15th Annual Bentley Business Bowl

March 24, 2012
Executive Dining Room, LaCava Center / Jennison Hall

Open to all registered Bentley students

The Bentley Business Bowl (BBB) is a one-day campus-wide, business case competition held annually and open to all registered students—graduate and undergraduate. Teams of five students of the same class code level compete against other teams of the same level. It is an opportunity for each team to showcase their skills in solving real world business problems and to interact and network with business professionals. A panel of judges drawn from the professional and corporate community evaluates each team’s presentation.

To view a video of the 2011 Bentley Business Bowl, click on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JadeU7vyyhs

Awards and benefits

FIRST PLACE — each team member receives:

• $350 Graduate/Class Code 7-8
• $250 Class Code 5-6
• $200 Class Code 3-4, Class Code 1-2

SECOND PLACE

• Graduate/Class Code 7-8 — each team member receives $200;
• Class Codes 1-2, 3-4, and 5-6 — each team member receives $100

THIRD PLACE

• Graduate/Class Code 7-8 — each team member receives $100;
• Class Codes 1-2, 3-4, and 5-6 — each team member receives $75

Additional Benefits:

• Food and breaks provided throughout the day
• Opportunity to network with business professionals
• Opportunity to interact with other students;

Corporate Sponsors:

Partner: 

• Liberty Mutual

Sponsors:

• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
• Kelmar Associates
• KPMG

Donors: 

• Boston Scientific
• Deloitte 
• EMC
• Epsilon
• Ernst & Young
• Grant Thornton
• The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
• McGladrey
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
   

The Bentley chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) gratefully acknowledges the generosity of Raytheon Corporation for their in-kind gift of internal ethics case studies in support of the 2012 Bentley Business Bowl.
 
The Bentley Business Bowl is co-sponsored by the Student Chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA), the President's Office, the Miller Center for Career Services and Corporate Relations Offices, the Departments of Accountancy and Management, and the McCallum Graduate School of Business.             

Save the Date!

Wednesday, October 24, 2012
at Bentley University, Waltham, Massachusetts

The Design and Usability Center at Bentley University is pleased to announce:

The Face of Finance: Designing Usable Financial Systems conference

This conference will investigate and advance the application of user-centered design methodologies to financial systems and services.

As business and governmental institutions implement new Wall Street reform and Consumer Protection legislation, effective delivery of financial information to consumers will be key to achieving legislative goals of promoting a safer, more stable financial system.

• Conference sessions will present opportunities to leverage, integrate and advance the work of multiple disciplines to make a significant contribution to improving consumer financial knowledge and decision-making.
• Game designers are invited to present new ways to deliver financial information to the public.
• Behavioral Economics practitioners and researchers are invited to share insights about financial decision-making.
• Financial information services professionals are invited to present new developments in how information is provided to consumers.
• User-centered design professionals working in financial services are invited to share successful approaches to presenting financial data to consumers.

Call for submission: If you are interested in submitting a presentation, panel or workshop, please submit your proposal. Submission deadline: June 8, 2012.