Bentley University News

Ninety seven percent of Bentley University’s recent graduates are employed, attending or planning to attend graduate school, according to statistics from the Class of 2017 six months after their graduation. And Bentley graduates’ salaries are on the rise, with a median starting salary of $57,000, up from $55,000 last year.

Bentley University is bringing its nationally-recognized career-search expertise to new audiences with the launch of a podcast that offers career advice to professionals and job seekers.

Bentley President Gloria Larson, along with guest experts, joined Bloomberg Radio’s Carol Massar and Cory Johnson, to talk about why it is more important than ever for higher education and industry to work together, and how creative partnerships can help ensure students are successful after graduation.

By Emily Larson ’20 On the night of February 15, the Bentley Athletic Department and Dean Andrew Shepardson welcomed students, faculty, staff, and alumni to attend the Bentley Arena’s opening reception. The massive building buzzed as everyone marveled at the brand-new space. Flex the Falcon happily greeted everyone, and the centerpiece of the evening was […]

The Association for Information Systems (AIS) presented Bentley’s Jane Fedorowicz with the Sandra Slaughter Service Award, during a ceremony at the 2017 International Conference on Information Systems.  

By Allison Doucette ’18 Like most people starting college, I came to Bentley to find that nothing was familiar. The only sliver of familiarity was someone a year older than me who had gone to my high school and also attended Bentley. She had told me to come down to her rugby practice just to […]

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Federally funded research contributed to the science underlying all new medicines approved by the FDA over the past six years, according to a new study by Bentley University.

By Emily Larson ’20   The summer after everyone’s first year of college always starts off with a bang. Rekindling with high-school friends, beginning summer jobs, and readjusting to living back at home is all very exciting and busy. But come mid-July . . . everybody starts getting antsy to head back to school.   […]

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By Allison Doucette ’18   Transitioning from high school to college can be scary but, looking back on my four years at Bentley, I realize I worried about a lot of little things that didn’t matter much in the long run. The biggest fears students have when they come to college are fitting in, making […]

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Bentley University opened the doors to a new, state-of-the-art multipurpose arena that will host the university’s NCAA Division I hockey team and prominent university events such as career fairs, high-profile speakers, alumni events and concerts.