• Strategy #1: Enhancing the engagement of off campus resources for students / Breaking the students comfort zone / Lack of involvement with the Silicon Valley community

We want to engage the students in more off campus opportunities so students can experience the true entrepreneurship culture of Silicon Valley. Tapping into the companies and organizations around campus will not only build Menlo’s professional reputation but also create a larger sense of community for students and Menlo Park/Atherton residents. Besides trying to engage the students in more off campus activities, we also want to enable the chance for students to experience more of Silicon Valley’s resources right here on campus. Menlo College’s current trend to a more entrepreneurial mindset can be reflected by giving room for students and alumni to share their entrepreneurial success stories. By offering both opportunities students will have their pick of community engagement, whether that be directly on campus or off.

• Strategy #2: Creating a more real-life hands-on experience for students focused on Finance and Entrepreneurship

Hands-on experiences are highly valued by employers all around the world. Menlo College has the opportunity to offer a lot more opportunities as such by creating a Bloomberg trading center, where students learn to know the software and the actual day to day use. A potential student-led investment fund and can use this hands-on experience in the future for employment or their own individual venture, after the trading lab has come to fruition. Menlo College will benefit from more specialized classrooms and the increased intimate learning environments.

• Strategy #3: Integrating more interdisciplinary business/socially-relevant general education courses

We want to harness all of the momentum from students concerned about social issues and integrate those discussions into the general education classes. If Menlo College wants their graduates to create sustainable businesses for the future, it’s necessary for faculty to add socially relevant issues into Menlo’s curriculum for a full circle connection in hopes of producing more diverse, socially conscious, and critical thinking entrepreneurs. Besides these clear advantages, it also increases the interest in the taught classes and the feedback of students has shown us, that the first year college experience would be higher valued if they see relevance of the learned content.

• Strategy #4: Creating a more technological literate community on campus

Since we’re a business school in the heart of Silicon Valley it’s silly that we don’t offer any 21st century Literacy in Tech courses. There’s so many organizations around campus that are consistently looking for more college students to work, intern and get their feet as an entrance into the industry. Menlo will not be doing it’s job if students are not technically prepared for opportunities that require a bit more literacy than the average job in human resources-- we’ll all benefit from the extra edge!!!