Santa Clara University

GSAC On-going Initiatives

• GSAC held student forums in Fall 2005 to discuss feedback on Career Management services, focusing specifically on employer relations
• The Career Management staff created a short-term "Employer Relations" strategic plan in Summer 2006 for the 2006-2007 academic year. The Director of Career Management began meeting with all of the employers who already actively recruit on our campus, either through job posting, career fairs, and/or with on-campus interviews
• Due to this increased employer outreach, GBP Career Management hosted its biggest Fall Career Fair on October 12, 2006
• The Career Management team is in the process of identifying Bay Area employers in previously under-represented industried: Management Consulting, Investment Banking, Biotechnology, Private Equity, and Venture Capital, and will meet with them beginning January 2007
• Students and alumni are encouraged to aid the Career Management team in building and maintaining strong relationships within the business community.

• The Leavey School of Business has two full-time staff members in its Alumni Office: Leanna Christie, Senior Director, and Rebecca Garza, Coordinator
• Leanna and Rebecca are currently developing scope of events, services, and programs offered to LSB alumni
• The GBP team has developed a close working relationship with LSB alumni team to strengthen the connection between GBP students and alumni. Various GBP staff members meet with Leanna regularly to identify events and/or programs through which students and alumni may connect
• The GBP student networks also are developing strong relationships with the LSB alumni team to help increase alumni involvement in their events and programming

• GSAC and the GBP Office sent out an Elective Offereings survey through Zoomerang to the entire student body in Spring 2006
• 430 students participated in the survey, and results (top three choices) were e-mailed to all students
• These results will be used to help plan 2006-2007 class schedules, although the GBP Office cannot guarantee that the top choices in courses will be offered next year.

• During 2005-2006, the GBP administration became aware that the majority of students were bombarded with e-mails from various sources, and many did not read the e-mails sent out from the GBP Office
• GSAC student members helped identify three ways to improve communication between the GBP office and its students:
  1) Event calendar in the office lobby and GBP lounge (completed)
  2) Blogs available on the GBP website (under discussion)
  3) All communications regarding academics should be mailed to students as well (already in practice)
• GSAC also determined that the ultimate responsibility for this information lies with the students. Students are responsible for reading and understanding the information that is sent to them.