My friends and family always drive me crazy right about now. The sun (at least today) is finally out, graduation was on Sunday, and everyone keeps telling my how lucky I am to have the summer off.
The only thing is - I don't have the summer off.
Believe it or not, summer is my busiest time of the year. It's quieter, for sure, with fewer students on-campus, but this is when I have the opportunity to dig in and get everything ready for the upcoming academic year. I'm an idea guy, so during the year I'm constantly coming up with new ideas for increasing student involvement with the CPO, innovative programming, employer development strategies, etc. The summer is my time to bring the best of these ideas to fruition. Just off the top of my head, I've got a new class to plan for the Fall (which I'll write about later), a whole new set of online interactive resources to evaluate, and a strategic plan for the Kelley Honors Program to develop.
At that same time, this means that my schedule is incredibly flexible, as I am in the office just about every day. Summer is a great time to begin (or to continue) a career conversation. Most Kelley Indianapolis students are taking at least one summer course, which means you are likely to be on-campus - why not come in and talk about your career when you are taking one or two courses rather than 12-18 credit hours in the Fall or Spring? I'm happy to meet with you in the Fall when you have a 15 minute window somewhere between classes and work, but I'd prefer to have a little more time to get to know you as an individual.
So take advantage of my open schedule (and the availability of the entire CPO staff) by stopping by this summer. We have formal walk-in hours 5 days a week throughout the summer (9:00-11:00am and 2:00-4:00pm), though there is almost always someone available for an immediate conversation whenever you have time to pop in. If you are only here for evening classes and would like to meet after 5pm, just send us an email and we can make arrangements for an evening meeting at your convenience.
And I won't take it personally if you'd prefer to meet with Tim, Sherry or Angie - I'll even link you to their contact information.
