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Dec 10, 2008

Kelley House - Reflection
Posted by David

Greetings, from the Kelley House: A semester full of memories;
It seems like just yesterday Dean Cochran was carrying boxes of clothes, shoes, towels, and t.v’s on move in day. It was great to see the Dean of your business school carry your belongings into your apartment for you on move in day. Imagine just out of high school, your first experience of college is move in day. You arrive, pick up your keys, sign some papers and begin to unload all your belongings into your apartment. One would assume this would take close to an hour even with the help of your parents. Well, the Kelley School, with the help of volunteers and Dean Cochran made this unloading process last about 10 minutes per resident. The parents and students were able to talk to Kelley faculty one on one before the school year even started.
Time passes us by and this is a time of year that many students are struggling through finals and studying as hard as possible to receive a good grade on their final exam. But, once this week is over students will enjoy a lengthy winter break. This is a time many students, spend with families, work, relax, and take a break from the books to regain strength and energy for the new semester to begin. This process goes on and on for four, five, maybe six years J But, many students fail to reflect on the past semester. Think about how much you learned in such a short amount of time. Think about the experiences you encountered during that semester. Think about the new friends and contacts you have made during the long drooling semester. Think about the mistakes you may have made, so you can improve the next semester. Think about the fun enjoyable moments that will live with you forever. Think about those college memories that will never occur again, the experiences that only occur during college.
Since I am the Resident Assistant (RA) for Kelley House I would like to take the time to reflect on the first ever semester in the Kelley House located in the IUPUI Apartments on the River Walk. The apartments are full of programs. These programs are open to residents living in the campus apartments. A balanced selection of programs makes out to be a great semester. As you will see the Kelley House participated in not only fun programs, but also community service and the much needed informational programs. Listed below are a few of the events the Kelley House participated in this past semester.
Adam Ace – Adam Ace is a comedian that came to IUPUI to make the residents laugh. He has his own website and travels around the Unites States 
United Way Day of Caring Service Event- Kelley House residents helped IUPUI with this great day of service. Our group helped paint over graffiti on nearby bridges.
Business Etiquette Lunch In – A few of the Kelley House residents along with myself attended this great program put on by the Kelley School and the Career Placement Office. We not only received a great full course meal for lunch, we also learned the proper etiquette to use while eating. This will come in handy for job interviews and dinners with perspective employers.
Colts v Bears on the Big Screen- This was an event put on by the apartments. Kelley House wore their blue and white, while there were some Bear fans that trickled in.
Game Night- The Kelley House ordered tons of pizza and took a night to relax. We play the game Mafia and had a lot of fun.
Casino Night- This was part of our alcohol awareness week in the campus apartments. Residents could come out and learn about alcohol awareness while having fun playing all types of casino games. A few of the Kelley House residents including myself sat at the Texas Hold’em table while the Director of Housing volunteered to be the dealer for this event J
Buy U A Drank – This was another program during the alcohol awareness week. This program was all fun and games at first. We had a party like atmosphere set up, playing loud music, beer pong, and other drinking games. But, when the music was turned off the residents were in for a surprise. They were informed of local, state, and national stats that have to do with alcohol. They were also taught the size of one drink, since most of the time you may think you had one drink, where in reality you had three. They were also given the chance to wear the drunken goggles and walk the line.
Dinner with Ken & Jane-  A free dinner for all Kelley residents. This was a chance to meet and network with classmates and faculty.  Ken Carow: Chairperson, Undergraduate Program and Associate Professor of Finance and Jane Lambert: Executive Director of Academic Programs and Senior Lecturer in Accounting took time after work to come to the apartments to eat a catered dinner the Kelley House residents.
Show me the Money; All about scholarships – This was a great event where residents were able to learn all about the scholarships offered by both IUPUI and the Kelley School of Business. A representative from the Office of Scholarships and from the Kelley School along with a current scholarship recipient took time to share their knowledge about scholarships.
 Final Survivor Packets- These packets were provided to all Kelley House residents during finals. They woke up one morning and found a packet full of goodies when they opened their door. These packets were full of candy, red bull, granola bars, cookies, pencil sharpener and a 100 Grand candy bar.
Overall I would say this was a great first semester for the Kelley House. I have truly appreciated all the residents and I truly believe we all have had a great experience. The balanced programming has been an added perk to the great semester. Just the fact that you live in a apartment complex where you have your privacy if you would like, but at the same time can walk out your door and be with other Kelley students is a great feeling. The advisors, staff, and faculty all love the idea of the Kelley House and give countless hours with their time and effort to makes this a great experience for the residents. Thank you to everybody who has helped with the Kelley House and I will leave you with a recent comment received by a resident of the Kelley House:

