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Guidance and Generosity

November 20, 2019
Guidance and Generosity The board room on the third floor of Rauch Administration Center has been named for former trustee David Weener ’72 and his wife, Elayne. The honor recognizes Mr. Weener's board service and…

Granting Opportunity

November 20, 2019
Research shows that afterschool programs inspire youth not only to learn and do better in school, but also to reach their full potential in life. The study, by Afterschool Alliance, goes on to note that for every child enrolled in such a program, there are two…

Meet Gen Z

November 20, 2019
Connected and Collaborative, They Just May Save the World They are digital natives who don't know life without the Internet. A group with a passion for authenticity and a keen eye for what falls short. Having grown…

A Push for Policymakers

November 20, 2019
Does Congress care more about one kind of drug addict than another? Research by Associate Professor Rob DeLeo and Alex Duarte ’19 suggests that legislators have missed the mark when it comes to policymaking for prescription opioids compared with illegal…

The Star Thrower

November 20, 2019
Whenever Geoff Worrell, P ’14 talks about his wife, Cindy, P ’14, the conversation always circles back to this: She spent her whole life giving back.  Right out of college, Cindy taught GED and life-skills classes. She went on to help people buy…

From the President

November 20, 2019
Fall on a college campus always feels to me like a time for new beginnings. The cooling of the air and changing of the leaves go hand in hand with the feeling of a fresh start. I've been lucky to experience that rejuvenation as a student, faculty member,…

Honoring a ‘Scholar, Leader and Gentleman’

November 20, 2019
Like any proud mother, Sylvia Schadee kept a scrapbook of her son’s achievements — and Robert Schadee ’66 had many. The phrase above is from “A Profile in Integrity,” featured in a 1960s issue of the Bentley Journal student newspaper; it speaks volumes of…

Five Reasons Great People Leave Good Jobs

November 20, 2019
Bad bosses do exist — and Christie Lindor ’02 has seen a few during 18-plus years as a management consultant across some 20 industries and sectors. She has also learned that a terrible manager is not the leading culprit when talented people pack up their…

Two Join Bentley Board

November 20, 2019
Steve, you’ve had a successful career in the private equity industry. What keeps you passionate about the work? I started to work in the private equity [PE] industry in the 1990s, when the PE asset class was starting to become recognized as an institutional…

NSF Awards $1.4 Million

November 20, 2019
Ask Dave Szymanski to describe sustainability, and he’ll tell you it’s a “super wicked problem” facing our global economy. But the associate professor of geology isn’t just using geographically appropriate slang. In the realm of applied science and public…