The Global Leaders Speaker Series continues to deliver stimulating lectures this spring. Jorge Paulo Lemann is senior member of GP Investimentos, Brazil' s largest buy-out firm, and former Chairman of Garantia. For the second time this year, the Graduate Student Association will hold an International Food Festival Friday evening, April 7 in Olin Hall. Last October's Food Festival was a smashing success thanks to the dozens of participants who cooked foods from around the globe. Please join us in commending the many spouses who have contributed to the Babson community since the program's inception in 1998.
Children are welcome.
The IFI has once again designated Babson to be the U.S. educational provider of the Ron Brown Programme. Named after the former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, the program is a two-week management development program for Irish business executives from the border counties in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The program is scheduled to begin at Babson in late September. Four Visiting Scholars Babson College is proud to welcome four visiting scholars from around the globe this semester. Associate Professor, Chairman of Business Administration, and Director of the Institute for Japanese Research at Hannam University in Taejon, Korea, Dr. Duk-Hoon Lee will spend this year at the Blank Center for Entrepreneurship conducting comparative research on venture business in Korea, Japan and America.