Bentley University News

In today's ever-changing global market, the relevance of building responsible and sustainable global cultures has never been more apparent. International business and civil society leaders and faculty will gather at Bentley University on Monday, May 17, 2010 for the sixth annual Global Business Ethics Symposium, sponsored by the State Street Foundation, Inc., the charitable grantmaking arm of State Street Corporation.  The program will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Bentley alumna Jennifer Midgley '03 may be an accountant by day, but she's sketching out a dream as a shoe designer after hours. Midgley recently entered a national shoe design competition sponsored by Lucky magazine and Vince Camuto shoes. She has three designs in the running, featured on www.vincecamutoshoedesigncontest.com, page two under the name Jennifer Midgely, Smithfield, RI (please note her last name is misspelled on the website). Voting is open through May 15.

The Modern Languages Department honored outstanding language students at the Annual Modern Languages Honor Society Induction Ceremony on April 12.

The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) awarded Bentley University professor Nathan Carter with the 2010 Henry L. Alder Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Beginning College or University Mathematics Faculty Member. Carter, who is an assistant professor of mathematical sciences, is one of only two winners of the national award.

Seven Bentley University students will attend the world-renowned Cannes International Film Festival in France as part of an elite group of students selected to participate in The American Pavilion Film Program and International Business Program from May 12 - 23, 2010.

Thought leaders in the Conscious Capitalism^® field from around the world will gather at Bentley University for the 2nd International Research Conference on Conscious Capitalism on May 24 to 25, 175 Forest Street, Waltham, Mass.

Bentley University Professor and Clifford F Youse Chair of Research Pierre Berthon and Senior Lecturer of Marketing Perry Lowe received the 2010 Excellence in Practice Award from the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), a global organization devoted to the continuous improvement of management education, for their project  "Prism, KickApps and Bentley University: An Innovative Case of Synergistic Learning and Development between Venture Capital, Startup and University." The case study was co-writte

Pam and Jack Cumming, current Bentley parents, have presented a generous $1.125 million gift to Bentley University to support programs focused on developing leadership skills in young women.  

Daniel Everett PhD, has been appointed Dean of Arts & Sciences at Bentley University, effective July 1, 2010.

Everett will join Bentley from Illinois State University, where he has served as Department Chair for Languages, Literatures and Cultures since 2006.  In February of this year, he was also named that institution’s first University Professor.

Host of the "Dr. Oz Show" and one of America's foremost cardiothoracic surgeons, Dr. Oz delivered the keynote address to an audience of more than 1,200 at the Bentley/TIME Leadership Forum on April 22, 2010. "People don't really change what they do in life based upon what they know. They change what they do in life based on what they feel. So if you don't get people emotionally engaged in a decision - whether it's losing weight or paying attention to what's happening in Africa- they're not going to act on it."