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Courtney Woronka ’21 Undergraduate Commencement Speech

May 1, 2021
Good morning, Class of 2021, parents, family, friends, faculty and staff, Interim President Paul Condrin, and most importantly, welcome Yankee fans, to America’s most beloved ballpark. I am more than thankful to be here today to reflect on behalf of the Class…

Melissa Renschler ’20 Graduate Speech from Fenway 2020 Celebration

May 1, 2021
Thank you Interim President Condrin, Reverend Olson, Provost Blancero and former President Gloria Larson. Welcome to our faculty, our staff, our family and our friends in attendance today, both near and far. And most importantly, welcome to the Bentley…

Jinny Choi 2020 Undergraduate Speech from Fenway 2020 Celebration

May 1, 2021
Hi, everyone! My name is Jinny Choi, and I am so honored to speak to all of you today. I was very surprised to get this request from the university events team—mostly because I don’t know much about baseball and couldn’t tell you if you won games played at…

Making Everything from Nothing

April 30, 2021
Courtney Woronka ’21 had three goals when she first arrived at Bentley: Play varsity softball. Study abroad. And be a campus tour guide, like she was in high school.  Woronka whiffed on two of the three but still…

New Major Focuses on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

April 29, 2021
Bentley responds to growing importance of DEI in the workplace Chief Diversity Officer. Vice President of Culture. Inclusion Specialist. The titles may differ, but all of these positions reflect the…

Selling Points

April 29, 2021
             Salvatore J. Stile ’92
For Salvatore “Sal” Stile ’92, the world of professional sales encompasses more than cold calls and commissions.  Indeed, while the founder and president of…

Finding Gold

April 28, 2021
Suchithra Vengalil’s master of Business Analytics was a graduate degree 16 years in the making. So, after waiting so long to see her dream come true, Vengalil promised herself she was going to make the most of it. …

Real Men Don’t Buy ‘Mrs. Clean’

April 26, 2021
Professor’s research explores how implicit bias affects consumer perceptions of gendered brands
  Professor Susan Dobscha
With his gleaming bald head, jaunty hoop earring…

Seven Questions with New Trustee Bill Pappas ’94, MBA ’95

April 26, 2021
Bill Pappas ’94, MBA ’95 believes in fostering diverse talent and an inclusive culture to build strong and effective global teams. Executive vice president and head of technology and operations at MetLife, he has a proven track record of integrating technology…

COVID-19 vaccines built on $17 billion in NIH funding

April 22, 2021

The unprecedented development of COVID-19 vaccines less than a year after discovery of this virus was enabled by more than $17 billion of research on vaccine technologies funded by the NIH prior to the pandemic, according to new research from Bentley University’s Center for Integrat