Bentley University News

The newly appointed Ambassador of Bahrain and Bentley University alumnus Shaikh Abdullah bin Rashid Al Khalifa ’01, MBA ’03 visited Bentley on one of his first official visits outside Washington, D.C.

How does an English major end up as a business technology analyst? For Shelby Cannon (MBA and MSIT ’15), it’s been a winding but logical journey.

She completed her BA in English Language and Literature/Letters in 2011, when the economy was still scrambling to recover from the 2008 Great Recession. It was difficult to find a job at the time, and she ended up accepting an offer from a prior internship.

Kesey Sar (MSF ‘16) first became interested in finance in 2013.

At the time, she was working at Brown Brothers Harriman as a Fund Accountant. She began working there right after completing her undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Economics, but soon became interested in a slightly different field.

Marco Milea (MBA and MSIT ’17) has been using technology to solve social problems for years.

Upon completing his undergraduate degree in business administration (BBA), he joined City Year and then the Peace Corps, where he used his business acumen to make a more impactful difference in the community he was serving.

“When I helped set-up a computer lab in a Nicaraguan school and saw how it made available information and resources the students wouldn't have had the opportunity to access before,” Milea explains, “I knew I wanted to focus my career in Information Technology.”

Jelena Majkic, MSA ‘12, began her college education in Serbia. There, she studied Accounting and Auditing, completing both an undergraduate and a graduate degree. Afterwards, she decided to come to America for a Master of Science in Accounting (MSA).

U.S. News & World Report ranked Bentley No. 2 among regional universities in New England and the Mid-Atlantic states, up from No. 3 last year, highlighting Bentley’s high-quality faculty and academic programs along with the strong value that students receive from a Bentley education.

Bentley University is the #1 school in the U.S. for the study of Business, Management and Marketing, according to a new report by College Factual.

Bentley University was named the No. 2 undergraduate business school in the U.S. for the highest earnings of its graduates, according to a new report by PayScale, a company that analyzes salary and benefits.

As the economy grows and changes, so too must the skills required to get ahead. To improve skills, workers and students might wonder, is a graduate degree a good next step for me to advance?

Two Bentley professors have been honored as “Pioneers” by the United Nations Global Compact for their work to develop responsible leaders.