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Scenes from Babson College Commencement 2013

Students from Babson College graduated over the weekend, with speakers from the Container Store, a Ghanian university and University of Virginia.

 

Over the weekend, Babson College in Wellesley graduated the class of 2013. 

The speakers were Patrick Awuah Jr., Founder and President, Ashesi University College in Ghana, Kip Tindell, CEO of The Container Store and Saras Sarasvathy, Associate Professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. 

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Outgoing president Len Schlessinger wrote the following message for the outgoing students

Dear Degree Candidates, Families, and Friends—

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On behalf of the faculty and members of the Board of Trustees, I invite you to join us at the Babson College Commencement on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

I am certain that you have all been looking forward to this day with a great degree of anticipation. For our students, Commencement brings to a close years of hard work and study, and marks the first steps toward new and even greater challenges. Parents, families, and friends can be genuinely proud, as we are, of all that they have accomplished in attaining their degrees.

I congratulate the graduates and look forward to the future success of our newest alumni.

Sincerely,

Leonard A. Schlesinger

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