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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
