This October 15 & 16, Make Your Mark returns, and we’re celebrating 10 years of impact. This is your moment to make your gift to our annual days of giving to fund scholarships, open doors, and change lives.
How can you help?
- Be an influencer by making your gift before October 15
- Shout it out as a Make Your Mark advocate on social media
- Make it count by helping us surpass last year’s 2,581 donors who raised $562,700
Calling all Students!
If 1,200 alumni give during Make Your Mark, the Babson Alumni Advisory Board will award four student scholarships totaling $20,000 on Thursday, October 16, 2025 at our Make Your Mark Celebration from 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. in the Babson Commons.
- Two $5,000 scholarships for eligible undergraduate students
- Two $5,000 scholarships for eligible graduate students
How to enter:
- Students will submit their written response to a prompt in person between 5:00-5:45pm on October 16, 2025. The prompt will not be available in advance or remotely.
- Students must stay until the winners are announced after entries close
Requirements and Eligibility
- Scholarships will be applied as determined by the College to the future cost of the student’s attendance at Babson.
- Winners will be selected based on an assessment of their response to a prompt submitted in writing in person between 5:00 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. at the Make Your Mark Student Celebration event on Thursday, October 16, 2025.
- To win, recipients must be physically in attendance when their name is called after the entry window has closed to win.
- Eligibility is based on current and continued enrollment and good standing at the College, regardless of degree track.
Questions? Contact thefundforbabson@babson.edu.
- Three student clubs and organizations will win a total of $5,000
The top 3 SGA or GSC recognized clubs or organizations with the most donors to their fund on our Make Your Mark page leaderboard at midnight on October 16 will win additional prize money:
- 1st Place: $2,500,
- 2nd Place: $1,500
- 3rd Place: $1,000
Every participating group should plan to develop and email and social marketing plan to reach out to students, contacts, and alumni of your organization/club.
How to participate:
- Interested clubs and organizations need to complete this form no later than October 8
- Every participating group should plan to develop an email and social marketing plan to reach students, contacts and alumni of their organization/club
- A member of the Alumni Engagement & Annual Giving team will be in contact to confirm participation
Questions? Contact thefundforbabson@babson.edu.
Calling all Parents, Alumni and Friends!
Help us unlock $20,000 in scholarships sponsored by the Babson Alumni Advisory Board by Making Your Mark by 6:30pm on October 16.
When 400 parents give during Make Your Mark, you’ll have the opportunity to unlock an additional $20,000 for the Fund for Babson from a Generous Parent Donor from the Class of 2029.