Our Graduates

When Tom D’Eri ’11 and his father were choosing a name for their South Florida-based car wash in 2013, they found inspiration in a popular saying often attributed to John F. Kennedy: “A rising tide lifts all boats.”   The decision to name their company…

Kristina Ayanian ’19 understands that beauty pageants can be polarizing.  She knows some view such competitions with contempt, believing they objectify participants and perpetuate unhealthy, unrealistic and unenlightened ideals of womanhood. But Ayanian…

Music has always been a source of self-discovery and connection for Bethany Barber ’22, who spent many nights of her childhood belting out songs with her family in the living room. That early musical inspiration stayed with her, even after she enrolled at…

“When we talked in 2020, I truly don’t remember where we were at,” says Tony Remington ’92. No surprise there. The CEO and co-founder of Gravity Diagnostics has been off and running since the start of the pandemic. Last we spoke, he was aiming for his biotech…

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…

As teens in the Philippines, the Santos siblings were standout students and seasoned travelers who hopscotched through countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas. In fact, they were vacationing in the United States when mother Belinda “Beng” proposed…

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…