“Thank you very much David and Kelley House! That was a great idea of you guys!
I also wanted to take a second and let you know that I really appreciate all the hard work you are doing David. The Kelley House is one of the best houses to live in on campus and it wouldn't be that way without an awesome RA and an awesome school! I hope you do well on your finals David and have a great winter break!”

IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT A PLACE TO LIVE NEXT SEMESTER. CONSIDER LIVING IN THE KELLEY HOUSE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Contact Advisor Jaime Clougher if you are interested jcloughe@iupui.edu

 

RA David Lane

 
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Aug 30, 2008

Kelley House Grand Opening
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Kelley House Grand Opening

Kelley House will be officially “Open for Business” September 3rd at 4:00pm. We are having a ribbon cutting ceremony in front of the Kelley House in the Campus Apartments. A few words will be spoken by the Dean of the Kelley School of Business, the Director of Housing and Residence Life, along with the RA for the Kelley House (which is me). After that we will cut the ribbon and food will then be provided. We are also giving away tons of prizes for residents! This should be a great event to start off a great year.

Move in day was August 17th for all residents living in Kelley House. This was also a great event. The Dean, Advisors, Assistant Directors, along with other Kelley students volunteered the day to help the new residents move in to the Kelley House. New students and families were able to meet Kelley faculty their first day on campus. Imagine the Dean coming out to your car, helping to carry your clothes and boxes up to your room. Imagine your advisor and directors from the business school helping to carry your T.V., towels, and computers to your room.  Many students and parents did not know what was going on at first. They were wondering why all of these people were helping to carry all their belongings to their room for them. They were expecting to spend an hour unloading the car, instead it took a total of 10 minutes per resident, with all the help we had. Both the parents and residents appreciated the help. They were even more excited when they found out the Dean had carried their clothes up to their room. The parents took time to meet and talk with the faculty. This was a win win situation for both the residents and families, as well as Kelley faculty.

We are currently planning events for the Kelley House. For the Month of September we have events such as:

         September 3rd, 2008: Kelley House Grand Opening    4:00pm-6:00pm   Campus Apartments

        September  7th, 2008:  Colts vs. Bears                          7:00pm-12:00am   Campus Apartments

        September  17th 2008: Business Etiquette Lunch        11:30am-1:30pm    University Hotel

        September 26th 2008: Day of Caring                             9:00am-2:00pm       Canal & White River

Many events are planned by other departments on campus. The purpose of these events is to involve residents while learning and having fun at the same time.  We want to make the living experience in Kelley House like no other!!!!!! We are off to a great start………………………………

 
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Jun 22, 2008

Summer Time is a busy time!!!
Posted by David

Hello everybody I have not posted a blog in a while, so it’s time for me to catch you up on what’s been going on. This blog is a little long, but with a lot going on it’s hard to explain in a few sentences. ENJOY!!!!!!

 

     Community: I feel it is very important to give back to the community. You can give back financially or with your time. I feel it is much more rewarding with time and plus as college students we don’t have the other option :-)  I am involved with Common Goal which is a program that is teamed up with the Department of Commerce here in Indianapolis to help raise high school graduation rates from 70% to 80%. Coming from the Indianapolis Public School district (attending Crispus Attucks Middle School and graduating from Northwest High School) where the graduation rates are slightly under 50%, I saw how my class size dropped year after year. It is important to have parents, mentors, coaches, and good friends to push you along the way. The idea behind Common Goal is to pursue business professionals to be a mentor for 2 hrs. per month. The mission behind Common Goal is to raise the graduation rates in all of Indianapolis to 80% by the year 2012 by providing mentors. I have helped with a video promotion that you can view at CommonGoalindy.org then click on the video tab. I have also participated in interviews from channel 13, 8 and wrtv6. I feel this is a great program and as a business student I challenge the business community of Indianapolis to help with the mission of Common Goal to help these kids graduate. This is our upcoming workforce!
 
