Around Campus

The 2021-22 year kicked off on Thursday, Sept. 2, with a slate of events and activities. From Move-In Day and Convocation to the first football game of the season, our video captures the excitement of the new year, with narration from President E. LaBrent…

Scott Sawyer '23 needed $60, a note from his middle school guidance counselor and an academic transcript to apply for a lobster permit for his first entrepreneurial endeavor. At just 8 years old, Sawyer, who spent summers in Plymouth, Mass., would help his…

The 2020-’21 school year was unlike any before, and athletics were no different. If sports were played at all, Bentley games happened in empty arenas with no fans or family there to witness. 

The mere mention of bootcamp conjures up visions of rigorous training that comes with a big payoff. Michael Watkins '22 had a similar thing in mind (minus the intense physical workouts) when he created the Bentley Consulting Group Bootcamp. Launched in January…

When asked about the attitudes of Bentley University’s Black student-athletes last summer, football defensive back, co-captain and Management major Jailen Branch ’22 said, “Prior to George Floyd, Bentley was all talk. There was a great deal of talk, statements…

These days, sustainability is in the spotlight like never before, with the impacts of climate change being felt across the United States. As a business university, Bentley approaches sustainability in a way that goes way beyond simple feel-good PR campaigns to…

There was 12:05 left in the second period of the Bentley men’s hockey game against UNH on October 18, 2019, when Ethan Roswell ’22 scored the first goal of his Bentley Falcons career. The crowd went wild, and so did Roswell.    “That game definitely takes the…

In 2017, Liberty Mutual Insurance donated $1 million to advance young women’s leadership at Bentley, launching the Women’s Leadership Program (WLP). Working with the experts from the Gloria Cordes Larson Center for Women and Business (CWB), this four-year…

(Above: Original artwork by In Nicole Bae, commissioned to illustrate last year’s first place-winning story.) When Jane De León Griffin, associate dean of arts and sciences and associate professor of Spanish,…

Anthony Benites ’22 can’t remember a time in his life without video games.   In fact, the Finance major estimates he spends about 20 hours each week playing them. Depending on his mood, he might choose…