Welcome to the latest issue of the Bentley Buzz, where we share news and stories about the faculty and staff who make Bentley special. It is compiled by Joan Yenawine, associate director of internal communications. To share your news or an idea for a story, please email buzz@bentley.edu.
Oct. 3, 2024
What are New Bentley Students Thinking and Feeling?
Wondering what it feels like to be a new student at Bentley? Then be sure to take a stroll through Smith Hall and experience the Dialogue through Art installation that fills the first and second floor windows. The display is the result of an expanded orientation exercise made possible through the collaboration between Falcon Discovery Seminar and the Collins Creative Corner.
Neelangi Gunasekera, program manager, Student Success, explained that the project uses art to help first-year students start a conversation with existing community members. Students, faculty and staff helped to cut out more than 2,400 thought bubbles that new students used to write out or illustrate their worries and excitement.
“We gave students the chance to reflect on their excitement and worries about starting their journey at Bentley,” says Neelangi. “I hope our community will stop by the installation, read our students reflections, and continue this important dialogue with them.”
Danielle Krcmar, director, Visual Arts, says the project “has been a labor of love from start to finish. We want to elevate student voices and show them that the Bentley community is here to listen to them. As one MBA student said to me, ‘When you look at the worries, you feel like you’re not alone.’
Welcome, New Falcons!
Nikolas Beimler — Lecturer, Global Studies
Cody Belland — Assistant Professor, Accounting
Nicholas Bisconti — Lecturer, Marketing
Kiya Bodendorf — Assistant Director, Undergraduate Admission
Marco Bonilla — Lecturer, Management
Jeremy Caldwell — Assistant Director, Undergraduate Admission
Mary Converse-Schulz — Lecturer, Finance
Steven Dowling — Assistant Coach, Athletics
Hayden DuBois — Lecturer, Management
Susan Frick — Assistant Director, Next Gen Social Innovation Incubator
Jose Guzman — Assistant Professor, Modern Languages
Cynthia Hanshaw — Program Manager, Center for Women and Business
Margaret Hassey — Lecturer, Global Studies
Daniel Holbrook — Lecturer, Economics
Sergiy Ivakhnenkov — Lecturer, Computer Information Systems
Shweta Jain — Lecturer, Economics
Sherri Klein — Program Manager, Center for Health & Business
Harry Ma — Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences
Timothy Murray — Assistant Professor, Economics
Bhaskaran Natarajan — Lecturer, Management
Devon Nedoroscik — Club Coach, Athletics
Oshoyanogue Omoyeni — Assistant Football Coach
Laura Reinholm — Assistant Controller, Financial Operations
Hannah Roos — Administrator, Student Accessibility Services
Jean Roth — Lecturer, Mathematical Sciences
Jacob Schwartz — Assistant Director, Undergraduate Admission
Helena Sinai — Business Administrator, Administration & Finance
Priyadharshini Sivakumar — Digital Learning Manager, Strategy and Innovation
Mathieu Severance — Assistant Football Coach, Athletics
William Tierney — Assistant Professor, English and Media Studies
Luca Tiezzi — Lecturer, Modern Languages
Lars Torres — Associate Director, Next Gen Social Innovation Incubator
David Wilson — Lecturer, Economics
Nkasiobu Wodu — Lecturer, Global Studies
What's Next from OpenAI?
On Sept. 19, Dane Vahey ‘06, a strategic marketing leader at OpenAI. came back to campus to discuss his life after Bentley. Vahey spoke about how he wound up working at some of the most disruptive tech companies, including Stripe, NexHealth, and Salesforce. In case you missed the live event, we've got you covered with the video! Hear his views on the future of AI in marketing and sales, and learn about OpenAI’s latest products and model capabilities.
Watch the VideoFROM THE NEWSROOM
Bentley’s Newest Great Benefactors Support Endowed Professorship of Free Speech and Free Enterprise
by Elizabeth Miranda
Longtime donors Bruce ’73 and Patricia Bartlett have partnered with Bentley to introduce a new professorship examining how free speech promotes society’s ability to thrive and innovate for the good of all.
Wall Street Journal Ranks Bentley 11th Best College in U.S.
by John McElhenny
According to a new Wall Street Journal ranking, Bentley is ahead of other top colleges including Columbia, Notre Dame, Michigan and Cornell.
How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Falcon Edition