Summer School: I am currently taking I-Core during the summer. For those of you who do not know what that is, let me explain. I-Core is a combination of three classes Finance, Marketing, and Operations and along with that comes a group project which ties all three classes together. So far the classes are going well. I think I was anticipating the worse and maybe that’s why I feel the classes are not as bad. Don’t get me wrong I am putting in a lot of time, but not as much as I had expected. We recently meet with our group members and began the questionnaire portion of our I-Core project. I know the demand of time and the work-load will increase once we get further into the project. I feel we have a strong group and I am looking forward to preparing an excellent business proposal.
 
Opportunities: Take advantage of the many opportunities in college. Get involved, participate, and stay active. Toward the end of the semester I received the weekly newsletter from Kelley. In it was an application to the Ernst & Young Diversity Leadership Conference. I applied through a link on the newsletter and a few weeks letter I received an email from E&Y saying I was accepted. The following week I received an email from then saying they wanted to take us out to eat. When I say us there were 2 students from IU Bloomington, 2 from Ball State, 2 from IUPUI, and one from University of Evansville. They took us to Morton’s Steak House downtown!!!! This was just a meet and greet. Then for the summit. The summit was a first of its kind for the accounting firms. This was designed for the Midwest to reach out to college students who were interested in E&Y. The firm provided air-fare to Chicago and put us in a hotel for a night. The summit was great, amazing, fun, exciting, and informative. E&Y is a great company. They care about their employees and it is a company where you can grow and travel. I heard some amazing speakers and I meet some incredible people at the summit!
 
Kelley House: The Kelley House is a theme house on campus in the IUPUI Campus Apartments on the River Walk. It is open to all business students. During the summer we have held many meetings preparing for an opening celebration of the Kelley House. We are currently planning move in day, which is Aug.17, 2008 and our opening celebration which is September 3rd. The Kelley House has a lot of exciting events planned throughout the year. As the Residential Assistant (RA) of the house I am excited for the 08-09 academic school year. Stay tuned for more information on the Kelley House.
 
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Apr 13, 2008

Busy Time of Year
Posted by David

This is always an exciting yet busy time of year. Everybody is preparing for Finals, planning end of the year celebrations and holding banquets for celebrations and reflections. I am sure many students can relate to how this time of year feels.

I encourage all students to get involved, there are so many opportunities out there. Of course you must know your limits and do not over commit. But, the opportunities are endless. You can learn so much from outside of the classroom activities, attending conferences, networking, volunteering, going on trips (Chicago), and listening to speakers.

I have received some great news in the last week that I thought I would share. Last week I received the Northwestern Mutual scholarship thought the Kelley School of Business and then just yesterday I found out I was awarded the Gene B. Glick scholarship another Kelley School of Business scholarship. I am so excited. This would not be possible if it wasn't for my mother! She has worked so hard and has been through so much. I have four younger siblings and I told her on my senior night in high school that I would find a way to pay for my tuition and she needed to worry about my other four siblings. She teared up and gave me a big hug. I will never forget this moment. So far I have held my promise. My point is that if you work hard, get involved, keep a good head on your shoulders, and never forget where you came from anything is possible.

I believe these rewards have come from a number of things. Hard work and dedication to my school work is a given. But, also my commitment to service and being involved in so many activities on campus. Have fun and have a great time while in college. Learn all you can and make the most of it. Get involved!     This is one of the greatest times of a person's life. Being a first generation college student my mother did not tell me this. But, listening to others and realizing how special these four years are and will be, I understand.

Well good luck on FINALS and enjoy your end of the year celebrations and banquets. Remember to spread the word about the KELLEY HOUSE we have tons of great programs and activities for next year in the KELLEY HOUSE.

 
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Mar 22, 2008

Kelley House
Posted by David

Hey Everybody:

It is hard to believe we have less than six weeks until the end of the semester! It is the perfect time to be looking for a place to stay for next fall. No need to look any farther the KELLEY HOUSE is here at IUPUI.

This is a brand new opportunity for current Kelley Students and direct admits. Living on campus in a theme house such as the Kelley House will not only be a great opportunity to meet friends with similar interest and similar goals. It is proven that students who live on campus earn better grades than those who do not. You have all the resources literally available within minutes. You also have 43 other residents you can talk to about classes, homework, which professors to take, which classes to take, etc.

