On Merit

For so many Bentley donors, their gifts are founded on trust — and transformational goals.

“Bentley is a school that is really on the move,” says Cynthia Deysher, MSF ’87. “Our career placement numbers are phenomenal. That speaks to the high-quality student experience, as well as the type of young men and women Bentley attracts: hardworking, enterprising and invested in their futures.”

She and husband Bryon, MSF ’85 have been proud supporters of their alma mater for many years. Now, they’re boosting that investment for some exceptional students. One of Bentley’s first merit scholarships, the Deysher Academic Excellence Endowed Fund will help applicants to the Honors Program who may not have the means to attend Bentley.

“It is a lot of money to send one child to college, let alone two or three at the same time,” says Deysher, a former scholarship recipient and a university trustee. “We cannot lose these bright students to our competitors, especially if Bentley is their number one choice.”

That was almost the case for Hoang Nguyen ’14, MBA ’17, until he received the Cynthia and Bryon Deysher Graduate Fellowship Award.

“I go to Bentley with high expectations of myself, to work hard in every class and project,” he says. “Coming from Vietnam, without this scholarship, my dream would not have come true.”