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WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:07.000 Okay. Well it does it looks like everyone that was kind of waiting again get 2 00:00:06.300 --> 00:00:09.500 in is in so far so we can 3 00:00:09.500 --> 00:00:13.000 go ahead and get started with our webinar today. We'll go 4 00:00:12.100 --> 00:00:16.200 ahead and introduce ourselves from the program office until 5 00:00:15.200 --> 00:00:18.500 you a little bit about what we're covering today. 6 00:00:19.500 --> 00:00:22.100 I'm Julia ales I'm our senior associate director of 7 00:00:22.100 --> 00:00:25.000 enrollment management. That means I work a lot on the 8 00:00:25.400 --> 00:00:29.000 admissions side of things with our applicants and our 9 00:00:28.300 --> 00:00:31.600 admissions team and I'll turn over to my colleague Quentin 10 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:31.900 tenders. 11 00:00:32.900 --> 00:00:35.200 Hello everyone. My name is Quinton speight. I'm the 12 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:39.700 associate director for student experience and academic advising primarily 13 00:00:38.700 --> 00:00:41.400 where I 14 00:00:41.400 --> 00:00:44.900 interact with our students is around supervising the 15 00:00:44.900 --> 00:00:47.500 advising team that helps students kind 16 00:00:47.500 --> 00:00:50.700 of navigate through the program everything from courses 17 00:00:50.700 --> 00:00:53.400 to kind of time. 18 00:00:54.300 --> 00:00:58.000 To completion Etc. So happy 19 00:00:57.100 --> 00:01:00.800 to be on the call with you all and hopefully this 20 00:01:00.800 --> 00:01:03.500 will be a beneficial time that 21 00:01:03.500 --> 00:01:04.000 we all spend together. 22 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:09.400 Awesome. Thanks Quinton. So just to let you know what we're 23 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:12.700 gonna do today. We're just we're gonna cover some really big Basics regarding 24 00:01:12.700 --> 00:01:15.200 the MBA curriculum in case so sort 25 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:18.500 of your first introduction to our program, but then we're 26 00:01:18.500 --> 00:01:21.700 really excited to provide a little bit more detail about our signature course 27 00:01:21.700 --> 00:01:24.600 sequences are in Residence experiences and 28 00:01:24.600 --> 00:01:25.500 our electives. 29 00:01:25.900 --> 00:01:28.300 And we also have a student panel joining us and we'll 30 00:01:28.300 --> 00:01:31.700 have them introduce themselves and just a few moments after we do our basic curriculum 31 00:01:31.700 --> 00:01:32.400 overview. 32 00:01:35.600 --> 00:01:38.600 So a little bit about our curriculum, it's 54 33 00:01:38.600 --> 00:01:41.400 credits that's important to know and we 34 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:44.100 want to highlight that one of the really exciting things about 35 00:01:44.100 --> 00:01:48.200 our program is that we do offer live classes with our faculty. And 36 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:50.300 those are typically going to be twice a week. If you 37 00:01:50.300 --> 00:01:54.400 are doing the sort of what would be a full load of six hours and 38 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:56.300 then those start times are all in the evenings between 39 00:01:56.300 --> 00:01:59.200 six and nine PM. We're also on a quarter 40 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:02.100 model so they're before terms in the year and we can show 41 00:02:02.100 --> 00:02:04.400 you a little bit of what that looks like here in a minute. 42 00:02:05.800 --> 00:02:08.700 Um sort of a foundation of our curriculum is 43 00:02:08.700 --> 00:02:11.200 what we call the core sequences and we'll provide a little bit more 44 00:02:11.200 --> 00:02:14.300 detail later. But those are basically three classes that 45 00:02:14.300 --> 00:02:17.300 are taken in conjunction with one another and our 46 00:02:17.300 --> 00:02:20.400 integrated in the learning and we'll have students again talk a little bit later about 47 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:21.200 what that looks like. 48 00:02:22.300 --> 00:02:24.700 When I go to the next slide. 