Babson’s distinctive expertise and culture; integrating
social, environmental, economic responsibility, and sustainability into the core of the curriculum
and educational experience; building a generation of leaders representing Entrepreneurship of
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The History
of
B a bs o n C o l l e g e
and
Commencement Exercises
All Kinds®; and creating a Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Education to disseminate
Entrepreneurial Thought and Action to the world through a network of educators and institutions.
In 2013, Kerry Healey was named Babson’s 13th president and is the first woman to hold the
position. Internationally recognized for her more than three decades of service in academia,
government, and humanitarian work, she believes deeply in the transformational power of
entrepreneurship to create opportunities for positive economic and social development everywhere.
President Healey is expanding and enhancing Babson’s institutional profile as the recognized global
leader in entrepreneurship education and is preparing to lead the College’s Centennial Campaign
to accelerate Babson’s success into its second century of academic leadership, innovation,
and excellence.
Babson is consistently ranked among the nation’s top management schools. The College has
received international recognition for its innovative educational programs for undergraduate and
graduate students and business professionals. With a distinguished reputation for entrepreneurial
excellence, Babson teaches students to make and find opportunities, to innovate, and to develop
creative problem-solving ability.
The key to Babson’s success is its people—students, faculty, administrators, alumni, governance
members, and parents who share a passion for excellence and have helped the College grow.
THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY dates to medieval times. Through the centuries, the
ceremony has been altered, but its purpose remains the same: to recognize those persons who
have earned academic degrees and to honor the traditions and institutions of scholarship.
The term commencement is a translation of the Latin inceptio, the name given in the Middle Ages
to the ceremony at which candidates were granted the master of arts degree and thereby licensed to
begin teaching. Today, the original concept has been broadened to suggest that, at commencement,
degree recipients are graduating from academic life and commencing their professional life.
The history of academic regalia stretches to the early days of the world’s oldest universities. A statute
in 1321 required that all doctors, licentiates, and bachelors of the University of Coimbra (Portugal)
wear gowns. In England, in the second half of the 14th century, the statutes of certain colleges
forbade “excess in apparel” and prescribed wearing the long gown.
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The History
of
Commencement Exercises
and
Academic Regalia
In 1895, American colleges and universities adopted a uniform system for academic regalia. Today,
while the academic dress code, like the ceremony itself, has undergone several revisions, it remains
essentially the same as when it was first adopted.
The gowns recommended for use by American colleges and universities have the following
characteristics. The gown for the bachelor’s degree has pointed sleeves and is worn closed. The
gown for the master’s degree has oblong sleeves open at the wrist like the bachelor’s and may
be worn open or closed. Both bachelor’s and master’s robes are traditionally black. The doctoral
gown, which also may be worn open or closed, has velvet panels draped around the neck and
stitched down the front edges. Three horizontal velvet bars are sewn on the upper arm of the bellshaped sleeves. This trim may be either black or the color distinctive of the faculty to which the
degree refers. Many institutions have adopted distinctively colored doctoral robes using the official
institutional colors.
Members of the governing body of a college or university, whatever their degrees, are entitled to
wear doctoral gowns (with black velvet), but their hoods may be only those of degrees actually held
by the wearers or those especially prescribed for them by the institution.
The hood is the most distinctive feature of the academic costume. The shape of the bachelor’s and
master’s hoods is similar, but the length varies. The hood lining is the official color or colors of the
institution. The Babson hood, for example, is forest green with a single white chevron. The hood
is edged in velvet of two, three, or five inches in width for the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral
degrees, respectively. The edging should be in a color distinctive of the subject to which the degree
pertains. Among the most common trims are tan for business administration; white for arts, letters,
and humanities; golden yellow for science; and light blue for education.
The traditional academic cap for all degrees is the mortarboard of black cloth with a flat, stiffened
square top. Today, there is an option, particularly for those holding doctoral or terminal degrees,
to wear a soft cap. These are of several designs and in many cases represent a particular college or
university. The tassel, fastened to the middle point of the top of the cap, may be black or the color
appropriate to the subject. Those holding doctorates may wear a tassel of gold thread. There is no
general rule for the position of the tassel on a mortarboard. However, Babson and a number of
colleges and universities have adopted the practice of requiring candidates for the bachelor’s degree
to wear the tassel on the right front side before degrees are conferred and to shift it to the left after
the degrees are awarded.
www.babson.edu/commencement
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The History
of
Commencement Exercises
and
Academic Regalia
In today’s ceremony, some graduates are wearing cords, tassels, medallions, stoles, and cloths that
represent specific designations. Below are those related to academic honors:
Gold Cord
Valedictorian
Gold Tassel
Summa Cum Laude
White Tassel
Magna Cum Laude
Red Tassel
Cum Laude
Gold Medallion
Honors Program
The origin of the mace also dates to medieval times when it was first used as a weapon. Medieval
European bishops, forbidden the use of the sword, were allowed to enter battle with a mace, often
an iron or steel club designed to split armor. By the 16th century, the mace, a symbol of authority,
was embraced as a ceremonial object by colleges and universities. Traditionally, the mace is carried
on formal academic occasions by the most senior faculty member, often referred to as the “chief” or
“grand” marshal of the institution.
The mace of Babson College was designed and crafted by Chas. Thomae & Son, silversmiths, and
has been one of the symbols of the authority of the College for many years. Today, it is carried by
the chief marshal of Babson College.
Today’s Commencement also features flags of the world. These flags represent the homelands of
the Babson undergraduate and graduate students. With students from more than 80 countries,
and faculty members involved in research, training, and development around the world, Babson’s
international presence is evident and we are proud to honor it with this display.
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“… let us chart our lives
so that what we do will:
(1) perform a needed service
and make the world a better
place in which to live;
(2) make ourselves, and also
others, so far as we can, healthier
and stronger physically;
(3) free ourselves, and others,
as much as possible, from worry,
care, and mental stress.”
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Babson is committed to sustainable practices. For this
Commencement program, the College has selected
acid-free and elemental chlorine-free recycled paper
— Roger Babson,
“What Is Success?” (1923)
that is produced with biogas energy with a minimum
of 50 percent post-consumer waste. This recycled
paper also has achieved certification from the Forest
Stewardship Council and the EcoLogo Program.
BABSON COLLEGE
COMMENCEMENT
MAY 16, 2015
Babson Park, MA 02457-0310