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Finding Sanctuary

December 3, 2021
David-Jaya Piot’s office measures 1,100 acres and his work companions can weigh upward of three tons.
Photo by Remi Abad
The Class of 2017 alumnus is co-founder and managing director of Kulen Elephant Forest, a 2-year-old sanctuary…

How one ‘pop music junkie’ found  her Hollywood dream 

December 3, 2021
When Tessie Lammle ’15 set her sights on breaking into “The Big Four,” she wasn't talking about the Big Four accounting firms. Lammle's dream was to break into The Big Four talent agencies in Hollywood.    “I always loved music, but I never…

Bentley Student-Athletes Earn Highest Graduation Rate in the Country

December 2, 2021
For the fifth straight year, Bentley University’s student-athletes have the highest graduation rate in the nation at 99 percent, according to the latest NCAA Division II Academic Success Rate report.  The Academic Success Rate represents the percentage…

Helping Others Hit Their Mark

November 22, 2021
Over the course of nearly 40 years at Bentley, Assistant Professor David Missirian has taught countless students the best practices surrounding law and taxation. But for the past 15 years, Missirian has done his fair share of teaching outside of the classroom…

Bentley Master's Fellowship Aims to Increase Accounting Industry Diversity

November 19, 2021
This fall Bentley University is joining some of the world’s biggest accounting firms in launching initiatives that will help create a more inclusive industry for underrepresented groups. The newly launched Master’s in Accounting Fellowship will provide full…

Recipe for Success

November 19, 2021
Tom Yuen ’05, MST ’05, grew up in his parents’ restaurant but knew he wasn’t going to grow old there.   “I didn’t want to cook,” he remembers, “and they didn’t let me cook.”  Yuen is the oldest son of Chinese immigrants who came to the United…

Breaking Barriers

November 18, 2021
Pat Flynn will never forget the first time she interviewed for a corporate board position.  It was the late 1990s, and the Economics professor — who was also serving as dean of Bentley’s McCallum Graduate School of Business — was meeting the president of…

‘That is what this flag represents’

November 16, 2021
(On Monday, members of the community gathered for the annual Trans Pride flag raising to start Transgender Awareness Week. Matt Banks, assistant director in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, gave the welcoming remarks.) Welcome, everyone. I am excited to…

Diving In

November 15, 2021
Falcon student-athlete Rona Mejiritski ’22 found commonalities between swimming and financial analysis — then turned it into a career path at Nike.  “I love how the detailed pieces of financial analysis come together at…

Strategic Maven

November 10, 2021
Elaine Dickson MBA ’98 says she always wanted to be a journalist. That didn’t happen (yet), but she is putting her investigative skills to work as certified fraud examiner and CEO of her company, Mavenly Consultants.  “Working in…