The new edition of Carroll Capital, the annual print publication of the Carroll School of Management, arrived this month in the homes of alumni, students, parents, and others, serving up more than two dozen articles—including our cover story about the school’s extraordinary student athletes.
The article shows how student athletes at Boston College are giving us something to cheer about, at a time when many have become cynical about college sports. For their part, Carroll School athletes chose to enroll at one of the nation’s most rigorous schools of management. They love the game and strive to develop all aspects of their lives, from the academic and athletic to the social and spiritual. We profile nine of them across a 10-page spread.
In other feature stories, we look at Boston College Professor Juliet Schor’s blueprint for a four-day workweek. Many companies are trying it out, but is the 32-hour week, with full pay, a viable proposition for most organizations? We asked prominent scholars at the Carroll School. Another feature takes a sniff at the work of Lisa Wilson ’84, who has developed a signature approach as a fragrance expert, working with clients like Michael Jordan, Pottery Barn, and Yankee Candle.
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Paul Schmelzing, assistant professor of finance
Other alumni in Carroll Capital include Kevin Schohl ’06, president and chief business officer of the Portland (Maine) Hearts of Pine professional soccer team, which is thriving financially and winning hearts in the community; Juliana Owen ’25, who has invented a foldable, leather handbag; and several brand-new alumni, among them Perianne Caron, MSF ’26. She entered the Miss Massachusetts USA pageant on a whim—and gained a new sense of herself during her yearlong reign as queen.
There’s history in these pages, including the little-known story of how the Carroll School and its long-ago Jesuit dean helped spawn what became known as “The New Boston.” In addition, we present the historical perspective of Finance Professor Paul Schmelzing, who is turning heads in the financial world with his research on falling interest rates across seven centuries.
For those who want to test their knowledge of contemporary finance and accounting, there’s once again the Carroll Capital test. This year, we highlight 10 multiple-choice questions from two foundational courses, representing what the Carroll School hopes every graduate will remember from their studies in those subject areas.
Greg Bartoli '99
We report on the latest initiatives at the Carroll School, most ambitiously, a new curricular effort that is ushering in the next stage of Boston College’s interdisciplinary bridge between management, the humanities, and sciences. Also on the ascendance are first-generation students who have just graduated from Messina College, Boston College’s new, residential, associate’s degree program. They’re now filtering into the Carroll School in pursuit of their bachelor’s degrees.
The last word in the 2026 edition of Carroll Capital goes to Greg Bartoli ’99, the subject of our “Bottom Line” Q&A. Bartoli is reinventing the American pastime of mini golf with PopStroke, his rapidly expanding network of tech-enhanced, mini-golf courses. In April, he also spoke to students at an event hosted by the Edmund H. Shea Jr. Center for Entrepreneurship, where he talked about the advantages they have at Boston College, a Jesuit liberal arts university that exposes them to a wide breadth of disciplines.
“You can’t solve problems today by staying in one lane,” he said, adding: “When you guys are thinking of taking the risks, take the risks. You’re going to come up with great ideas. Don’t let people talk you out of them.”
