Bentley faculty took center stage to bring business cases to life for the undergraduate course Financial Reporting and Analysis. The skits were a lighthearted approach to teach students some serious lessons about how accounting principles play out in the real world.
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A gift of $50,000 from Grant Thornton LLP will extend partnerships between Bentley University and nongovernmental organizations in Ghana such as the Mmofra Trom Center. The leading audit, tax and advisory firm, which has offices in 100 countries, is also collaborating with the campus chapter of Beta Alpha Psi to help train financial officers of student organizations.
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Do you want fries with that? Some of the smallest things can pose the greatest challenge for international graduate students who are adjusting to life in the United States. So says Shanghai native Shaoqing (Alvin) Yao, a student in the Master of Science in Finance program.
“I had a lot of trouble ordering in restaurants . . . the many choices of sauces and what to add, like lettuce, tomatoes and pickles,” he says. The variety of offerings could make even a trip to the supermarket or pharmacy seen daunting.
A student-led fund drive has brought new color to the lives of people in remote villages of Africa. The second annual Bentley Goes Red for Africa campaign raised $4,700 to benefit the Mmofra Trom Center and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
With a firm belief in the importance of education, and unshakable confidence in their alma mater, Steven '73 and Christine '73 (Smith) Manfredi have given a generous boost to women’s leadership initiatives at Bentley.
The couple's $2 million commitment to the university supports women's leadership development programs that engage undergraduates and corporate leaders alike.
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Dominique Miles ’11 arrived on campus packing ambitions to be a pioneer of change. “I was always told that I could be anything I wanted to be,” she recalls of growing up in Atlanta, Ga. “Nothing was impossible.”
That message of empowerment is one that Miles aims to deliver to women elsewhere in the world. She already has a well-stamped passport, thanks to global programs at Bentley.
Her journey started with a short-term study abroad program in the North African country of Morocco.
There’s a spectrum of possibilities for going green, and Bentley continues to spin the color wheel.
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Simon Moore wants students to experience at least one crisis before leaving Bentley. It can be a tough lesson. But the associate professor of Experience Design is preparing students for the tough situations that are inevitable in professional life.
“Every structure -- social, natural, corporate and political -- contains contradictions that are potentially the seeds of disaster,” Moore notes. “Crises are a vivid experience, and also a vivid learning experience.”
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While many people have experienced a life-changing moment, Bentley National Service Scholars Tara Meehan ’09 and Jenna Nakamura ’10 had a life-changing year.
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Thanks to a generous $1.125 million gift to Bentley, undergraduate women will be able to prepare for some of the toughest issues facing them in the workplace. Parent donors Pam and Jack Cumming have earmarked their support for pioneering programs to develop leadership skills in young women.
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