In Memoriam Spring/Summer 2012
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Author Name: Sean KerriganHow do you teach a course whose subject matter won’t sit still? If you’re Bentley CIS professor James Pepe, you make the curriculum as open to innovation as the technology...
View ArticleTerms of Endowment
Author Name: Susan SimpsonA challenge grant to Bentley from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is equal parts recognition and call to action. The $395,000 award, disbursed as the...
View ArticleNew Majors Prepped for Take-off
Author Name: Kristen L. WalshFour new undergraduate majors are set to launch in September, each a star in its own right. But connecting them all is a commitment to preparing graduates to...
View ArticleThe Green Team
Author Name: Kristen L. WalshTrends may change, but green is still the new black at Bentley. Student leaders aim to make sustainability the social norm among peers. An expanded Eco-Reps program is...
View ArticleTaking It to the Streets
Author Name: Eileen McCluskeyThe students-turned-teachers for this year’s taxpayer workshops included, from left, senior Accountancy majors Xi (Cissy) Chen, Jeffrey Eldridge, Michele Chamberlain, Amon...
View ArticleTech Apprentice Maria Sofia Samayoa ’12
Author Name: Maura King Scully Emotions were running high. The field of 30 contestants had narrowed to three — all vying to be named the “Tech Apprentice” in Bentley’s take on the TV show made famous...
View ArticleRedefining the Bentley Brand
If you were asked by a friend, co-worker or neighbor to describe Bentley in a word or phrase, what would you say? What are the key strengths or attributes that define Bentley and what are its points of...
View ArticleMedia Tap Bentley Experts 2012
“In the past, advancing women in the workplace was [seen as] just ‘a nice thing to do.’” Now, Myers sees a big shift in the thinking of male leaders in corporate America. They are embracing the...
View ArticleGreg Wilcox
Vice President, Client Services, BNY MellonMelrose, Mass.On the always changing world of business . . .There is one constant in both business and in life: change. During my 20 years in the financial...
View ArticleMy Giving Back Story: Dan Mantell MSFP ’04
Assistant Vice President, Investment Strategy – Wells Fargo Private Bank ● Adjunct Assistant Professor – Bentley University ● Needham, Mass. On choosing to study at Bentley . . .In 2001, after an...
View ArticleInstrumental Learning
Author Name: Kristen L. WalshThe Arts and Lectures program is striking a chord on campus, with offerings so varied that even those who can’t carry a tune are taking note.“The appeal is far-reaching,...
View ArticleHistory Gets Personal
Author Name: Deblina ChakrabortyFor Daniel Marrano ’13, the history of Bentley University is much more than the stuff of dusty documents and yellowed news clippings.“Basically, my whole family has gone...
View ArticleForward Thinking
Author Name: Deblina ChakrabortyMost college seniors spend a good deal of time pondering their own future. For Ryan Miamis ’12, it was just as important to consider the fWorking with Professor of...
View ArticleExperience Counts
Author Name: Eileen McCluskeyCrowded pages. Over-styled layouts with poor functionality. Confusing navigation. Bill Albert has seen many such website sins during his 15 years helping companies improve...
View ArticleFluent in Controversy
Author Name: Gordon M. HardyThe cover of a recent Chronicle Review sums up academic reaction to a new book by linguist Dan Everett. Rendered in caricature, Bentley’s dean of arts and sciences exchanges...
View ArticleMedia Tap Bentley Experts
Author Name: News and Communication“We're beginning to see the leading edge of a time when a university is no longer defined by bricks and mortar at a set location with a set faculty. This notion of...
View ArticleCharting a New Course
Author Name: Caleb CochranNinety miles south of – and in many ways, a world away from – the United States, Cuba has been largely a mystery to U.S. travelers for half a century. Last spring, a group of...
View ArticleShock Absorbers
Author Name: Kristen L. WalshWhen Wei Guo packed for the 10-plus-hour flight from China to Bentley, he brought along some reminders of home. At U.S. Customs he was pressed to explain the “suspicious”...
View ArticleMeeting Goals
Author Name: Caleb CochranWhere did your day just go? Chances are good that some portion was swallowed up by meetings. In a recent survey by Salary.com, 47 percent of workers cited “too many meetings”...
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