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Keith Spataro Menlo 2010–A Well-Rounded Year The 24 images on the cover of this issue of the Menlo Advantage each represent one of the many great success stories that Menlo College had the opportunity to tell in 2010. From left to right, those stories included: Top Row 1. LIFT: An innovative pilot program about !nancial choices 2. MENLO INCUBATOR: A chance to develop new ventures 3. SBA ADVISORY BOARD: Volunteers working with the business dean 4. ACCOUNTING ADVISORY BOARD: Curriculum, outreach, internships Second Row 5. MICHAEL TOMARS ‘87: In the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission 6. BILL FLETCHER ‘42: A major art collector on his collection 7. WILL BERNSTEIN ‘92: A speech on the recessionary job market 8. JOHN ROOKE ‘88: Player in the 2nd Carlos López Soccer Tournament Third Row 9. RICHARD LEE ‘12: First Place–6th Annual Business Plan Competition 10. JOY BRANFORD ‘05: Women’s Luncheon Speaker 11. BOB LURIE ‘46: Honorary Doctorate Recipient DR. JANE SHAW, Commencement Keynote Speaker 12. KAIMI HAINA ‘13: Hawaiian Luau performer Fourth Row 13. SPEED NETWORKING: Interview skills worth “twitching” about 14. CONSTITUTION DAY: Speech by Mayor of Atherton Kathy McKeithen 15. BARRY ADELMAN: Entertainment exec’s Career Conference keynote 16. KATHERINE FULP-ALLEN ‘10: Recipient of The Board of Trustees Award Fifth Row 17. SIDRA IQBAL ‘12: Crain Educational Grant and Curry Award Recipient 18. BEN YURA ‘14: Volunteer fund-raiser for the San Bruno Disaster 19. HANNA MALAK ‘12: NAIA/American Red Cross Collegiate Leader 20. ADAM KOONTZ ‘12: Tossed First No-hitter in Oaks Baseball History Sixth Row 21. STEPHEN GREENBERG: Guest speaker for the Ethics in Action Club 22. DOROTHY SKALA: Writing her mémoires of Menlo, I’m Thinking of You 23. LEADERSHIP: Celebrating student leaders 24. NAMED “BEST IN THE WEST”: by The Princeton Review PUBLISHER O!ce of External A"airs, Catherine E. Reeves Vice President for External A"airs MANAGING EDITOR Darcy Blake SENIOR EDITORS Tina Fairbairn, Judy Seitelman CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Table of Contents Dr. James J. Kelly, Julie Filizetti, Dr. James Woolever, Catherine E. Reeves, Darcy Blake, 3 FROM THE PUBLISHER Tina Fairbairn, Judy Seitelman, Dorothy Skala ’96, 4 Brawner Hall Mary Robins, Trent Sillanpaa, Dr. Marilyn Thomas, Dylan Vazzano, Hanna Malak ‘12 5 FROM THE PRESIDENT 6 Welcome Our New Trustees | Julie Filizetti DESIGN Darcy Blake 8 Mini Business Plan Competition Winners 9 Planned Giving PHOTOGRAPHY & GRAPHICS Darcy Blake, Tom Ha#inger ‘07, 10 Speed Networking Worth Twitching About Douglas Peck Photography, menlooakssports.com, 12 Accounting Scavenger Hunt Mike Shai ’12 13 Advisors Share Their Experience PRODUCTION Linda Teutschel 14 Entertainment Exec Barry Adelman Delivers Tom Ha#inger ‘07 Career Conference Keynote COLLEGE PRESIDENT 17 Career Conference 2010 Dr. James J. Kelly 20 ACADEMIC AFFAIRS | Dr. James Woolever BOARD OF TRUSTEES 21 Faculty News Chairman of the Board, Julie Filizetti, Ed.D. 24 Dr. Benjamin Alamar’s Statistics Howard Dallmar ‘72 David C. Irmer ‘58 25 CIO Raechelle Clemmons, Tech Mentor Micah Kane ‘91 26 Constitution Day Charles “Chop” J. Keenan III ’66 James T. Rea ‘67 28 Ben Ephriam, Property Developer Extraordinaire John C. Shenk ‘69 30 ALUMNI | Class Notes, Dorothy Skala Kristine Thagard ’77 32 Señor Carlos López Memorial Soccer Tournament ADVISORY TRUSTEES 34 STUDENT SERVICES | David Placey Judy Q. Chen ’96 Alexander P. Panagopulos ’87 35 A Choice of Forty Clubs | Hanna Malak published by the Menlo College O!ce of 36 The Art of Choosing External A"airs, brings news of the College and its community to alumni, parents and friends. 40 ATHLETICS | High Expectations 1000 El Camino Real, Atherton, California 94027-4301 42 Keith Spataro Appointed Director of the Year Tel: 800.55.MENLO Fax: 650.543.4102 O!ce of External A"airs: [email protected], www.menlo.edu 43 Baseball Alumni Game 44 Hall of Fame 45 Homecoming 41 Cheerleaders! 42 The Honor Roll of Giving 56 Golf Tournament PREVIOUS PAGE: Our Oak Tree on the Quad ABOVE: Bryanna Batts ‘12, Corie Thompson ‘12 and Stephanie Truong ‘11 2 SPRING 2011 FROM THE PUBLISHER PRESIDENT’S 21ST CENTURY CLUB BOOKSIGNING EVENT JUNE 4 “All the flowers of all the tomorrows A Good Book Like are in the seeds of today and yesterday.” Fine Wine Takes Time! Chinese proverb hat got us thinking: Wouldn’t it be nice to celebrate Dorothy’s T passion for literary perfection n the spirit of the beautiful Chinese proverb above, by staying in the Silicon Valley? We’ll we are delighted to introduce our former provost Dr. toast those who have supported the James J. Kelly, as Menlo College’s new president. President’s 21st Century Club by giving I $1,000 or more during an afternoon If you know Jim, he needs no further fanfare. Loved by tour of a private winery overlooking students, parents, faculty and sta" here at Menlo College, San Francisco Bay. Specialty wines and Jim will take the signi$cant four-year e"ort the