Babson College Presidential Podcast

President Barefoot and his wife, Pam, reflect on their time at Babson with Vice President for Advancement Richard Voos. 

President Barefoot interviews outgoing Dean of Faculty Fleischmann about teaching quality at Babson

President Barefoot interviews Elizabeth Thornton, Babson's new Chief Diversity Officer.

President Barefoot interviews MBA student Clinton White of the Babson Energy and Environmental Club and Shelley Kaplan, Babson's Associate Vice President for Facilities Management and Planning, on the growth of interest and opportunities in environmental initiatives at Babson.

President Barefoot leads discussion with President-Elect Len Schlesinger and Board Chair Thomas Stallkamp at Babson's January Town Meeting.To view the video click here.

President Barefoot talks with Jim Hoopes, Professor of History and Murata Professor of Ethics in Business, and Lydia Moland, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, who played key roles in developing Babson's innovative approach to ethics—what we call the Babson framework for ethical decision-making.

President Barefoot interviews Dessi Pachamanova, Assistant Professor of Operations Research, and Joseph Weintraub, Professor of Management, about the valuable impact that endowed Term Chairs have had on their scholarship and teaching.  Pachamanova holds the Zwerling Term Chair in Operations Research and Weintraub holds the Charles Barton '49 H'89 Term Chair.

President Barefoot discusses financial aid at Babson with Betty Chen '08, Andrea Wolf MBA'08, and Melissa Shaak, Director of Financial Services and Undergraduate School Associate Dean.

President Barefoot interviews Lupo del Bono, Class of '79 and a member of our Board of Overseers, and Muhammad Habib, Class of '81 and a member of our Board of Trustees.  Lupo currently is Chair of the European Executive Board and Muhammad was the immediate past chair.

President Barefoot interviews new Dean of Student Affairs Betsy Newman.

President Barefoot interviews recruiters of Babson students from EMC Corporation: Ed Filippine, Vice President, Inside Sales Division, Americas; Michael J. Brooks, Sales Associate Manager, Inside Sales - Americas; and Mike Melli, Commercial Account Manager and Babson Class of 2004.

President Barefoot interviews Professor Eng, director of Babson's Asia Institute, about Babson's efforts, students, and friends in that part of the world.

President Barefoot interviews Ernst & Young Partner Peter C. O'Toole on his experiences recruiting Babson students.

President Barefoot interviews Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship and Global Management Stephen Spinelli, Jr.

President Barefoot interviews Babson Entrepreneurship Division Chair and Professor Candy Brush.

President Barefoot interviews Babson Executive Education Dean Eisenman about BEE's entrepreneurship efforts in China

President Barefoot interview new Executive-In-Residence Bennie Wiley, former President and Chief Executive Officer of The Partnership. The Partnership's unique mission is to develop professionals of color in Boston, increase their representation in Boston area businesses and institutions and enhance opportunities for their leadership potential.

President Barefoot interviews new Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Grant Gosselin

President Barefoot interviews the Director of the Center for Women's Leadership

President Barefoot interviews new Athletics Director Josh MacArthur

President Barefoot interviews attendees at Back to Babson's Saturday events

President Barefoot interviews new Undergraduate Dean Dennis Hanno

Entrepreneurship Education in China is a hot topic and Babson's own Jeffry Timmons recently sat down with us to discuss his thoughts on the topic.

Babson College, USA and Pearl Global Ltd.,India, have signed a strategic collaboration on a full range ofactivities to promote world class research and education of entrepreneurship in India. (Read the full release)Listen as Provost Michael Fetters discusses the agreement.

On April 10-11, Babson cosponsored the first China-U.S.Symposium for Entrepreneurship Research and Education with Nankai University in Tianjin. More than 500 people from 152 colleges and universities across China attended the conference. Michael Chmura sat down with Provost Michael Fetters after the event to discuss.

Founder's Day was phenomenal this year, and I've never been prouder of Babson.  That's why I decided this was the right time for my first Presidential podcast.  I want to share with you some of the special moments of the day, especially the inspiring messages that Magic Johnson and Bob Kraft shared with students and the rest of our community...