Babson’s Strategy in Action
Sustain Our Commitment to DEI as a Competitive Advantage

Sustain Our Commitment to DEI as a Competitive Advantage

As One Babson, our community knows that we are at our best when we work, teach, and learn together with a commitment to amplifying voices and supporting one another.

Each year, we recommit ourselves to our mission to prepare and empower a diverse array of entrepreneurial leaders who will make the world a more just and equitable place.

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Karen Slack Closes Out Intensive Residency with Standing Ovation

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” These famous words from Songs from Love and Justice by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were proclaimed like never before in an opera recital at Carling-Sorenson Theater that marked the culmination of a weeklong intensive residency at Babson College with world-renowned opera soprano Karen Slack.

‘Thriving Together’: Babson Commemorates Juneteenth

The Babson College community joined together to commemorate Juneteenth as a day of reflection, celebration, and, most importantly, action. Tanisha Sullivan—the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Boston Branch—delivered the keynote address. Sullivan praised Babson for its work and leadership in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, as more than 100 students, staff, faculty, and alumni attended the virtual event to commemorate the Juneteenth national holiday.

A Commitment to Diversity in Public Safety

Babson College Police Chief Erin Carcia joined colleagues of the Massachusetts Association of Women in Law Enforcement and the Boston Police Department’s Women in Blue as the Boston Police Department signed the 30x30 Pledge—a national initiative to advance the representation of women in police recruit classes to 30% by 2030.

The Babson Police Department has 30% of sworn women on its team and is represented by 40% of women department-wide.

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Employee diversity continues to increase year-over-year with the percentage of BIPOC employees increasing to 22% in FY24

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92% of managers completed diversity, equity, and inclusion training

Secured two faculty term chairs to support DEI initiatives and thought leadership

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73% of scholars in Babson’s Bertarelli Institute for Family Entrepreneurship represent one or more underrepresented minority groups

At MLK Legacy Day, an Empowering Call for the Harmony of Self-Care and Success

Mental health advocate and professional public speaker Wes Woodson ’20 returned to Babson to deliver the keynote address at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Day event, the centerpiece of the College’s Black History Month celebration.

2023-06-08 Jerry Epps: Maximizing Opportunities for Diverse Suppliers

Babson Earns Institution of Higher Learning of the Year Award for Supplier Diversity

Babson College was honored again for its excellence and leadership in supplier diversity, receiving the Institution of Higher Learning of the Year award from the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council (GNEMSDC). Jerry Epps, director of vendor diversity, accepted the award on behalf of Babson and credited the College’s senior management for their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Babson Announces Four New Term Chairs

Babson professors Frederick Douglass Opie and Tina Opie are among four faculty members who have received new term chair appointments, the College announced recently. Fred Opie was named the Baldwin Richardson Foods Term Chair, and Tina Opie was named the Johnson Family Term Chair.