Prospect Hill One Year Later: Evolution of a Service-Learning Project
Bentley’s Service-Learning Center continues to grow development and programing at Prospect Hill Community Center. ...
Service Learning
Bentley Service Learning Center Receives Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance Award
Bentley’s Service Learning Center received the Bob Ray Partnership Award at the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance’s 12th annual spring fundraising event: Home for Good, Solutions Start Here ...
For 25 Years, Bentley Service-Learning Has Helped Students Make the World Better (Video)
In this 25th anniversary video, explore what makes the Bentley Service-Learning Center's classroom to community model so special. ...
Students Organize Initiative to Build School in Ecuador
Bentley’s Service Learning Center partners with Free the Children to build a school in Ecuador. ...
Undergrads Opt for Service over Sunbathing on Spring Break with Habitat for Humanity
While most view spring break as a time to kick back and relax, one group of Bentley undergraduates instead chose to join Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County to help build a house for a family in need. ...
Missions Alive
Ferrera Fellowship helps students and nonprofits shine. ...
Bentley and Brandeis Universities Partner with Host City Waltham on New Community Center – Establishing a National Service-Learning Model
Bentley University and Brandeis University joined forces with local agencies to unveil a new community center at the city of Waltham’s largest low-income housing development, Prospect Hill Terrace, showcasing the powerful impact that is possible when colleges connect with their local communities. ...
Get Tough, Dig Lavender
Volleyball head coach Sandy Hoffman has mastered the art of tough love. Since beginning her Bentley career in 1982, she has led the team with a balance of rigor and compassion.
Hoffman’s two-prong approach has brought honors that include nine Northeast-10 Conference regular season championships, 11 NCAA Division II tournament berths, and a spot in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Moreover, Hoffman and her players form a vibrant extended family.
Her coaching philosophy is embodied in two words: Get tough.
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Civic Lessons
Colleges routinely sing the praises of service–learning: the life-changing impact of joining academic study with hands-on work in community-based projects. Through our own Bentley Service–Learning Center (BSLC), some 1,200 students a year apply their business smarts for the greater good.
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The Uncomfort Zone: Millennials’ Best Lessons Come from Taking Risks
A generation that has been accused of being raised on praise, awash in trophies, and sheltered from life’s bumps and bruises may lag in developing a taste for risk. But according to a group of Boston-area millennial generation college students, the lessons that stick are often found along an untried path.
Stretch early and often.
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