Every woman has the potential to think outside the box. While it’s true that many Dartmouth graduates follow traditional career paths such as investment banking and consulting, always some in the graduating class will choose to become entrepreneurs. WIB strives to introduce its members to the broad and lucrative field that is business because Dartmouth is one of the best times in one’s life to be a risk taker and step outside one’s comfort zone. Besides numerous classes like ECON 77: Social Entrepreneurship and TUCK 3: Business Management and Strategy, Dartmouth also offers a unique physical haven for entrepreneurs: the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship.
On Tuesday, November 2nd, Program Manager for Experiential Learning Sarah Morgan addressed WIB members as a guest speaker about the Center’s numerous opportunities for undergraduate students at Dartmouth. Some of the topics she mentioned include TuckLAB, the Tuck Business Bridge Program, running a student company, the Entrepreneurship Living Learning Community (LLC), the Pitch, and the human-centered design minor, to name a few. Sarah encouraged all students present at her talk to cross off items on their Dartmouth bucket lists, from taking the famous ENGS 12: Design Thinking class to trying something new with the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship. Sarah also played an exciting video previewing the soon-to-be-complete construction on the West end of campus, home to the newly relocated and redesigned Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship, which will be adjacent to the Center for Engineering and Computer Science, the Tuck School of Business, and the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society. I myself have been inside the current center down by the Lodge and it already looks phenomenal—complete with futuristic-looking tables and swiveling chairs, many white boards, fun light fixtures, jukebox, fridges loaded with drinks, tall white stools, and collaborative conference rooms. I’m so excited to see the new state-of-the-art center, which will open after students return from Christmas break this winter term. The future is bright for women in business and entrepreneurship; as we look towards an increasingly interconnected world, technology, engineering, human-centered design, energy, and above all new thinking and entrepreneurship will pave the way.
by Sydney Wuu (Co-Media & Branding Chair 21S & 21F)
Works Cited
https://magnuson.dartmouth.edu/
https://magnuson.dartmouth.edu/blog/2021/10/06/west-end-furthers-spirit-of-collaboration-innovation/
https://calltolead.dartmouth.edu/stories/west-end-construction-underway