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Clubs and Organizations
Beyond honing leadership skills and the ability to work collaboratively on a common goal, clubs and organizations at Babson are just plain fun. You can find out about all clubs during the annual Student Organization Fair.
Athletics
The Babson College Department of Athletics and Recreation sponsors sport-related activities at the varsity, club, and intramural level.
Babson College Athletics offers 23 varsity programs at the NCAA Division III level, with most of its teams competing in the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC).
Choose from over 15 club sports across three club tiers, ranging from highly competitive to more casual competition.
Intramural sports let you play sports and other games on a more recreational basis. A mix of men’s, women’s, and coed teams, depending on the sport, also include graduate students, faculty, and staff.
Fitness and Recreation
There are so many ways to stay active, including going for a run or walk around campus. Plus, you have free access to exercise, dance, martial arts classes, and more.
The Len Green Recreation and Athletics Complex is where you’ll find the Staake Gymnasium with two full basketball courts and Lunder Fitness Center with all the free weights and machines you need to get in a good workout. If you prefer getting in your workouts in the water, Morse Swimming Center has free swim hours.
The Babson campus is also home to a variety of facilities, including eight hard tennis courts with lighting, softball field, rugby pitch, soccer field, baseball field, a turf field for lacrosse and field hockey, and a practice field.
Home to the Babson College hockey team, the Babson Skating Center offers skating classes, as well as public skate hours. Babson students skate free with their college ID. It’s the ultimate spot to embrace winter weather or to cool down on a warm spring day.
Arts
BabsonARTS offers a mix of performances, exhibitions, films, conversations, and more, allowing you to fuel your creative spirit and add your own voice to the conversation via the medium of your choice.
Theater
Join one of two theater groups at Babson or simply take in one of their performances. The Babson Players is a student-led group that produces, performs, and promotes professional plays, musicals, and other theatrical productions throughout the year.
The Empty Space Theater (TEST) is a faculty-led organization producing two, full-scale socially relevant, thought-provoking plays and musicals each year. You also can join workshops, staged readings, and master classes throughout each semester.
If laughter is more your speed, Students Against Gravity, Babson’s short-form improv group, welcomes all experience levels for weekly practices and monthly shows.
Visual Arts
Get your art on. Regularly offered workshops allow you to explore ceramics, painting, drawing, and more. Plus, you’ll be able to speak with visiting artists and view exhibits showcasing art across media throughout the year. Free or discounted tickets are available to museums throughout the Greater Boston area, including the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Music
Whether modern, ethnic, classical, or a fusion of all three, music performances at Babson take a variety of forms and offer engaging and innovative displays of talent and creative vision. Babson College Radio provides a space for music streams, open mics, concerts, podcasts, and more. And, Rocket Pitches (not to be confused with the Rocket Pitch event!) perform a mix of pop, folk, and classic music, all a cappella.
Film
The Film Association of Babson, Olin, Wellesley (FABOW) offers collaboration opportunities for filmmakers and a range of screenings, speaker events, and more for film lovers. You’ll find screenings and discussions of award-winning documentaries, classic Hollywood films, and works from international filmmakers.
Dance
With multiple rehearsal spaces and the Babson Dance Ensemble (BDE)—the largest student-run organization on campus—there’s always a place for you to move. BDE produces a dance concert each semester, showcasing dancers and choreographers who create work in genres including hip hop, tap, and everything in between.
Literary Arts
Celebrating the vast and eclectic stories to be told, Literary Arts at BabsonARTS showcase the works of renowned writers, poets, and literary experts reaching new and captive audiences at Babson with their words and stories.
College Arts & Culture Spaces Across Campus
The Richard W. Sorenson Center for the Arts is the center of creative life at Babson. The space includes a 441-seat theater, as well as a rehearsal studio. Across campus, you’ll also find a ceramics studio, photo lab, a gallery that regularly exhibits professional artists’ work, and a band room offering rehearsal space for musicians of all kinds.
Community
You can put your entrepreneurial skills to use while giving back through Babson’s Community Action Program (CAP). Students have opportunities to engage with local organizations, including Community Servings, Cradles to Crayons, and Friends of the Homeless of the South Shore. You could mentor youth at local organizations such as the Boys and Girls Club of Boston and the Needham Housing Authority or be trained through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program to prepare taxes for low-income community members during the tax season.
Through the Community Action Program (CAP), work-study-eligible students can do up to 20 hours of community service per week and get paid for it through Federal and Babson work-study funding. The purpose is to provide Babson students with opportunities to engage in intensive service experiences with communities in need and through reflective activities, promote community engagement, leadership development, and appreciation of diversity. The program challenges students to participate in an extended and intensive service experience.