49 00:02:28.200 --> 00:02:31.400 So again, the sort of foundation is is that 50 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:34.500 core but we also have a foundation of 51 00:02:34.500 --> 00:02:37.800 our in-person for credit residency requirements, 52 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:40.400 which we'll talk about in a little as well as a few 53 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:43.300 fundamentals courses, but in addition to that we're 54 00:02:43.300 --> 00:02:47.400 really proud that we have 50% elective options where 55 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:49.400 you can sort of gain deep socialization or sort 56 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:52.200 of broaden your horizons. There's seven 57 00:02:52.200 --> 00:02:55.400 different Majors, which we'll talk about a little bit. There's also really great 58 00:02:55.400 --> 00:02:58.700 opportunities such as Global and domestic immersions and 59 00:02:58.700 --> 00:03:01.900 professional development that fit into those requirements 60 00:03:02.900 --> 00:03:05.400 And as we'll see on the on the next slide, there 61 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:08.500 is a lot of spit of an example of how your plan might 62 00:03:08.500 --> 00:03:10.100 go. So. 63 00:03:11.200 --> 00:03:14.500 In your year One You're Gonna you 64 00:03:14.500 --> 00:03:17.800 see here's the course even says, right. So those are going to happen in quarters 65 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:20.900 one three and five and then 66 00:03:20.900 --> 00:03:24.400 your fundamentals are going to be in quarter 67 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:28.200 two, and then you're gonna have some electives 68 00:03:26.200 --> 00:03:29.700 and in Residence experiences 69 00:03:29.700 --> 00:03:32.200 as well about two years 70 00:03:32.200 --> 00:03:35.200 is that is the completion time. It's really a little bit over so 71 00:03:35.200 --> 00:03:38.200 it's really going to be nine quarters, but you 72 00:03:38.200 --> 00:03:40.700 would have up to four years to complete the degree. 73 00:03:42.500 --> 00:03:45.300 Um, and then you would graduate. Yeah, very excited. 74 00:03:45.300 --> 00:03:48.200 So we'll go ahead and turn it 75 00:03:48.200 --> 00:03:50.700 back over to Quentin to introduce our panelists. 76 00:03:51.500 --> 00:03:52.600 so, um 77 00:03:53.600 --> 00:03:56.300 As Julie mentioned earlier we have three. 78 00:03:57.500 --> 00:04:01.000 Awesome students to talk to you all about and 79 00:04:00.500 --> 00:04:03.300 they're unique experiences to try 80 00:04:03.300 --> 00:04:07.000 to give perspective. Um and try to illustrate with 81 00:04:06.100 --> 00:04:09.900 the program looks like and how that's experience within 82 00:04:09.900 --> 00:04:13.500 our students. So if you don't mind maybe 83 00:04:12.500 --> 00:04:15.900 introduce yourself to the group 84 00:04:15.900 --> 00:04:18.900 and then I'll ask a question to kind 85 00:04:18.900 --> 00:04:19.600 of get us started. 86 00:04:22.900 --> 00:04:25.300 I will start putting on 87 00:04:25.300 --> 00:04:28.600 my name is Gerardo Leon. I work for IBM. I manage 88 00:04:28.600 --> 00:04:32.100 the OEM business for the company on the automation 89 00:04:31.100 --> 00:04:34.700 portfolio. So pretty much is all the food 90 00:04:34.700 --> 00:04:37.200 sellers Distributors that want to work with IBM. 91 00:04:40.400 --> 00:04:43.100 Hello, I can go next. My name is soumya. 92 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:44.100 Mont live in new 93 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:45.700 Hampshire 40 minutes from Boston 94 00:04:47.700 --> 00:04:50.600 my insultant I work for ebics so I was more 95 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:53.700 into technology consultancy and Professional Services, 96 00:04:53.700 --> 00:04:56.600 but currently with the MBA program. I'm transitioning 97 00:04:56.600 --> 00:04:57.500 to product strategy. 98 00:04:59.200 --> 00:05:00.300 typically at next 99 00:05:02.300 --> 00:05:05.900 Hi guys, I'm Leah gistenson. I'm in Chicago and I 100 00:05:05.900 --> 00:05:08.300 am right now a general counsel managing director for 101 00:05:08.300 --> 00:05:12.200 a small Merchant Bank last few years. I've focused a 102 00:05:12.200 --> 00:05:16.100 lot of my energy in the distressed turnaround restructuring world. 