The Space Foundation named Bentley University faculty member George Fishman one of 38 outstanding space science educators for its 2011 Flight of Teacher Liaisons.
While U.S. unemployment remains stubbornly close to 10 percent and recent graduates faced a job market that has rarely been more competitive, employment statistics for Bentley University’s May 2010 undergraduates tell a different and encouraging story: 99 percent of the recently surveyed class (87 percent response rate) are employed or in graduate school.
Bentley University students will gather for the 14th annual Bentley Business Bowl (BBB) on February 26, 2011, on the Bentley campus, 175 Forest Street in Waltham. During the university-wide business case competition, student teams will analyze cases that present ethical, business, accounting or auditing dilemmas.
The Women's Leadership Institute (WLI) at Bentley University will once again present a workshop series for mothers who are weighing their career options. "M.O.M.: More Opportunities for Mothers" is designed to assist women who are beginning to make decisions about the next phases of work and life. The five-week series runs on Wednesdays - March 2, March 9, March 23, and April 6, and April 13, 2011 - from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Bentley campus in Waltham. Mass.
Bentley University Professor of Marketing Rajendra (Raj) Sisodia was named a 2010 Top 100 Thought Leader in Trustworthy Business Behavior by Trust Across America, a collaborative initiative from Next Decade Inc. that is committed to rebuilding trust in business.
The Bentley University Board of Trustees has elected four new members: Dale L. Carleton, former vice chairman and executive vice president at State Street Corporation; John (Jack) W. Cumming, chairman of the board and executive officer at Hologic Inc.; Rosabeth Moss Kanter, author and Harvard Business School Professor of Management; and Jeroen van den Hoven, professor of Moral Philosophy and vice dean of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands.
Bentley University is once again offering a unique experience for high school students this summer with the Wall Street 101 business camp. Held on the Bentley campus in Waltham, Mass., the week-long program allows high school students to engage in the fundamentals of Wall Street through a technology-rich and interactive curriculum.
A group of Bentley University students teamed up with nonprofit Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) in Washington, D.C., to survey the attitudes of approximately 20 New England small business owners on issues of energy consumption, energy efficiency, and long-term energy planning for their businesses. On December 6 and 7, the students traveled to Capitol Hill to present their research findings to key decision makers and groups in Washington, including staffers from the offices of Senator John Kerry (MA), Senator Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Sen