Centers and Labs
Bentley’s business-oriented, high-tech academic centers and learning facilities give students hands-on experience with the latest hardware and software in finance, marketing, accounting and languages. Most classes incorporate projects and assignments that make use of the specialized software available in these facilities, allowing students to apply concepts learned in class. The centers and labs — all among the first of their kind in higher education — feature the same high-end hardware and software that businesses use. Many of the labs benefit the corporate community as well, offering consulting and employee education.
- Winer Accounting Center for Electronic Learning and Business Measurement (ACELAB)
- Academic Technology Center
- Alliance for Ethics and Social Responsibility
- The Bentley Library
- Center for Arts and Sciences
- Center for Business Ethics
- The Center for Languages and International Collaboration (CLIC)
- The Center for Marketing Technology (CMT)
- The Cronin International Center
- The CyberLaw Center
- The Design and Usability Center
- Hughey Center for Financial Services
- Women's Leadership Institute
- Service-Learning Center
- Education Abroad
Winer Accounting Center for Electronic Learning and Business Measurement (ACELAB)
The Winer Accounting Center for Electronic Learning and Business Measurement (ACELAB) provides students with accounting tutorials and state-of-the-art accounting software to help students appreciate how accounting relates to other business functions in an organization. ACELAB integrates technology into Bentley’s accounting courses, and forms partnerships with business entities that can provide software and case materials for student use.
Academic Technology Center
Helping faculty to integrate technology into the Bentley curriculum requires a staff that understands teaching, business applications, and a range of discipline-specific technologies. The Academic Technology Center (ATC), through individual and small-group sessions, helps professors to create and maintain course web pages, integrate videoconferencing and web-based resources into curricula, and identify technology resources for conducting research. The ATC also assists faculty with distance learning initiatives, and aids professors in the acquisition and use of software relevant to their courses.
Bentley Library
The Bentley Library supports academic programs with a diverse array of resources and services. The collection of books, periodicals, journals, videotapes and CD-ROMs stretches across disciplines to reinforce the study of business and the arts and sciences. An online catalogue offers direct, round-the-clock connection to Bentley’s collections as well as to those at Babson, Regis, and Pine Manor colleges. Access to electronic databases such as Dow Jones Interactive and Lexis Academic Universe further widens the range of research and study materials for students. Professional librarians can help students choose relevant resources from the deluge of data that characterizes the information age.
Center for Arts and Sciences
The mission of the Center for Arts and Sciences is to provide funding for Bentley faculty to engage in research in the arts and sciences, and at the intersection of the arts and sciences and business. The center advances the mission of Bentley by further encouraging the long tradition of arts and sciences research at Bentley, and by enabling new research that crosses the boundary between business and the arts and sciences.
Center for Business Ethics
The Center for Business Ethics, founded in 1976, supports ethics education for students and ethical business conduct in society by reaching out to corporations through educational programming and consulting. Among its best-known programs is the Raytheon Lectureship in Business Ethics, which features top executives and ethics champions from around the world.
The Center for Languages and International Collaboration (CLIC)
The Center for Languages and International Collaboration (CLIC) familiarizes students with other countries and cultures through the use of multimedia materials, cutting-edge technology, and interaction with Bentley peers who come from abroad. CLIC has proven an indispensable resource for language students, international studies majors, and anyone interested in broadening their knowledge of global issues. CLIC also enhances course curricula in Modern Languages and International Studies by incorporating the latest technology, and provides videoconference technology to promote collaboration among students, professors, and their overseas counterparts.
The Center for Marketing Technology (CMT)
Learn the latest strategies for testing consumer preferences, creating advertising campaigns, and using databases to make marketing decisions at Bentley’s Center for Marketing Technology (CMT). The CMT is equipped with 45 PCs and an array of specialized software to facilitate the study of complex forces that drive buying and selling in a global and electronic economy. Many of Bentley's marketing courses use the CMT; some are held there exclusively.
The Cronin International Center
The Cronin International Center is "the hub of all things international at Bentley." It is responsible for developing institution-wide strategies for internationalizing Bentley’s programs and coordinating the many offices and groups on campus that engage in international activities. i.e., Undergraduate Admission, Graduate Admissions, the Center for International Students and Scholars, the International Studies Department, Modern Languages and CLIC, Education Abroad, Corporate and Foundation Relations, and Development and Alumni Relations. http://www.bentley.edu/international
The CyberLaw Center
The CyberLaw Center assists business students and professors with classroom assignments and research relating to cyberlaw. The Center is also open to corporate and legal professionals engaged in e-commerce. Bentley offers a number of courses that explore the intersection between business and e-commerce, including several courses keyed specifically to cyberlaw studies.
Service-Learning Center
Community service and learning outside the classroom enhance students’ academic, individual, and professional development. Bentley’s Service Learning Center is ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. Each year, hundreds of students build valuable skills in business, communication and teamwork while assisting nonprofit and community-based organizations both locally and internationally. Though the assignments themselves are unpaid, qualified students can apply for work-study funding or service-learning scholarships.
Education Abroad
Living and learning abroad enables students to gain valuable insight into different countries and cultures. Students from all backgrounds participate in Bentley’s education abroad programs to expand their global knowledge. Bentley’s partnerships with universities and colleges around the world enable our undergraduate and graduate students to study in Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Ghana, Hungary, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, or Spain. Whatever destination students choose, they arrive well prepared, thanks to general and country-specific orientation sessions. Programs run for one week, one semester, or a full academic year. Education abroad is an option for sophomores, juniors and seniors; students can meet with an adviser as early as freshman year to begin planning.
Enterprise Risk Management Program
The Risk Managment Program supports and promotes faculty research in all aspects of risk management. We take a holistic approach to risk management, researching internal and external risk exposures and their management. While risk is an unavoidable part of doing business, it also presents a variety of opportunities. The culture and management infrastructure of a business impacts the risk it takes on, knowingly or unknowingly, as well as the effectiveness of its risk management practices. In the end, effective corporate strategy relies on effective risk management policy and practice. The program grants research funding under RFPs. Academic workshops, seminars and conferences occur regularly throughout the academic year.
Trading Room
Bentley’s financial Trading Room brings world financial markets to the Bentley campus. The largest of its kind in higher education, Bentley’s Trading Room provides state-of-the-art technology and real-time data that teach students key financial concepts such as portfolio construction, trading, and risk management. The Trading Room is also open to the business community, providing customized training in trading, investment administration, multivariate hedging strategies, and other areas.
