Bentley University News

Bentley University students will offer free tax return preparation for residents of Waltham, Massachusetts, and surrounding communities, through  April 12 (with the exception of Spring Break, March 12-21). This is the thirteenth consecutive year Bentley has offered this service through the IRS-sponsored Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Residents and community organizations seeking more information about this valuable program, please call 781.891.2714 or e-mail  ga_VITA@bentley.edu.

Joshua Boger, founder and former CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, will speak at Bentley on Monday, April 11, at 3:30 p.m.in Wilder Pavilion. Following his address, "Biotechnology in the 21^st Century," a reception will be held.

The Space Foundation named Bentley University faculty member George Fishman one of 38 outstanding space science educators for its 2011 Flight of Teacher Liaisons.

While U.S. unemployment remains stubbornly close to 10 percent and  recent graduates faced a job market that has rarely been more competitive, employment statistics for Bentley University’s May 2010 undergraduates tell a different and encouraging story:  99 percent of the recently surveyed class (87 percent response rate) are employed or in graduate school.

Bentley University students will gather for the 14^th annual Bentley Business Bowl (BBB) on February 26, 2011, on the Bentley campus, 175 Forest Street in Waltham. During the university-wide business case competition, student teams will analyze cases that present ethical, business, accounting or auditing dilemmas.

The Distinguished Speakers Series, "Service Process Excellence: Enhancing the Customer's Experience", presents Frank Piller, chaired professor of management and director of the Technology & Innovation Management Group at RWTH Aachen University in Germany. His address, "Open Innovation and Services: Services for Open Innovation and Open Innovation for Services," will be held on Monday, February 14 from 2:10 to 3:25 p.m.

Bentley University Professor of Marketing Rajendra (Raj) Sisodia was named a 2010 Top 100 Thought Leader in Trustworthy Business Behavior by Trust Across America, a collaborative initiative from Next Decade Inc. that is committed to rebuilding trust in business.

The Women's Leadership Institute (WLI) at Bentley University will once again present a workshop series for mothers who are weighing their career options. "M.O.M.: More Opportunities for Mothers" is designed to assist women who are beginning to make decisions about the next phases of work and life. The five-week series runs on Wednesdays - March 2, March 9, March 23, and April 6, and April 13, 2011 - from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Bentley campus in Waltham. Mass.

Patrick Gnazzo, the Former Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, CA Technologies, and former Chief Compliance Officer at United Technologies Corporation (UTC) will deliver the keynote lecture in the Verizon Professorship in Business Ethics on Monday, February 7th at 3:30 PM in Wilder Pavilion, Adamian Academic Center at Bentley University.

The Bentley University Board of Trustees has elected four new members: Dale L. Carleton, former vice chairman and executive vice president at State Street Corporation; John (Jack) W. Cumming, chairman of the board and executive officer at Hologic Inc.; Rosabeth Moss Kanter, author and Harvard Business School Professor of Management; and Jeroen van den Hoven, professor of Moral Philosophy and vice dean of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands.