The Cronin Office of International Education proudly highlights the international education achievements of the Bentley University community. A lifetime of international learning begins with global ambition and the resources to actualize it. We are pleased to showcase these outcomes and the students who achieved them.

International Education Award

This prestigious award recognizes exemplary achievement in study abroad and global learning.  Nominees have achieved significant personal, academic, or professional growth through study abroad, integrated their international experience with their academic curriculum and/or their co-curricular involvement on campus, and demonstrated significant global citizenship.

Chuyuan (Angel) Xie '23

NAS 403 Biodiversity, Health and Disease in Ghana, January 2023
London School of Economics and Political Science, 2021-2022

Majors in Data Analytics and Business Studies, Minors in Mathematical Sciences and Actuarial Science

Divine Onyeoziri '22

CIEE in Seoul, South Korea, Fall 2021
Major in Finance, Minor in Chinese Language

Click here to learn more about Divine's story!

Tiara Obey '21

London School of Economics and Political Science, Academic Year 2019 - 2020
NASC 3900 Earth Systems and Sustainability in Iceland, May Intensive 2019

Major in Management, LSM in Earth, Environment & Global Sustainability
Honors Program

Karissa Smith '20

CIEE in Seville, Spring 2019
MLSP 205 Spanish Immersion in Peru, May Intensive 2018

Major in Marketing, Minor in Spanish for Business

Ciara Mann '19

Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spring 2018
MLSP 205 Spanish Immersion in Peru, May Intensive 2017
Santander Universities Study Abroad Scholarship, May Intensive 2017

LSM in Global Perspectives, Minor in Spanish
Honors Program

Chandler LaSorsa '18

IES in Milan, Fall 2016

Major in Marketing, LSM in Earth, Environment, and Global Sustainability

Scholarship Recipients

We proudly recognize the following students who distinguished themselves amongst competitive scholarship applications.

Julius E. Babbitt Scholarship

The Julius E. Babbitt Study Abroad Scholarship was set up in memory of Julius E. Babbitt, a 1991 Bentley alumnus who passed away. Several of Babbitt's classmates created the fund in his honor to support Bentley students in their international education endeavors.

Lena Simone '25, Lorenzo de'Medici Institute, Fall 2023
Renaldy Previlon '25, Audencia Business School, Spring 2024

Natalia Moulding '24, CEA in Rome, Academic Year 2022 - 2023

Anyfern Gonzalez '23, University of Navarra, Academic Year 2021 - 2022

Divine Onyeoziri '22, CIEE in Seoul, Fall 2021
Kevin Troncoso '23, University College Dublin, Fall 2021

The Earle and Sloan Travel Fellowship

The Earle and Sloan Travel Fellowship assists one Bentley student with financial need to participate in a short-term, GBE or Faculty-led International Course each year.

Adanna Muthoni Magachi '24, IDCC 3900 Forward Fashion, Omni Retail and the Luxury Consumer - Made in Italy, Spring Break 2023
Debbie Quijada '23, MG 3900 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice in South Africa: Consulting to Cross-Cultural Organizational Change, May 2023

Jeffrey Francis '22, GBE 790 Decision Making in a Cultural Context, Spring Bk. 2022
Sarah Bouamra '25, NASC 3900 From Shore to Sea: Understanding Caribbean Ecosystems & their Services, May 2022

Yaciana Taveras Olmos '21, IDCC 3900 Forward Fashion, Omni Retail and the Luxury Consumer - Made in Italy, Spring Break 2019

Ke Xin Chen '18, NASE 318 Global Health Challenges in a Changing World, Spring Break 2018
Howard Goode '19, GBE 790 Business in South Africa, May 2018

Jackson Le '21, NASE 318 Global Health Challenges in a Changing World, Spring Break 2017
Vera Dragilyova '17, GBE 790 Business in South Africa, May 2017

Hector Jimenez-Guerrero '17, SL 3900 Latin American History/International Service Learning in Ecuador, May 2016

The Global Social Responsibility Fund

The Global Social Responsibility Fund assists Bentley students with financial need to participate in a short-term, GBE or Faculty-led International Course each year.

Mia DiBiasio '23, NAS 403 Biodiversity, Health and Disease in Ghana, January 2023

Marjorie Leonard-Jeremie '22, GBE 790 Business in South Africa, May 2022
Joulien Martinelli '22, GBE 790 Business in South Africa, May 2022

Benjamin Gavrilov '21, NASE 318 Global Health Challenges in a Changing World, January 2019

Monique Miller '21, HI 3900 Dominican Republic: Past, Present, Future, Spring Break 2018

Eliza Brooks '17, NASE 318 Global Health Challenges in a Changing World, Spring Break, 2017
Adam Rekkbie '18, NASE 318 Global Health Challenges in a Changing World, Spring Break 2017

Herbert J. and Susan P. Maletz Study Abroad Scholarship

The Herbert J. and Susan P. Maletz Study Abroad Scholarship assists Bentley students with financial need to participate in a short-term GBE or Faculty-led International Course. This generous gift by the Maletz family provides one scholarship of up to $5000 to help a student achieve their goal of traveling abroad for the first time.

