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Lisa Raiche, MST ’05 has made it her business to help women succeed. She co-founded wiseHer to connect women looking to grow their companies or careers with experts across a number of disciplines. The alumna’s own path offers plenty of guidance and inspiration.

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At the edge of the vast Huron National Forest on Michigan’s Lower Peninsula lies the town of Mio, home to fewer than 2,000 people and a solitary traffic light on its lone main street, the M-33. Laura Jackson Young ’10 grew up there, in a house of educators: Dad Jay taught at Mio AuSable Middle School, mom Sheri in the local preschool.   

But it took some inspiration further from home for the alumna to imagine an academic career for herself.   

These days, even routine tasks like grocery shopping can feel like a test of strength. What of life’s more pivotal experiences? Here, we catch up with Falcons whose 2020 included starting college, landing a first job, pivoting a career, leading a company and more. 

What do Mexican pizza, Adidas and fashionable fabric face masks have in common?   All were featured as case studies in the 24th annual Bentley Business Bowl. The day-long academic competition, sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Business and the…

An Honors Program partnership with Junior Achievement is helping high school students in underserved communities learn what it’s like to be an entrepreneur. The daylong event connected 32 honors students with high schoolers from seven high schools in…

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 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.  

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 …

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…

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…