Bentley University General News
32 Falcons Receive Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence from NE10
June 15, 2021
Thirty-two recent Bentley University graduates are among the first-ever recipients of the Northeast-10 Conference Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence, an honor awarded to graduating senior student-athletes for their outstanding work in the classroom during their college careers.
Pouliopoulos Named Northeast-10 Faculty Mentor of the Year
June 07, 2021
Bentley University’s Ellis Yoder (Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead HS), a golfer who earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in just four years, has been named the 2020-21 Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year in the Northeast-10 Conference. The announcement was made Monday evening when the conference held its annual awards ceremony in a virtual format.
Ethier, Glavin & Hassapis Honored as Bentley’s Top Senior Athletes
April 30, 2021
Three student-athletes from the Class of 2021 have been recognized as Bentley University’s top senior athletes, Director of Athletics Vaughn Williams announced. The Outstanding Male Senior Athlete was presented to golfer Tommy Ethier (Nashua, N.H./Bishop Guertin HS) while the recipient of the 2020-21 Outstanding Female Senior Athlete award was women’s lacrosse attacker Julia Glavin (Ipswich/Ipswich HS). The Edward J. Powers Award, which goes to the outstanding senior scholar-athlete, was presented virtually to women’s soccer goalkeeper Kat Hassapis (North Reading/North Reading HS).
Northeast-10 Announces Plans for Spring Championships
April 01, 2021
The Northeast-10 Conference announced on Thursday that all spring teams will qualify for postseason play this semester, as the league unveiled its postseason plans for its 10 spring sports in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic - including the dates and locations for its men’s and women’s golf and outdoor track & field championships.
NE10 Presidents Support Return of Competition for Spring Sports.
February 15, 2021
The Northeast-10 Conference Council of Presidents conducted a virtual meeting this afternoon and formally approved policies and protocols that support the resumption of NE10 competition this spring. Additionally, the Council did acknowledge that despite its endorsement of health & safety protocols and scheduling formats, it will remain the decision of each member institution to determine if they can safely participate in intercollegiate athletics this spring and in which sports they will permit competition. The NE10 intends to sponsor regular season and postseason play in baseball, softball, lacrosse and tennis along with Conference championship-only events in golf and outdoor track.
Record 466 Bentley Student-Athletes Qualify for the NE10 Academic Honor Roll
February 08, 2021
The Northeast-10 Conference announced its Academic Honor Roll for the fall 2020 semester on Monday with the list of honorees including 466 Bentley University student-athletes, by far the most in conference history. They were recognized for achieving a grade point average of 3.0 or better during the semester.
Bentley Student-Athletes Represented at Black Student-Athlete Summit
February 01, 2021
On January 6-8, 10 Bentley University student-athletes participated in the 2021 Black Student-Athlete Summit hosted by the Heman Sweatt Center for Black Males at the University of Texas. The three-day event was offered virtually due to COVID-19.
Bentley Athletics Recognizes Top 10 of 2020
January 21, 2021
2020 was the strangest and most unusual year we’ve all experienced, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t a number of significant moments for Bentley University athletics. Here’s a rundown of some of those events, in chronological order.
NE-10 Cancels Plan to Hold Fall Sports Competitions this Spring
January 13, 2021
The Northeast-10 Conference Council of Presidents announced that it has canceled plans to reschedule intercollegiate fall 2020 athletics competitions to this spring due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The affected sports are men’s and women’s soccer and cross country as well as football, field hockey and volleyball.
Northeast-10 Cancels Intercollegiate Sports for the Winter
December 15, 2020
The Northeast-10 Conference Council of Presidents has announced that it will suspend all intercollegiate athletics competition and championships this winter – an extension of its fall 2020 suspension – to curb the spread of COVID-19 and protect the members of its college communities. At Bentley, the suspension will affect men’s and women’s basketball, swimming and diving, and track and field.
Bentley Receives NCAA Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence for 10th Straight Year
December 03, 2020
Bentley University, which topped NCAA Division II in academic success rate for the fourth consecutive year, has once again received the NCAA Division II Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence. There are over 300 Division II institutions and the Falcons are one of only ten to earn the accolade every year in the program’s 10-year history.
Make It 4 in a Row! Bentley Student-Athletes Again Have Highest Graduation Rate in Division II
November 17, 2020
Bentley University is ranked number one nationally in this year’s NCAA Division II Academic Success Rate report, an honor it achieved for the fourth consecutive year. In Tuesday’s announcement from the NCAA, Bentley was the only institution to record an ASR of 99 for the third straight year. This also marks the seventh straight year that Bentley has achieved an ASR of 97 or better and the tenth straight it was been above 90.
Lipe Recognized as Part of Northeast-10's Top 40 Individuals Series
November 04, 2020
Throughout its 40th anniversary year, the Northeast-10 Conference is recognizing 40 individuals who have helped make an impact on the conference . Today's honoree is longtime Bentley sports information director Dick Lipe, who was also the NE10's information director for about two decades.
Bentley University Student-Athletes Share Why They Vote
November 02, 2020
We’re #1 Career Services Office in Princeton Review AGAIN!
October 02, 2020
Bentley University’s nationally recognized Pulsifer Career Development Center is the best in the country – ranked #1 for “Best Career Services” in The Princeton Review’s newly-released guide, “The 386 Best Colleges, 2021 Edition.” Bentley is also ranked #4 for internship opportunities by The Princeton Review.