Bentley University announced two high school students as winners in the "Break into the Business of Baseball" program, sponsored by Bentley and MLB.com. During summer 2010, each winner will complete a one-month internship with a Major League Baseball team - the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets.
Bentley University announced two high school students as winners in the "Break into the Business of Baseball" program, sponsored by Bentley and MLB.com. During summer 2010, each winner will complete a one-month internship with a Major League Baseball team - the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets.
Harvard Business School Professor of Management and author Rosabeth Moss Kanter will be the keynote speaker at the 14th Raytheon Lecture in Business Ethics at Bentley University on Thursday, March 18, at 4:00 p.m. in the Wilder Pavilion, Adamian Academic Center. Her presentation will focus on strong potential synergies between financial performance and attention to community and social needs.
Bentley University students will once again offer free tax return preparation for residents of Waltham, Massachusetts, and surrounding communities, from February 13 through April 8 (with the exception of Spring Break, March 6-13). This is the twelfth 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 afreed@bentley.edu.
The Design and Usability Center (DUC) at Bentley University will host a User Experience Boot Camp for software and hardware engineers, industrial designers, and user experience specialists on March 8 - 12, 2010. This year, the Camp will focus on the growing importance of the user experience as a strategic business advantage and a point of differentiation in mature or hypercompetitive markets.
The American College Heath Association (ACHA) recently named Geraldine (Gerri) Taylor as recipient of the E. Dean Lovett Award for 2010 for her contributions to the development of an exemplary college health program. This award will be presented at ACHA's 2010 Annual Meeting on June 4, 2010, in Philadelphia.
The Corporation for National and Community Service honored Bentley University with a place on the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll -- the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. Bentley is among 700 colleges and universities to be honored.
Fifteen Bentley students were honored with the Travelers Book Award, each receiving a $500 gift from the Travelers Financial Management Leadership Development Program (FMLDP). The awards were presented on February 8 at the Multicultural Center's Lunch and Learn series, where representatives from Travelers discussed job and internship opportunities for students.
Adam Payne, assistant director of the Multicultural Center and ALANA Experience coordinator, was invited to speak at the MIDEM Music Conference in Cannes, France, on January 25. An accomplished musician, Payne spoke on a panel about how brands are partnering with independent musicians and achieving success through viral marketing and other means. In particular, he discussed his experience with the GAP 40th anniversary Born to Play event -- the nation's largest simultaneous acoustic concert, broadcast at more than 700 Gap Stores Across the North America.
The Law, Taxation and Financial Planning Department at Bentley University announced 2010 scholarships awarded to graduate students for academic achievement in the Master of Science in Financial Planning (MSFP) and Master of Science in Taxation (MST) programs.