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At universities across the country, what should be a core principle — the discussion of divergent opinions from different viewpoints  — has bumped up against a bureaucratic desire to avoid conflict and uncomfortable conversations.Avoiding hard…

Listen to This Article   Mentoring and Meaning Is it really all about the paycheck? For Gen Z, not so much. The Bentley – Gallup Force for Good survey found that 71% of young Americans say they’d switch jobs to work at a company…

Listen to This Article   Artificially intelligent (AI) technologies are positioned to disrupt the world of work. But creating a workplace where employees feel valued and able to bring their unique perspectives to the table still takes some very human…

Listen to This Article   Access and opportunity. Both are vital for creating a stronger, more supportive, more vibrant community. The best resources ensure the best and brightest not only arrive — they thrive. Whole-Hearted Service Trustee Rob Alan ’91 counts March 3, 2023, as his proudest day at Bentley, when more than 250 fellow Falcons joined him on campus to officially dedicate the Claudette Blot Multicultural Center Lounge.   The space is the first on… Generational Talent  “I am the grandson of immigrants,” Rick Oricchio ’78 told families at the First-Generation Pinning Ceremony in October. “They came with nothing but the desire to work and put their children and families in a place where they saw… Arriving and Thriving Once a student enrolls, how does Bentley help them thrive? It takes partners like Dan Farley, MBA ’95; the trustee has donated $250,000 for programs that support first-generation student success. Farley is impressed with the vision of… Securing Success Angelo G. Manioudakis ’88 is paying his father’s dream forward: He and wife Melani Cammett gave $10,000 to the First-Generation Student Success Fund as a match challenge during Falcons Forward. A first-gen student himself, the CIO of…

Listen to This Article   The cannabis industry ended 2021 with national sales of $25 billion, which experts predict will double by 2026. It employs nearly half a million people in medical and recreational markets across 37 states. It has seen jobs…

Listen to This Article   More than 80 years after Bentley’s doors opened to women, four of ‘the firsts’ tell their tales    Much of history is a book filled with the stories of men, written by men — and the Bentley of 1917… In 1949, she took that Bentley wager herself. From their home above the family market, the sisters watched the Tobin Bridge rise and bemoaned the traffic it caused. “I was always late to class!” Eunice laughs. She, like Ros, loved math. In fact, a high school… The Stand-Up Standout Pat Flynn didn’t resign from her first full-time job because of the women’s liberation movement. She left the almost entirely male ranks at Paine Webber in 1972 because of something…

On Tuesday, April 4, Bentley held its first-ever induction ceremony for Alpha Alpha Alpha (Tri-Alpha), a national honor society recognizing academic excellence among first-generation college students. The university welcomed 53 students and 27 faculty and…

President of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and former Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker will deliver the keynote address at Bentley University's 104th undergraduate commencement ceremony in May. Baker’s commencement address – his first…

For most of her life, Erin Flynn believed that running was an inherently inclusive sport. A standout cross-country runner — first at her high school in Milton, Massachusetts, where she helped lead her teammates to a state championship, and later at…