Bentley University News

Jonathan Yu ’18, MSMA ’19 was 19 years old when he moved to the U.S. to study at Bentley. It was his first time living outside of Asia — he was born in Taipei, Taiwan and raised in Manila, the Philippines — and he recalls feeling alone and adrift. “It was like…

The Saturday after Thanksgiving marks an American shopping tradition growing in popularity: Small Business Saturday, held this year on November 26, encourages consumers to do their holiday shopping in person or online at local, small businesses. Shopping small…

Falcon athletics and its director, Vaughn Williams, thrive on community. “Our student-athletes have achieved academic excellence, which requires the entire Bentley community to be on board, including non-athletes, faculty and staff,” says Williams, who was…

Alumni share photos, stories and gratitude for friendships that started in dorms and elsewhere at Bentley. Send yours for a future issue. 1978 Kate Bartlet, Nancy Hyde, Carol Perkins Dodge and Cheryl Lamanna ’79 “Nancy and I have continued to meet… 1982 Cathy (Concannon) Parsloe, Anne Marie (Alpers) Martorana, Janet (Larsen) Logan and Anne (Jakul) Baynes On graduation day, four commuter Falcon friends snapped a picture that launched a tradition: same lineup,… 1989 Lisa (Svetin) Spaulding, Sara Niesobecki, Antoinette (Leonardi) Follett and Christine (Price) Roberts The sophomore roommates lost touch after moving out, but reconnected via Facebook and met up for the first… 1990 Aimee (Garrett) Dake and Mary Margaret (Sloan) Conners Dake and Conners met at new student orientation, chose each other as roommates and moved into Waverley Hall. They report: “We made great lifelong friends… 1991 Deborah Lang and Sandra (Sofoul) Parmentier At orientation, Lang and Parmentier learned they could choose roommates rather than wait for an assignment. Lang looked at the classmate standing next to her. ‘‘We… 1996 Brandi (Cousineau) Hau, Erica (Velardi) Donovan and Rebecca (Martineau) Power “Roommates for three years at Bentley and still best friends!” writes Hau.   2001 Vivian Cheng, Jillian (Lamoureux) Nowlan, Heather (Rysdyke) Cheney and Kate (McCullough) Gordon They met as first-year students in Elm and lived together for the remainder of their journey at Bentley. The… 2008 Joemarie Hernandez and Ashley (Lauzon) Caswell “Ashley and I met at an accepted student open house and instantly connected,” writes Hernandez, who remembers talking so much “we were told to hush by someone… 2010 Kristy (Hergrueter) Keenan and Liz (Farley) Harrington It wouldn’t be a big day without a Falcon friend: Here are the roommates at graduation day and Keenan’s rehearsal dinner in 2021. 2016 Julia Paradis and Deeksha Lal “Two random roommates on the Women’s Leadership Floor became lifelong friends!” writes Paradis. “We will always keep in touch, and have Bentley to thank for bringing us together… 2021 Rubeah Jung and Neha Khanna Jung calls Khanna “one of my first and bestest friends at Bentley” and notes that they stayed roommates after graduation. “So many memories in Slade and Kresge. Being close to the…

Friendsgiving celebrations are a popular tradition among college students the week before Thanksgiving, with many students improvising a full turkey dinner with takeout from their favorite restaurants or prepared foods from big supermarket chains. But in 2021…