103 00:05:15.100 --> 00:05:18.200 And this the role 104 00:05:18.200 --> 00:05:21.100 I have right now is kind of a Perfect Blend and I think we'll go into this later. I've had 105 00:05:21.100 --> 00:05:24.400 a combine work and school because it's definitely a balance. 106 00:05:26.300 --> 00:05:29.300 Thank you for the intros. And that's a perfect 107 00:05:29.300 --> 00:05:33.000 segue to kind of the opening question. I'm 108 00:05:32.200 --> 00:05:35.800 curious if you can talk about the average time commitment 109 00:05:35.800 --> 00:05:37.900 that the program requires. 110 00:05:39.400 --> 00:05:42.200 I can take it. So I'm 111 00:05:42.200 --> 00:05:45.200 in my almost finished halfway through my 112 00:05:45.200 --> 00:05:49.600 second core. So I started spring of 2022 and 113 00:05:51.200 --> 00:05:54.700 if you want to do really well, if that's like your goal then it will take a 114 00:05:54.700 --> 00:05:57.400 decent amount of time. Like you'll probably spend 20 hours 115 00:05:57.400 --> 00:06:00.600 a week studying being in class working with groups writing 116 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:04.500 papers, depending on you know, which classes you're in that 117 00:06:03.500 --> 00:06:06.700 being said. I think if your goal 118 00:06:06.700 --> 00:06:08.400 is, you know that BV Plus 119 00:06:09.100 --> 00:06:12.300 Land I think it could be less time. So it really if you 120 00:06:12.300 --> 00:06:15.300 put the time into it you'll get a lot out of it but understanding like 121 00:06:15.300 --> 00:06:18.300 you're all working. So, you know, it's it's what 122 00:06:18.300 --> 00:06:21.800 you can put in. I know a lot of people that I might 123 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:24.900 kill on campus they were discussing whether 124 00:06:24.900 --> 00:06:27.500 would they be able to do it in two years? And you know, 125 00:06:27.500 --> 00:06:30.200 if you're working 40 50 hours a week and a really big job. 126 00:06:30.200 --> 00:06:33.500 It's going to be really challenging. So it's you 127 00:06:33.500 --> 00:06:36.500 know, kind of it's it's what you want to get out of it and how much time and and 128 00:06:36.500 --> 00:06:38.000 you know resources you have so 129 00:06:39.400 --> 00:06:42.300 Yeah, and I can add on to that. So yes, it takes 130 00:06:42.300 --> 00:06:45.500 an average likely I was mentioning like 20 hours but it 131 00:06:45.500 --> 00:06:48.500 depends on how much you want to put in. There are 132 00:06:48.500 --> 00:06:51.700 other things like you you can select 133 00:06:51.700 --> 00:06:54.600 one elective per quarter. If let's say that that's the 134 00:06:54.600 --> 00:06:57.200 flexibility you have the core courses you may have 135 00:06:57.200 --> 00:07:00.400 to take all of them. But with an elective electives, you can select 136 00:07:00.400 --> 00:07:03.700 one of them for that quarter. If you feel like your workload has increased 137 00:07:03.700 --> 00:07:06.400 and then there are other opportunities like networking things 138 00:07:06.400 --> 00:07:09.300 peer mentoring programs, which you it's a it's an 139 00:07:09.300 --> 00:07:12.600 optional thing, but if you want to be part of it it adds on 140 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:12.900 to your time. 141 00:07:14.300 --> 00:07:17.400 Awesome here. I will just put them 142 00:07:17.400 --> 00:07:20.500 you might I like that. You also have to be a smart 143 00:07:20.500 --> 00:07:23.200 right initially was like, okay, I'm 144 00:07:23.200 --> 00:07:26.500 gonna allocate Sutherlands Sundays and then 145 00:07:26.500 --> 00:07:29.900 some hours and then I'll learn a couple things like well what 146 00:07:29.900 --> 00:07:32.500 if I'm working out on the treadmill and 147 00:07:32.500 --> 00:07:35.600 I'm watching the videos, right? What if when I'm 148 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:38.300 when I'm driving to the supermarket, right? What 149 00:07:38.300 --> 00:07:41.600 if I'm listening to one of the class, so I started to be a smarter so 150 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:44.600 it is doable, right? I usually work like 151 00:07:44.600 --> 00:07:47.100 50 hours a week and still put a 152 00:07:47.100 --> 00:07:48.100 good time to 153 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:51.400 Really maximize the learning from 154 00:07:51.400 --> 00:07:54.500 every class. So it's Global. Just try to be a smart smarter as 155 00:07:54.500 --> 00:07:57.300 you actually try to really use 156 00:07:57.300 --> 00:08:00.500 your kind of empty spots that 157 00:08:00.500 --> 00:08:03.000 you have in your calendar try to do something, you know 158 00:08:03.400 --> 00:08:06.200 related to assignments or taking a class and I think 159 00:08:06.200 --> 00:08:07.100 it's very doable. 