Before you read on

Our pick of the week is Saturday’s apple picking: a few hours outside with friends, partners, and family at the end of a long week.

Looking further ahead: the 16th annual Babson Trading Competition is Wednesday, October 28, and Mass Medical Angels brings a healthcare angel investing meeting to campus on Thursday, October 29.

Full details on all three are just below, followed by the day-by-day calendar with 13 more events and deadlines this week.

Please RSVP on Engage. We depend on accurate counts to plan events well.

If a link will not open or a registration will not go through, reply to this email or write to gradstudentcouncil@babson.edu.

Tonight · Tuesday, October 20 · Office of Belonging and Inclusion

Culture Fest

6:00 to 7:30 PM · Knight Auditorium · Food from regions around the world

Culture Fest is a student-centered celebration of the cultures, traditions, stories, and communities that make up Babson, and the Office of Belonging and Inclusion is bringing it to Knight Auditorium tonight. Expect student performances, interactive cultural tables, creative activities, storytelling, and food from regions around the world.

The evening is built around learning from one another, and with graduate students here from so many countries and from every program, we would love to see the grad community well represented in the room. Bring a classmate, a teammate, or a friend from another program.

Saturday, October 24 · GSC Social Series with BFAT

Apple Picking at Shelburne Farm

11:00 AM to 2:00 PM · Shelburne Farm, 106 West Acton Road, Stow · Carpools leave campus at 10:15 AM

The GSC and the Babson Food and Agriculture Technology Club (BFAT) are heading to Shelburne Farm in Stow, a family orchard about 40 minutes from campus, for a Saturday of apple picking, hot cider donuts, and a few hours away from your laptop. There are pumpkins in the patch if you want one for your doorstep, hayrides through the orchard, and food trucks on weekends.

Partners and families are welcome, so bring the people who keep you going during midterms. The day is open to graduate students in every program, and it is part of the GSC Social Series.

The farm takes card and Apple Pay only, with no cash and no pets, and the day runs rain or shine, so wear shoes that can handle a muddy orchard row.

Wednesday, October 28 · Office of Graduate Student Life and Leadership

Grad Chill: A Wellness Fair for Graduate Students

12:00 to 2:30 PM · Knight Auditorium · Free food · Register by October 27 for more chances to win

Once midterms are behind you, Grad Chill is a midday reset made for graduate students. The Office of Graduate Student Life and Leadership is filling Knight Auditorium with relaxing and interactive wellness booths, from beads to boxing, along with free food and prizes.

Roger, Gracey, and Hero will be there too. Babson’s community resource dogs are stopping by, so plan a few minutes for them between booths.

From the Grad CCD · The Career Fair is just the start

More than 150 students attended last week’s Graduate Fall Career Fair. The Grad CCD would love to hear how it went for you, because student feedback helps them know how to improve future recruiting events.

Next steps from Jessica Chance, Director of the Grad CCD. Keep using the Career Fair primer to research the companies you learned about on October 15, and follow up with the recruiters you spoke to. Start using the Grad CCD job search tracker now, so you can use it throughout your search and in your career appointments. And log on to Career Connect every day, because there are several opportunities open to apply for.

A reminder from Steve Lewis, Senior Associate Director. The Career Fair is your opportunity to connect with an employer and grow within a company, and you are also building a network for future openings, so treat it as intentional networking.

Interview Week runs through Thursday, October 22. The Interview Coaching Program offers one-on-one virtual practice sessions with Babson alumni and experienced professionals, so you can get personalized feedback before your actual interview. To book, open the appointments page in Career Connect and make an appointment with the Interview Coaching Program.

Share your Career Fair feedback →

From the Grad CCD · Monday, November 2

AI: Your Job Search Intern. What if you could have an AI intern working alongside you throughout your job search? This hands-on session shows how to use AI from identifying opportunities and tailoring resumes to researching employers, preparing for interviews, and refining your networking strategy, and how to use it strategically without losing your own voice or judgment. Bring your job search challenges and try it out for yourself.

12:15 to 1:00 PM · Virtual. Registration is required.

Register →

06 · Build Babson Better

Tell us what would make midterm season easier

Our GSC Student Voice Dashboard is where you can tell the council what you want changed, whether that is study space, exam-week support, or anything else about life at Babson: post an idea anonymously, upvote what other students have already raised, and follow how we resolve it.

Share your idea →

If you are stuck on something, or you would simply like to talk it through with someone, reply to this email or write to gradstudentcouncil@babson.edu.

08 · One more thing

A little Babson history for exam week. On September 3, 1919, the Babson Institute held its first classes with 27 students. Where did those first classes meet?

In the former home of Roger and Grace Babson on Abbott Road in Wellesley Hills. The Institute ran those first classes like a business: students wore professional attire, kept regular business hours, and punched in and out on a time clock. Each had an office desk with a telephone, typewriter, adding machine, and Dictaphone, and personal secretaries typed their assignments. Today’s study rooms have no time clock, but the business hours of midterm week may feel familiar.