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    Summer at Babson offers a range of pre-college experiences that bring our hands-on, entrepreneurial approach to high school students. Options include credit-bearing Babson Academy Summer Study, the non-credit Arthur M. Blank School Summer Program, and additional programming in Miami, giving students multiple ways to explore their interests and build practical skills, connections, and confidence before college.

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Herring Family Entrepreneurial Leadership Village

Phase 1 Completed: 2024
  • A space for connecting to new learning experiences, opportunities, and each other.
  • A living-learning community designed to amplify Babson’s global impact, thought leadership, and entrepreneurial action.
  • A lab and model for entrepreneurial environments, fostering partnerships between industry and academia.
  • Features new learning, residential, and meeting spaces, offering hybrid, tech-enabled experiences to engage both in-person and remote participants.
  • Future home to the Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship, a key first-year course that embodies the HELV’s environment.
Herring Entrepreneurial Leadership Village Phase 2

The Herring Family Entrepreneurial Leadership Village

The HELV at Babson College is a one-of-a-kind facility where Babson students, alumni, faculty, stakeholders, and staff will collaborate and come together as they learn.

Global Outreach Studio

Phase 1 Construction Highlights

  • Three new modern classroom spaces with breakout spaces.
  • Renovation of over 170 student dorm rooms.
  • Collaborative and social areas, including a café and patio.
  • A co-curricular lounge with an ADA accessible pod and breakout rooms.
  • A large multi-purpose event/study/socialize Global Outreach Studio.
HELV Cafe

Village Coffee House

  • Serving Bean & Bean Coffee Roasters, a mother & daughter owned company known for ethical sourcing, sustainability, and empowering women coffee producers.
  • Offers a variety of coffee drinks, fresh focaccia sandwiches, salads, and house-baked treats made with locally sourced ingredients.
HELV Classroom

Residential Innovation Community (HELV-RIC)

  • Largest residence hall on campus.
  • Open to second-to-fourth-year students who want to live in Woodside Residence Hall.
  • Opportunities include peer mentorship, professional development funds, and collaboration with other campus groups.
  • A community for entrepreneurial leaders to connect, learn, and access resources.