160 00:08:08.200 --> 00:08:11.400 Awesome appreciate that. I think all of you shared 161 00:08:11.400 --> 00:08:14.500 some insights and perspective in 162 00:08:14.500 --> 00:08:17.200 terms of like how to kind of allocate and work with that 163 00:08:17.200 --> 00:08:20.100 time commitment. So why don't 164 00:08:20.100 --> 00:08:21.300 we go to the next slide? 165 00:08:24.200 --> 00:08:28.200 And what I want to kind of spend some time on talking with 166 00:08:27.200 --> 00:08:30.600 you about is on what makes 167 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:33.700 Kelly direct unique is the 168 00:08:33.700 --> 00:08:36.600 in Residence component. And so 169 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:41.000 though the majority of your classes will be online. One 170 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:42.600 of the required aspects of 171 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:45.200 this program is that you participate in a 172 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:48.500 in Residence opportunity to the first one that 173 00:08:48.500 --> 00:08:51.900 you will see within your first year is called kelly on 174 00:08:51.900 --> 00:08:55.400 campus. So that involves having a live case 175 00:08:54.400 --> 00:08:57.400 competition Happening Here on the 176 00:08:57.400 --> 00:09:00.300 Bloomington campus. This also provides a 177 00:09:00.300 --> 00:09:03.500 great opportunity for students to engage with one another 178 00:09:03.500 --> 00:09:06.200 so you go from talking and classes to 179 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:09.300 actually seeing your peers face to face and interacting 180 00:09:09.300 --> 00:09:12.800 with them as well as some of the faculty and staff here on 181 00:09:12.800 --> 00:09:13.000 campus. 182 00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:17.400 In addition to that there's opportunities get a you know 183 00:09:17.400 --> 00:09:20.700 culturated to IU and kind of 184 00:09:20.700 --> 00:09:23.400 understanding all things that are Hoosier while you're on 185 00:09:23.400 --> 00:09:26.300 campus and so with that 186 00:09:26.300 --> 00:09:29.400 I know Leah you had just recently 187 00:09:29.400 --> 00:09:32.400 been on campus. Do you mind talking a little bit about what that 188 00:09:32.400 --> 00:09:33.000 experience was like 189 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:37.300 Oh man, really on campus. It's an 190 00:09:37.300 --> 00:09:41.400 incredible experience. It's it's exhausting. It's intense, 191 00:09:40.400 --> 00:09:43.700 but the rewards 192 00:09:43.700 --> 00:09:44.300 are. 193 00:09:45.500 --> 00:09:48.300 Amazing not just from the fact that yes, you're like 194 00:09:48.300 --> 00:09:51.700 my killing on campus who worked with the Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington. And so 195 00:09:51.700 --> 00:09:54.200 it was this really amazing cause that kind of 196 00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:57.300 every student that was there that that week really 197 00:09:57.300 --> 00:10:00.200 rallied behind you get kind of 198 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:03.300 put in these groups and sometimes the group's gels sometimes there's like 199 00:10:03.300 --> 00:10:06.600 conflict and they kind of teach you how to deal with that conflict. I 200 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:09.800 will say The Learning Experience is amazing. 201 00:10:09.800 --> 00:10:12.800 The tie you is amazing. It is 202 00:10:12.800 --> 00:10:15.100 really time-consuming. So I know 203 00:10:15.100 --> 00:10:19.200 they would say, you know get up work with your group and then go out, you know explore downtown 204 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:23.200 Bloomington. I'm old did that 205 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:26.600 like the first night and then, you know celebrating at the end but it's it really 206 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:29.200 is it's a whirlwind some like tips. I 207 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:32.500 would say they give you the information to work on like a 208 00:10:32.500 --> 00:10:35.300 couple weeks in advance dig in like you're gonna be doing it in 209 00:10:35.300 --> 00:10:38.400 the middle of other classes and it 210 00:10:38.400 --> 00:10:41.400 really is if you want to do well it's time consuming to 211 00:10:41.400 --> 00:10:44.300 like put the effort into the pre-materials that 212 00:10:44.300 --> 00:10:45.200 you have to prepare. 