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In a year like no other, the Dr. Earl L. Avery MLK Leadership Award went for the first time to a cause, not an individual.

Joining the annual MLK Jr. Day celebration in January, organizers of Black at Bentley — Lakeya Graves ’11, Edith Joachimpillai ’12 and Stephanie Hartford ’12 — accepted on behalf of the movement.

When did you meet your best friend? For Tanya Hairston-Whitner '95 and Katie Lampley '96, the scene was Bentley's lower cafeteria in the fall of 1992. The time: lunch. The ice breaker: Lampley's wild curls. “Tanya just came up to me and said: I can show…

Hack.Diversity empowers Bentley student careers

March 26, 2021

When Kehinde Adelabu, MSIT ’20 was younger, he saved up his lunch money to buy electronic toys. But it wasn’t enough to simply acquire remote control cars and walkie talkies; he wanted to know how they worked. “I started to reverse engineer my toy cars…

Bentley University Announces In-Person Commencement to be Held at Fenway Park

March 25, 2021

Bentley University will celebrate the Class of 2021 with an in-person Commencement ceremony at Boston’s Fenway Park on Saturday, May 1, 2021. Bentley will also host a second ceremony at Fenway on the same day to honor its Class of 2020 graduates, whose Commencement was held virtually last year due to the pandemic.

Racial Justice at Bentley: From Rhetoric to Reality

March 24, 2021

Task Force releases discovery document outlining obstacles, opportunities for creating equitable campus community When the Racial Justice Task Force met for the first time last July, its 114 members embarked on a…

Statement Piece 

March 24, 2021

Peyton Gadaire ’22  jokingly compares her high school uniform to that of Harry Potter and his classmates at Hogwarts School: a white button-down with a black sweater vest and blazer with grey skirt and black tights. Dress down day, on the other hand, was …

Celebrating this Year’s Commencement at Fenway Park

March 23, 2021

Dear Class of 2021, Last week, I shared that we would be able to celebrate you and all of your accomplishments at an in-person Commencement ceremony this year. Today, I’m pleased to share another exciting update about this year…

Celebrating the Class of 2020 at Fenway Park

March 23, 2021

Dear Class of 2020, I hope that this note finds you well and that you have been staying healthy and safe. It’s hard to believe that it has been over a year since the pandemic forced us to change so much about our lives on campus and…

Diving into the ‘Dolphin Tank’

March 22, 2021

Professor Stoner

When Ashley Keegan ’21 signed up for Assistant Professor Betsy Stoner’s Oceanography course, she expected to learn more about environmental challenges affecting marine…

Craving Tolerance

March 22, 2021

Fashion first found Lucius Firmin ’23 as a grade schooler getting ready to go out in a winter storm. Like any good mother would, his told him to put on boots. Young Lucius, however, had his mind set on a new pair of stylish, if less practical, sneakers. “My…

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