I strongly urge everyone in Kelley to consider this exciting opportunity. We have many plans to make this the best living experience you will ever have! Call the Housing and Contracts office with any questions about how to apply for the Kelley House (317) 274-7200 or check out the website at www.housing.iupui.edu

 
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Mar 05, 2008

Kelley House
Posted by David

Have you found a place to live next fall? Well I have an exciting opportunity to present to everybody...

Kelley House is on its way and will open Fall 2008!!! This is a very exciting opportunity to live on campus and be with approx. 40 other students just like yourself. For those of you who do not know or have not heard about KELLEY HOUSE let me explain. Kelley House is a theme house located in the campus apartments. This theme house is currently taking applications for the Fall 2008. Every person living in the Kelley House will be in the Kelley School of Business or at least planning to be in Kelley. There are tons of advantages to live in the Kelley House.

*It will be a honor to live in the Kelley House, remember approx. 40 spots are available.
*There will be no need to worry about PARKING on campus. You will be in walking distances or you can ride the shuttle
*The convience of living downtown
*No need to wake up extra early to get to school, you will be less than a mile from your classes
 *The apartments are fully furnished. I mean FULLY! Full washer and dryer, kitchen, couches, chairs, microwave, refrigarator, full size bed, full bathroom, t.v. stand, compter desk and chair etc.
*You will have a connection with Kelley Faculty. Faculty will have events with residents.
*Kelley Advisors are going to come to the Kelley House for advising
*Tons of programs are being planned for the Kelley House, resume workshops, competitions, guest speakers, Indians and Pacer games, market simulator competition, Pie in the face, community service, movie nights, game nights, decoration contest....... etc*Last but not least a GREAT RA ----- myself :-)

We are currently planning move in day. The faculty will be helping residents move in. Who would like to see the Dean and the Chair along with Advisors carry T.V.'s, laptops, and clothes? This is a once in a life time opportunity. You will be able to give the faculty work and they wont be giving you any work!

The following links will help you find more information about the Kelley House and also how to apply for the Kelley House.
Check out the website on IUPUI campus housing:
<a href="http://www.iupui.edu/~sldweb/housing/">http://www.iupui.edu/~sldweb/housing/</a></p>
Please visit the following link for information regarding Kelley House:<br />
<a href="http://www.iupui.edu/~sldweb/housing/reslc/kelley.html">http://www.iupui.edu/~sldweb/housing/reslc/kelley.html</a></p>
If you do not currently reside in Campus Housing please visit the following link to apply:<br />
<a href="http://www.iupui.edu/~sldweb/housing/docs/Housing_Application.pdf">http://www.iupui.edu/~sldweb/housing/docs/Housing_Application.pdf</a></p>

All questions regarding the application, facilities, fees, etc. should be directed to IUPUI's Office of Housing and Residence Life: 1-800-631-3974 or <a href="mailto:reshalls@iupui.edu">reshalls@iupui.edu</a>.</p>

 
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Feb 23, 2008

Meet the Kelley House and Me, the RA!
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This is my first Blog for the Kelley School of Business. So it may be a good idea to introduce myself and tell you a little about me. My name is David and I am a sophomore pursuing a double major in accounting and finance. I am involved in many different activities on campus and also work part-time at a bank. Within Kelley I am involved in Kelley Student Government and the investment club. I am a first generation college student and the oldest of five kids. I currently have a 3.9 GPA and working hard to maintain it. I live on campus as a RA (Residential Assistant) which leads me to why I became a blogger!

As a RA I noticed many theme houses in the apartments on campus. For example Women in Science, Honors House, PU House, oooops I mean Purdue House, International House, Herron School of Art, etc So I had the bright idea why not a Kelley House? I talked about the idea for a while with a few friends and then began to take some action. Within the first couple of weeks of school (which would have been in August believe it or not) I started talking to residents that live on campus (approx. 1000 students live on campus) and created a survey to see if people would be interested in living in a Kelley House. I then talked with Jaime (academic advisor) and coincidentally she had the same idea.

After some talk and gathering some data and a few meetings it all finally paid off, because the Kelley House has been approved!!!!! I encourage all students in Kelley or interested in Kelley to look into the option of living on campus in the Kelley House with all business students. We have lots and lots of exciting things planned. Stay tuned to hear more information!

 
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