Bentley University News

The Global Alumni Board (GAB), Bentley’s leadership group representing the broad and diverse alumni community around the world, welcomed two new members this year. Annemarie Frank ’88 and Mark Longo ’89 add representation from Florida and California,…

As teens in the Philippines, the Santos siblings were standout students and seasoned travelers who hopscotched through countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas. In fact, they were vacationing in the United States when mother Belinda “Beng” proposed…

Alumni share photos, stories and gratitude for friendships that started in dorms and elsewhere at Bentley. Send yours for a future issue. 1978 Kate Bartlet, Nancy Hyde, Carol Perkins Dodge and Cheryl Lamanna ’79 “Nancy and I have continued to meet… 1982 Cathy (Concannon) Parsloe, Anne Marie (Alpers) Martorana, Janet (Larsen) Logan and Anne (Jakul) Baynes On graduation day, four commuter Falcon friends snapped a picture that launched a tradition: same… 1989 Lisa (Svetin) Spaulding, Sara Niesobecki, Antoinette (Leonardi) Follett and Christine (Price) Roberts The sophomore roommates lost touch after moving out, but reconnected via Facebook and met up for… 1990 Aimee (Garrett) Dake and Mary Margaret (Sloan) Conners Dake and Conners met at new student orientation, chose each other as roommates and moved into Waverley Hall. They report: “We made great lifelong… 1991 Deborah Lang and Sandra (Sofoul) Parmentier At orientation, Lang and Parmentier learned they could choose roommates rather than wait for an assignment. Lang looked at the classmate standing next to… 1996 Brandi (Cousineau) Hau, Erica (Velardi) Donovan and Rebecca (Martineau) Power “Roommates for three years at Bentley and still best friends!” writes Hau.   2001 Vivian Cheng, Jillian (Lamoureux) Nowlan, Heather (Rysdyke) Cheney and Kate (McCullough) Gordon They met as first-year students in Elm and lived together for the remainder of their journey at Bentley… 2008 Joemarie Hernandez and Ashley (Lauzon) Caswell “Ashley and I met at an accepted student open house and instantly connected,” writes Hernandez, who remembers talking so much “we were told to hush by… 2010 Kristy (Hergrueter) Keenan and Liz (Farley) Harrington It wouldn’t be a big day without a Falcon friend: Here are the roommates at graduation day and Keenan’s rehearsal dinner in 2021… 2016 Julia Paradis and Deeksha Lal “Two random roommates on the Women’s Leadership Floor became lifelong friends!” writes Paradis. “We will always keep in touch, and have Bentley to thank for bringing us… 2021 Rubeah Jung and Neha Khanna Jung calls Khanna “one of my first and bestest friends at Bentley” and notes that they stayed roommates after graduation. “So many memories in Slade and Kresge. Being…

When Pearl Opara ’23 was growing up, she and her mother would make a point to sit down and watch the news together at least one day a week. Opara would follow up with questions, and conversations would often carry on long after the television news segment…

The murder of Ahmaud Arbery — a 25-year-old Black man who was shot and killed on February 23, 2020, while jogging near his Georgia home — shocked Alison Mariella Désir to her core.  As a Black woman, the endurance runner, activist and mental health…

Alum Chad Wright MSCIS '01, Chief Information Officer for Boston Dynamics and Adjunct Lecturer at Bentley, brings Spot to campus to show how innovations in robotics are integrating with business today.

“You are valued — and valuable.” Bentley President E. LaBrent Chrite’s message to first-generation students from the Class of 2026 during a special pinning ceremony sent a poignant message about the university’s commitment to their success. His remarks were…

Since arriving on campus just over a month ago, director of the newly established Office of Institutional Equity Kelly Downes has been hard at work getting to know more about the students, faculty and staff of the Bentley community. In that time, she’s made it…

Success on the ice doesn’t begin when the puck drops. It starts with focus, nutrition and weight training. Thanks to the generous support of David L. ’87 and Wendy M. (Calderon) ’88 Giunta, Bentley’s Division I ice hockey team has a dedicated home for weight…