Steven Kauvaka '23, IDCC 3900 Forward Fashion, Omni Retail and the Luxury Consumer - Made in Italy, Spring Break 2023

Anabel Liriano '25, GLS 270 Contemporary Europe, May 2022
Tiary Gonzalez '25, GLS 270 Contemporary Europe, May 2022

International Citizens Group Study Abroad Scholarship

The International Citizens Group Study Abroad Scholarship is exclusively available for Bentley students who participate in a faculty-led international course or GBE. The scholarship is provided by the generosity of Cronin family and the International Citizens Group. Joe Cronin, Sr. was a champion of internationalization, doubling the number of international students enrolled during his tenure. Bentley’s Office of International Education is named in his honor. The International Citizens Group is a specialized international health insurance agency offering world class insurance plans to those living and traveling around the world. Joe Cronin, Jr. is a BC High, Georgetown University, and Bentley University graduate who lives in Hingham, MA with his wife and three children. He ranks his Bentley led study abroad trip to Japan as one of his most powerful educational experiences.

Diana Lucero '24, MG 3900 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice in South Africa: Consulting to Cross-Cultural Organizational Change, May 2023

Emilie Wong '24, NASC 3900 From Shore to Sea: Understanding Caribbean Ecosystems & their Services, May 2022

Emma Taylor '22, MG 3900 Career Challenges: Gender and Culture, January 2020

Reginald Fils '21, IDCC 3900 Forward Fashion, Omni Retail and the Luxury Consumer - Made in Italy, Spring Break 2019

Jennifer Huntress '20, MLSP 205 Spanish Immersion in Peru, Spring Break 2018

Annual Reports

2018 - 2019

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2017 - 2018

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2016 - 2017

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International Education Photo Contest Winners 2023

This contest is open to all members of the Bentley community during Bentley's annual Culture Fest. Read more about our annual Photo Contest here!

Photo of Bentley graduate student Isabel Maier, wearing a red kimono and black obi, standing at the base of a stone staircase leading to the Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto, Japan.

Winner: Belonging & Beyond

“I dressed in a traditional kimono and took photos around the Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto while attending the Global Business Experience course, Japan’s Culture and Business Practices, in 2023.”

Isabel Maier MSHFID ’24

Kyoto, Japan

Winner: Bentley Abroad

“This photo captures a few of the Bentley students who went on a trip to France in May 2023 during a faculty-led course with History Professor Sung-eun Choi.

Although we didn’t know each other prior to the trip, we created lasting bonds with each other while we were there.”

Rachel Vitko ’24

Paris, France

Eight students pose aboard bicycles and electric scooters on a street in Paris at dusk, with an illuminated Eiffel Tower standing tall in the background.

Photo of the interior of a high-speed train in Heibei, China.

Winner: Landscapes

“I took this photo while riding a high-speed train through Hebei province in northern China.

The shutter captured the view of the fields speeding by outside the window, while the light from the sun filtering in made the colors of the photo very vivid.”

Xintong Li ’26

Hebei, China

Falcon Favorite

“This is a photo I took while traveling in Switzerland with a group of some of my closest Bentley friends.

The country is known for its beautiful mountains and dairy products, and the city of Interlaken is famous for its adventurous activities — like skydiving, which I was able to do while there!

I was so happy I was able to capture so much of the Swiss beauty and culture in a single photo.”

Ashleigh Bolduc ’24

Interlaken, Switzerland

Two cows craze in a verdant meadow nested at the feet of snowcapped mountains, while a skydiver looms overhead, a few hundred feet away from touching ground.

A person sits in the lotus pose, back to camera, within the otherworldly interior of Song Doong Cave in Vietnam.

Faculty/Staff Favorite

“Despite our small physical stature in the grand tapestry of nature, humanity wields a colossal influence that reverberates through the very fabric of the natural world.”

Quynh Nguyen ’25

Son Doong Cave in Quang Binh Province, Vietnam

Raffle Winner

“This photo was taken at South Africa’s Pilanesberg National Park after an amazing afternoon game drive with other Bentley students.

We traveled to the country last May to work with local companies as part of our two-week, faculty-led course, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice (DEIJ) in South Africa: Consulting to Cross-Cultural Organizational Change.”

Annie O’Brien ’23

Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa

A sunset photo taken at Pilanesberg National Park in South Africa, featuring a tranquil lake in the foreground and gently rolling hills in the distance.

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