The Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Northwestern University has developed curriculum, under the title of NUvention, that has actively recruited and leveraged alumni to enhance the learning of students in the classroom. We will discuss how this model has worked and why it has been so successful, ranked one of the top 10 entrepreneurship classes by Inc. Magazine. The NUvention model involves a class chair and advisory board made up of alumni of the university who are successful entrepreneurs and investors. The students, faculty and university all benefit from alumni participation. Alumni have the opportunity to network with other alumni with mutual interests. This model creates opportunities for networking, mentorship and experiential learning, and lets alumni directly experience the results of giving back to the university. Student demand for the NUvention courses greatly exceeds available seats. Alumni requests to join each class advisory board also exceed available slots.