213 00:10:45.400 --> 00:10:48.300 For the for the week and if 214 00:10:48.300 --> 00:10:51.400 you try to save that until like the last minute it will 215 00:10:51.400 --> 00:10:54.300 not go very well for you. It'll be really stressful and 216 00:10:54.300 --> 00:10:57.400 you won't get as much out of it. So it's you know, the networking piece 217 00:10:57.400 --> 00:11:01.100 is incredible. You'll realize your cohort is filled with really brilliant 218 00:11:00.100 --> 00:11:03.500 professionals from all over the place in amazing 219 00:11:03.500 --> 00:11:06.200 Industries. And like it's just the really cool 220 00:11:06.200 --> 00:11:09.400 like everybody that I met I just was like wow like this is awesome. And 221 00:11:09.400 --> 00:11:12.100 so just, you know, take the time to get to meet 222 00:11:12.100 --> 00:11:15.300 the people there and just understand it. It's a week 223 00:11:15.300 --> 00:11:18.400 of work that it's intense, but it was 224 00:11:18.400 --> 00:11:21.100 so worth it at the end like I still mean so proud of 225 00:11:21.100 --> 00:11:24.500 how my team did and just like how we were 226 00:11:24.500 --> 00:11:27.700 able to help a local business. So it was it was 227 00:11:27.700 --> 00:11:27.900 cool. 228 00:11:30.300 --> 00:11:34.000 Awesome. Thanks for sharing with us. So that basically 229 00:11:33.800 --> 00:11:36.300 captures the first year experience of 230 00:11:36.300 --> 00:11:39.600 Kellerman campus the second in Residence 231 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:42.200 experience that students will have the opportunity 232 00:11:42.200 --> 00:11:45.800 to engage with as a part of the requirements within 233 00:11:45.800 --> 00:11:48.300 the program is our Kelly on location. 234 00:11:48.300 --> 00:11:51.200 And so Kelly on location. There are 235 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:54.200 basically two options one of which is back here 236 00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:54.800 in Bloomington. 237 00:11:57.700 --> 00:12:00.900 But then there's also another option that takes place outside of 238 00:12:00.900 --> 00:12:03.700 Bloomington. So for example, we just had a 239 00:12:03.700 --> 00:12:06.400 Kelly only location in Chicago and I'm 240 00:12:06.400 --> 00:12:09.400 gonna throw it to sumia to talk a little bit about that experience and 241 00:12:09.400 --> 00:12:12.800 what that was like for her participating on just 242 00:12:12.800 --> 00:12:13.400 a few weeks ago. 243 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:17.300 Thank you Clayton for me, right I had done 244 00:12:17.300 --> 00:12:20.600 both the Kelly on campus as well and Killian location. So 245 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:23.700 the second one was a game changer because the first as Leah 246 00:12:23.700 --> 00:12:26.400 was mentioning it was like we had the pressure of deliverables because 247 00:12:26.400 --> 00:12:29.300 we still had to present the case back to 248 00:12:29.300 --> 00:12:32.500 the client. But when in kellion location what 249 00:12:32.500 --> 00:12:35.900 we focused more on networking, so we were able to spend time 250 00:12:35.900 --> 00:12:38.200 with our classmates. They were like a 251 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:41.300 lot of speaker events where they talked about like, how can 252 00:12:41.300 --> 00:12:44.000 you focus on your career? Like what are the things which you can 253 00:12:44.600 --> 00:12:48.200 pivot to so carry a progression was important which 254 00:12:47.200 --> 00:12:50.200 is different than focusing only 255 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:53.500 on a daily deliverable and the other aspect also 256 00:12:53.500 --> 00:12:56.000 is the introduce us to entrepreneurship. Like if you 257 00:12:56.400 --> 00:12:59.300 really want to be an entrepreneur what are the things you can 258 00:12:59.300 --> 00:13:02.300 take while doing that and then 259 00:13:02.300 --> 00:13:05.500 it talked about values and how you can get 260 00:13:05.500 --> 00:13:07.500 those values into your next role. 261 00:13:12.700 --> 00:13:15.500 Awesome. So with that said we'll 262 00:13:15.500 --> 00:13:19.100 go to the next slide and I think I'll throw it back to Julia. 