Bentley University welcomes the Progressive Business Leaders Network (PBLN) CEO Summit on Friday, October 8. This year’s theme, Products, Practices and Public Policy: Inventing of a More Sustainable, Competitive Economy, will feature a variety of business and government leaders speaking about the most pressing business issues today, including:
The Dean of Arts and Sciences at Bentley University hosts prominent American non-fiction writer and novelist Tom Wolfe on Friday, October 15, at the annual faculty retreat. During the lecture, Wolfe will discuss his latest book The Human Beast, which explores the nature of human beings. The lecture will be held from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. in Wilder Pavilion and is open to the Bentley community only.
Bentley senior Matthew Krawiec, a management major at Bentley University, is the recipient of the 2010 SCORE/SBA Scholarship Award in Entrepreneurship. A Management major, Krawiec won the competition for the $1,000 scholarship on the basis of his academic performance and entrepreneurial perspective. The competition is sponsored by the Bentley University Management Department under the leadership of management faculty members Jeffrey Shuman, Hans Thamhain, and Fred Tuffile.
The Women's Leadership Institute (WLI) at Bentley University hosts "Redefining Success: Executive Women Exploring New Directions," an innovative one-day workshop for senior female executives and professionals exploring effective ways to shape their working and "extra-curricular" lives going forward. The program will be held on Thursday, October 21, from noon to 7:00 p.m. at the Bentley campus, 175 Forest Street, Waltham, Mass.
The Jeanne and Dan Valente Center for Arts and Sciences at Bentley University is pleased to announce the appointment of two short-term visiting scholars for academic year 2010-2011; Laila Iskander, Egyptian-based social entrepreneur, education reformer and community activist for the impoverished Zabaleen of Cairo; and Tristan Thielmann, senior research fellow and assistant professor of media studies at the
The Sierra Club recognized Bentley University as one of America's greenest campuses, according to Sierra magazine's Top 100 Coolest Schools list. Rankings were based heavily on energy supply, along with nine additional categories: energy efficiency, food, academics, purchasing, transportation, waste management, administration, financial investments, and a section entitled "other initiatives."
The Bentley University Center for Marketing Technology and the Bentley Marketing Department host Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, on Tuesday, September 28, from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. in Koumantzelis Auditorium.
Bentley University announces alumni Woody Benson and Tom Koulopoulos as executives-in-residence beginning in fall 2010. In this new role each executive will teach graduate courses, mentor students, work with faculty and staff on curriculum initiatives, and serve in advisory roles. A 1980 alumnus, Woody Benson is an investor with Prism VentureWorks and a high-tech industry veteran of 30 years. A prolific thought leader in innovation, globalization and information technology, Tom Koulopoulos founded Boston-based technology management and advisory firm Delphi Group, and is a 1981 alumnus.
Bentley University and Swap.com CEO Jeff Bennett host a Collaborative Consumption Summit on Thursday, September 30, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00p.m. in the Wilder Pavilion on the Bentley campus in Waltham. The keynote speaker is Rachel Botsman, an international authority on the topic of collaborative consumption -- the global sharing, swapping, lending, renting and gifting of information. The program will also include a panel discussion featuring Botsman and other leaders in the collaborative consumption movement.
Michael J. Page, BSc (Eng), MBA, PhD, has been appointed by the Board of Trustees to be the next Provost of Bentley University.