Message from President Weiner

When Menlo College first introduced the four-year School of Business Administration in 1949, we offered one degree: business! Fast forward to 2022, business students at Menlo can now select among ten different majors: accounting, business analytics, entrepreneurship and innovation, finance, human resources management, international management, management, marketing, real estate. and sports management. Fully half of those programs were added over the course of the pandemic.

To evolve from offering one or two classes on a subject to a full degree option requires a thorough understanding of the discipline, the identification of the course material students need to cover, syllabi, and more. I tip my hat to our faculty and the leadership of our academic administration for their thorough review of our business curriculum – even as the pandemic raged around us. The array of disciplines we now offer reflects the increasing specialization required to compete in the twenty-first century business world.

We will continue to marry the expansion of the frontiers of knowledge and business practices with the diversity that is the hallmark of today’s Menlo College. Embracing diverse people, cultures, and ideas ultimately produces more responsible – and transformational – business leaders.

But we can’t stop there. We are dedicated to helping our students understand the world in which we exist, but also to developing the insights and confidence to imagine the world of the future. Much as that future continues to evolve, so will our curriculum. The business world was a simpler place in 1949. In order to compete now, our students need to be plugged into the global economy and develop ever-more sophisticated skills. By doing so, Menlo graduates will not only meet the challenges of the twenty-first century workplace, they’ll solve them.

Steven Weiner Menlo College President

Photo: Crystal Cebedo ’20