WooFS Holiday Concert
On Friday, December 11th the Webb campus enjoyed the Webb WooFS holiday concert and dinner. James Ludwig is the conductor of this talented group of Webb students, faculty, and administration.
Please watch the entire concert on our Vimeo Channel, photos are also available online.
Webb Alumni Featured on ABC’s “Shark Tank”
Webb Alumni Wombi Rose ’09 and John Wise ’09 pitched their 3D greeting card company lovepop on the December 11th episode of ABC’s Shark Tank. Lovepop is an innovative greeting card company they founded and launched during their “spare time” while pursuing MBA degrees at Harvard University.
Wombi and John received offers from both Kevin O’Leary and Robert Herjavec. In the end, they chose Kevin O’Leary’s offer of $300,000 for 15% of their company. Congrats to everyone at lovepop! For more info: www.lovepopcards.com
Full article available on BostInno.
Alumni Set New Records in a Year of Transition
Webb alumni continue to be the foundation upon which all of Webb’s fundraising efforts are built. The annual Webb Alumni Fund (WAF) for 2014-15 was a huge success, with contributions of $1,547,078—exceeding last year’s amount and our 2014-15 goal by more than 15%. The average gift increased to $1,958 (up 13.2%), the median gift increased to $680 from $600, and the number of alumni in the William H. Webb (WHW) Society (contributors of $1,000 or more) increased to 352 (from 345), and of those, the number contributing $25,000 or more nearly doubled (from 6 to 11). Read more…
Women of Webb Lecture with Margaret Doyle
Margaret Doyle visited Webb this past weekend and spoke to thirteen of the Webb women about her career in the maritime industry. Special thanks to The U.S. chapter of the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) who put Webb in contact with Margaret and making this day possible.
Webb Institute Alumni Banquet
The Annual Webb Alumni Banquet was held on Friday, November 6, 2015 in Rhode Island. At this year’s banquet Richard P. Neilson was honored with the W. Selkirk Owen Award. A fellow classmate, David M. Bovet ’70 made the award introduction.