Bentley University News

Everyone is still trying to figure out millennials, including millennials themselves. As we noted a few weeks ago, millennial writers like Raffi Wineburg are fed up with older generations constantly scrutinizing their very existence.

Visiting Professor of Accountancy Lynford Graham received a 2014 Accounting Horizons Best Paper Award from the American Accounting Association (AAA) for the article, “Integrating Information Technology into Accounting Research and Practice.” 

In the most recent U.S. News & World Report rankings of America’s Best Colleges 2015, Bentley University is ranked #6 among “Best Regional Universities - North.”  Bentley is also ranked #51 among the “Best Business Programs” in the country.

Bentley University’s Millennial Preparedness research study raised a number of issues about millennials in the workplace. In the coming weeks, PreparedU, in a series entitled Generational Voices, will present opinions from millennials and non-millennials alike on a wide variety of these issues. These views may contrast or coincide, but each will provide perspective designed to enhance insights resulting from the PreparedU data.

The Millennial Point of View

Meredith Mason, News and Communications Coordinator, Bentley University

Last week, we introduced you to Epsilon, a global marketing-services company with a groundbreaking approach to creating a working culture where all of their employees thrive and their millennial associates, in particular.

Scam expert says retailers should enhance customer protection now; Next 12 months represent year of heightened vulnerability.

Editor’s Note: The virtues of internships are well recognized by employers, universities and millennials alike. Bentley’s PreparedU research also probed the impact of parents on their children’s decision to pursue business, the importance of millennials’ knowing what to expect when they enter the workforce, and whether workplace relationships between millennials and other generations need improvement. Kevin Ma’s report on his summer internship offers further insight.

Bentley welcomed the Class of 2018 to the university August 28 at a convocation filled with pomp and tradition and uplifting words of wisdom from President Gloria Cordes Larson and digital marketing strategist Shama Hyder, dubbed the “millennial master of the universe” by Fast Company.

Do business and politics mix? An undergraduate Public Policy major at Bentley University — one of only a handful in the U.S. — is advocating strong support in favor, as business-minded students make an impression on movers and shakers in Washington, D.C., and on Boston’s Beacon Hill. 

Jumping into the world of social media is easy but increasingly loaded with security hazards, too, according to a Bentley University expert in the field.