A Different Kind of Entrepreneur
With Babson’s new Herring Family Entrepreneurial Leadership Village, Bruce Herring ’87, P’19 invests in the College’s strategic plan to build entrepreneurial leadership skills in all students.
Herring Family Entrepreneurial Leadership Village
The Herring Family Entrepreneurial Leadership Village (HELV) at Babson College is a one-of-a-kind facility where Babson students, alumni, faculty, stakeholders, and staff collaborate and come together as they learn.
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The construction of the Herring Family Entrepreneurial Leadership Village was funded entirely through generous philanthropy in support of Babson’s strategy. It is now being expanded, and when the next phase is completed, the HELV will be the largest investment in entrepreneurship education at Babson.
Made possible by the generous naming gift from the Herring Family and the founding gift from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation (AMBFF), The HELV allows Babson's students and community to expand upon the college's strategic vision, developing the skills necessary to be an entrepreneurial leader impacting communities everywhere.
It is the home to the Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship, a unique and required course for all first year students that perfectly embodies the environment of the HELV. Aspiring and established entrepreneurial leaders can come to learn and apply the mindsets, principles, and tools of entrepreneurial leadership to turn their ideas into reality.
The village serves as a space that brings students, faculty, staff, partners, and new stakeholders together, as a community, for unique living and learning experiences as well as educational experimentation.
The HELV is a place where inspiring entrepreneurial leaders enable aspiring entrepreneurial leaders. It is a way to connect to events, learning, opportunities, and each other, to bring ideas to life.
D.R. Widder MBA’99
Vice President, Innovation
What it Means to be an Entrepreneurial Leader
Everybody who comes out of Babson can develop the skills of being entrepreneurial and being a leader. So, it’s inclusive of finance and marketing and investment majors. All of our students can develop the skills to be problem solvers, to be creative, and to excel in organizations when others struggle.”
Bruce Herring ’87, P’19
Frequently Asked Questions
The Herring Family Entrepreneurial Leadership Village (HELV) is a place everyone can connect to new learning experiences, new opportunities, and most of all, to each other;
- It is a living-learning community that strengthens Babson’s impact on communities everywhere as an amplification platform to scale thought leadership and action.
- It is a laboratory and a model for entrepreneurial ecosystems.
- It is a “partnership first” place for both industry and academic collaboration.
- It creates a hub of interaction and connection through new learning spaces, residential, and meeting spaces.
- It offers tech-enabled hybrid experiences to impact both those physically in the HELV, and those around the world.
The HELV is the embodiment of the Strategic Plan: Entrepreneurial Leadership Impacting Ecosystems Everywhere, to increase learner success to deliver simultaneous economic, social, and environmental value.
The HELV construction project has been intentionally designed in phases to minimize disruption to campus. Learn more about the completed first phase of construction.
Phase 2 of the development and expansion of the Herring Family Entrepreneurial Leadership Village will fully convert the current conference center facility to support undergraduate and graduate programs. Learn more about Phase 2 of construction.
The generous philanthropy will enable renovation of a portion of the existing Babson Executive Conference Center to provide enhanced opportunities for both executive and student experiences in this space. Learn more about the Executive Lodge and Conference Center construction.
The project has been designed by Goody Clancy. Lee Kennedy Co. is the project construction manager; with project management support provided by CSL Consulting.
Visit Babson’s [Dine On Campus] Hours of Operation page for the current Village Coffee House hours.
Follow @BabsonHELV on Instagram to be updated on any new events and programing.
Please reach out anytime to AskELV@babson.edu with any questions or concerns.
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