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Bentley College
Image:BentleyLogo.gif
Established: 1917
Type: Private
Endowment: U.S. $223 million
President: Gloria Cordes Larson
Faculty: 450
Undergraduates: 4,253
Postgraduates: 1,304
Location: Waltham, MA, USA
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Athletics: 23 varsity teams
Colors: Blue and Gold
Nickname: Falcons
Mascot:
Website: www.bentley.edu

Bentley College is located at 175 Forest Street in Waltham, Massachusetts, 10 miles (16 km) west of Boston. School colors are the Colors chosen by a School to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification Blue is a Colour, the Perception of which is evoked by Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79 The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a University or College within the United States is the name officially adopted by The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages One of the early centers of the Industrial Revolution in northern America Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States Founded as a school of accounting and finance in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, Bentley moved to Waltham in 1968 and today is ranked #30 on BusinessWeek's top 100 undergrad business schools. BusinessWeek is a business Magazine published by McGraw-Hill. [1]

Contents

Timeline

Rankings/Recognition By Major Media

U.S. News & World Report

The Princeton Review

Kaplan/Newsweek

BusinessWeek

Campus

Bentley Library
Bentley Library

In 1968, Bentley moved from downtown Boston to Waltham, Massachusetts, in order to accommodate an increasing number of students. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D The Princeton Review (TPR is an American educational preparation company Kaplan Inc is a For-profit corporation headquartered in New York City, and was founded in 1938 by Stanley Kaplan Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City. BusinessWeek is a business Magazine published by McGraw-Hill. The first buildings on the Waltham campus were built between 1965 and 1968. Today, the campus stretches across 163 acres (0. 66 km²) of land.

The official campus address is 175 Forest Street, but all of its buildings can be found either on or near Forest and Beaver Streets.

Non-Residence Hall Buildings

Residence Halls

Upper Campus

Lower Campus

North Campus

Notable alumni

Also of note: Comedian Jay Leno attended Bentley for one semester but dropped out. James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (born April 28 1950 is an Emmy Award -winning American Stand-up comedian and Television host

Athletics

Bentley's mascot is the Falcon. The college has 23 men's and women's varsity teams. All of the teams compete in the Northeast Ten Conference at the NCAA Division II level, with the exception of the men's hockey program, which was one of the original six founding teams of Atlantic Hockey at the Division I level. Membership Current members Former Members Conference Facilities President's Cup Champions Sports The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Atlantic Hockey is a college athletic conference which operates primarily in the northeastern United States.

Bentley is also home to one of the best rugby programs in the northeast winning two national division three titiles as well as winning the very pristigious 2008 Beast of the East tornament.

After beating Saint Michael's College by a score of 85-65 on February 23th 2008, Bentley College has set the record for the longest regular season winning streak in Division II history. Saint Michael's College is a private residential liberal arts Catholic college. They have now won 53 straight regular season games and are #1 in the conference with a record of 30-0. [5]

Additionally, Bentley has men's, women's, and co-ed intramural programs for the fall and spring semesters.

Campus media

Other Facts about Bentley

External links

Greek Organization

Student Governance

Student Recreational Organizations

Reference

  1. ^ "Bentley OL picked late". The Game Plan is a 2007 feature film directed by Andy Fickman and starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
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