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