Academics

Provost's Message - Menlo at Work

"I've got connections," thought the student upon completing an internship. The Business Connection at Menlo College is all about preparing students for real world business experience, the type gained through quality internships. Just ask our Student Body President Hanna Malak about his incredible internship for philanthropist Peter F. Carpenter. Hanna has been working with the humanitarian technology innovations organization, InSTEDD, and the Town of Atherton to develop an emergency disaster preparedness pilot program.

And take a look at the Spring 2010 issue of the Advantage magazine to learn from five Menlo College students who seized the opportunity to apply their classroom learning through internships at Silicon Valley, San Francisco, and international companies.

Internships do more than help you develop a business network. They also reinforce your classroom skills, help you determine what areas of business interest you most (and least!), get you acquainted with the social and political aspects of working in a profit-oriented team venture, and perhaps even spur your curiosity for further study. Internships show prospective employers that you are serious about work and business.

There is no better way to get "it," than to take an internship. Menlo College is here to help you make that connection.

Sincerely,

Jim Kelly
Provost