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Safety, flexibility and innovation are top of mind as Bentley prepares to open for the fall trimester. Classes begin on August 31.  “I can’t wait to see students walking on campus again,” says J. Andrew Shepardson, vice president for student affairs and…

(Photo above: Desimone, second from right, at a conference with Waltham High School students, part of her work with Waltham Partnership for Youth.) During her first semester at Bentley, Erin Desimone ‘21 “fell in love” with the service work that was part…

Dear Members of the Bentley Community,

When Manny Ventura ’14 was a kid, the mirror was where his insecurity lived. Born with a cleft palate to immigrant parents who divorced soon after his arrival, Ventura always felt different from his peers. Not even three childhood surgeries could stop their…

As the demographic face of America changes, so too are college student populations. In fact, over the next decade, enrollment demographics in higher education are expected to take a seismic shift toward minority and first-generation students, putting these…

Dear Bentley Community,

COVID-19 case rates and hospitalizations continue to rise in nearly every state across the country. Here in Massachusetts, 88% of new and ongoing clusters are linked to household transmission and social gatherings, prompting the governor to issue new orders to limit personal gatherings, in-person dining and services, and a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. stay-at-home advisory beginning tomorrow. It’s important that we all do our part to reduce the risk of spreading the coronavirus by closely following these new guidelines.

Upcoming Events Rev. Lennox Yearwood Join the Office of Sustainability, Racial Justice Task Force and the Valente Center for Arts and Sciences, for an enlightening conversation with Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr, the President & Founder of Hip Hop Caucus, a…

L’Oréal is synonymous with makeup and beauty products around the world. But when Vittoria Baracchi ˊ14 joined the company’s Milan, Italy, office as a social and content media manager in 2018, she admits she knew very little about makeup. “I had no idea what…

Dear Members of the Bentley Community, There is no greater privilege in America than the opportunity to exercise the right to vote. Every four years, citizens of this country have the chance to evaluate where we are, examine where we’re going…