academic food pairings and a signed copy of unit has accomplished under his guidance during the Dorothy’s book, I’m Thinking of You, will College’s turnaround as the foundation in leading the be included. There is still time to join! College’s growth to the next level. He has a full team Vice President for External behind him. A"airs, Catherine Reeves, left, As is Jim’s personal style, high points of his leadership with Director of Alumni Emerti Dorothy Skala during this next season will include three crucial themes: collaboration, strategic partnerships and understanding diverse global perspectives. You will $nd President Kelly’s themes discussed in his article and showcased in the stories we share with you here in the Spring 2011 Menlo Advantage Magazine. And for all of you who purchased Dorothy’s mémoires, I’m Thinking of You, we thank you so very much for your patience. As you know, a good book, like a $ne wine, takes time! We are reviewing her carefully selected photos and memories through one last edit before the manuscript becomes a publication. The President’s 21st Century Club Event we have so long awaited will take place June 4th. Please see details on this page. The many faces of Menlo, some of whom are represented on the cover of this magazine, include you—our treasured reader. We are grateful for your friendship and support, and look forward to the privilege of hearing from you. Warmest regards, Catherine Reeves Vice President for External A"airs MENLO COLLEGE 3 4 SPRING 2011 FROM THE PRESIDENT Menlo Means Business by Dr. James J. Kelly, President, Menlo College elements will provide the underpinnings “Through collaboration, strategic of my leadership going forward: quality collaboration, strategic partnerships, and partnership and understanding the integration of diverse global perspec- diverse global perspectives, tives. By developing ethical and socially- Menlo College students will responsible members of society who are become e!ective leaders and future leaders and innovators, we will help provide the cornerstone of a healthy innovators who will de"ne the global society. future of business.” Dr. James J. Kelly Quality Collaboration While provost at one of the California State Strategic Partnerships Universities, and then during my time as Following collaboration within, strategic provost here at Menlo, I employed a prov- partnerships embrace the external, fostering en tool to achieve profound results among vision and cooperation between academia, colleagues with various agendas across a business, industry, government, and President James J. Kelly broad range of disciplines: consensus, individuals for the greater good. followed by collaboration. mid talk of severe state and “Centers of Excellence” represent a signi$- national budget cuts, unemploy- Some of the world’s most successful global cant partnership trend in American higher ment, and the continuing uncer- companies such as Google, NetApp, Cisco, education, and are powerful vehicles that tainty of California’s state colleges, and Genentech, all Silicon Valley business- partner exceptional faculty and scholar- Ayou will not $nd a better learning or invest- es, are listed in the top twenty of Fortune ship with the external community. Menlo ment opportunity than Menlo College, Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work College’s LIFT Program, for example, is an Silicon Valley’s Business School. We o"er For in 2010.” These companies all hold to a innovative pilot program funded by Citi one of the most personalized higher high standard of shared core values, open under the leadership of Associate Professor education models available, and provide communication, and teamwork—foster- of Accounting & Finance, Donna Little, within access to the people, places, thinking, and ing the gold standard in a collaborative our new Center for Financial Literacy. During learning that continue to shape the future environment that continues to produce the next few years, Menlo’s Centers of Excel- of local and global business. winning outcomes. lence will pioneer unparalleled service to our local and global communities in specialized As Menlo’s president and former provost, If you’ve visited the campus recently, you areas of business. nothing motivates me more than the know that the collaborative model— opportunity to continue expanding our powered by some of the most exceptional Our strategic partnership with the Ameri- shared vision to produce the most excep- faculty, sta", and student leaders I have can Association of Colleges and Schools of tional, relevant business education possible known in my career—was the speed Business is advancing our goal of achieving for our students. As a result of powerful engine that turned this college around. AACSB (business school) accreditation. This accomplishment will put us in a globally elite teamwork, we are secure in our WASC This kind of shared experience, being able category academically while a"ording our accreditation.
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