Her leadership and enthusiasm have added real value to this program. As an interviewer for the Women's Leadership Scholarship, she also brings her contagious enthusiasm for Babson to the admission process for prospective women students. Beginnings may be humble but the results will be permanent if the spiritual grows with the material. Roger Babson wrote these words in 1960 to describe the Student Business Initiative Award, presented by the Alumni Association to each year's most industrious student business owner. The Student Business Initiative Award Committee selects an undergraduate from among the many applicants based on initiative, character, originality, persistence, and success in running one's own venture.
Emphasis is placed on the learning experience involved in the student's business endeavor.