The Gloria Cordes Larson Center for Women and Business partners with various departments and student groups across campus to enhance the women+ experience at Bentley. Our offerings, including educational training sessions, networking opportunities, and immersive experiences, focus on leadership development and provide students, faculty, and staff with a supportive environment to develop strategies that transform their knowledge into action. Committed to making Bentley the preferred business school for women+, the CWB empowers and advocates for the next generation of women+ leaders.
Flagship Programs
Women’s History Month
In 2023, the CWB proudly launched Bentley's inaugural campus-wide celebration of Women's History Month. Since then, we have collaborated with various offices across campus to unite our community in meaningful conversations around gender equity, inclusion, and allyship, reinforcing Bentley’s commitment to delivering a holistic and transformative student experience, with a focus on empowering women+ through leadership development.
Learn To Lead Series
Each semester, the CWB organizes a campus-wide event where we bring in strategic partners for panel discussions and workshops focusing on women+ leadership development. This semester, we will explore the connection between intersectional allyship and intentional leaders. Students will learn how these innovators have leveraged intersectional allyship to become intentional leaders, driving change and using their influence as a force for good in global organizations.
Shared Sisterhood
The Office of Diversity & Inclusion and the Center for Women and Business host a gender-race dialogue. Intentionally crafted at the intersection of racism and sexism, this dialogue experience is designed to bring together women of color, multi- and biracial women and white women to talk openly about how race influences our different gendered experiences on campus. Utilizing Shared Sisterhood: How to Take Collective Action for Racial and Gender Equity at Work by Drs. Tina Opie and Beth A. Livingston, this dialogue group is being run to create a brave space for authentic engagement among women.
Racial Equity Working Groups
In our ongoing commitment to advancing racial equity on campus, the Office of Diversity & Inclusion, in collaboration with the CWB, has created dialogue opportunities (caucuses) for employees to engage with their experiences as racialized individuals bravely and authentically. To strengthen our collective capacity to participate in cross-racial brave spaces, these opportunities allow us to explore and seek support within identity-alike environments. The Racial Equity Working Groups—comprising the Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Solidarity Group and the Whiteness Accountability Group—are offered on a rotating basis each semester to facilitate this exploration and foster growth.
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Office of Diversity and Inclusion
The Office of Diversity & Inclusion is responsible for fostering an inclusive community by leveraging interactions between offices, educating the entire community and working to increase the diversity at all levels of the University through university-wide, diversity-related programs and initiatives.
Gender and Sexuality Student Programs
Gender and Sexuality Student Programs Office (GSSP) provides a welcoming and supportive environment for all students to engage with topics of gender and sexuality. We offer educational programs, dialogues, and campus-wide workshops to create a more inclusive, informed, and compassionate community. We welcome all members of campus and strive to develop inclusive student leaders who celebrate gender, sexuality, and their intersection with other dimensions of identity.