263 00:13:20.300 --> 00:13:23.400 Oh, I'm sorry on so as I mentioned before 264 00:13:23.400 --> 00:13:26.900 there's two options we talked about the Chicago option 265 00:13:26.900 --> 00:13:30.100 that to me had just participated in in addition 266 00:13:29.100 --> 00:13:32.400 to that for folks that maybe aren't able 267 00:13:32.400 --> 00:13:35.600 to attend a you know, telling location 268 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:38.500 in Chicago on we all still have a Bloomington option 269 00:13:38.500 --> 00:13:41.500 would differs about this Bloomington option versus 270 00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:44.600 say the Kelly on campus that Leah just talked about 271 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:48.100 is that this one involves an international client 272 00:13:47.100 --> 00:13:50.600 as the kind 273 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:53.800 of the focus of the case competition. So whereas 274 00:13:53.800 --> 00:13:56.300 Leah was working with a more localized client. 275 00:13:56.300 --> 00:13:59.500 This one is going to be geared towards an international client. So, 276 00:13:59.900 --> 00:13:59.900 um, 277 00:14:01.500 --> 00:14:05.100 Clinton Connecticut had one thing. Yeah go for almost I 278 00:14:04.100 --> 00:14:07.400 definitely want to hit this. So while I was there, they had their 279 00:14:07.400 --> 00:14:10.800 Career Services people and they had like the coaches and 280 00:14:10.800 --> 00:14:14.000 they had the academic advising people available pretty much 281 00:14:13.500 --> 00:14:16.400 all the time. And if you 282 00:14:16.400 --> 00:14:19.500 haven't met your advisor, like they may be there. So it was kind of amazing to 283 00:14:19.500 --> 00:14:22.500 take you know, I talk to mine several times. It didn't 284 00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:26.100 actually meet her and then meet the the other like career 285 00:14:25.100 --> 00:14:28.300 coaches and just really kind of pick their brain and 286 00:14:28.300 --> 00:14:31.200 and that's what they're there for like they're there for you to go and just ask 287 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:35.100 questions and a lot of people that I did my killing campus 288 00:14:34.100 --> 00:14:37.600 with work. They hadn't started school yet. I had to defer 289 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:40.200 mine a term. So I'd already kind 290 00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:44.000 of been in you know, I'd already been in the program for a little while but it was so amazing 291 00:14:43.300 --> 00:14:46.600 to be able to ask them questions and especially because 292 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:49.100 it's we're getting you know, I'm getting closer to kind of needing to 293 00:14:49.100 --> 00:14:52.500 decide what I want to do with my neck my second year. So definitely take advantage 294 00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:55.700 of you know, whether you're on Kelly and campus or just 295 00:14:55.700 --> 00:14:59.000 from home like reach out to the your coach your 296 00:14:58.900 --> 00:15:01.100 advisors. They're really really good. 297 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:05.700 Absolutely, and now I'll 298 00:15:05.700 --> 00:15:06.800 toss it over to Julia. 299 00:15:09.900 --> 00:15:12.300 Awesome. Thanks for another one for those really exciting 300 00:15:12.300 --> 00:15:15.700 insights. So another part of our elective experience, 301 00:15:15.400 --> 00:15:19.000 um is we have immersions 302 00:15:18.100 --> 00:15:21.600 that we offer so these again our 303 00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:24.300 elective courses so you don't have to take them but they're definitely one 304 00:15:24.300 --> 00:15:28.000 thing that I'm sort of sets Kelly direct apart. We 305 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:31.400 offer both Global and domestic immersions in 306 00:15:30.400 --> 00:15:33.200 the summer. We were really excited to bring these 307 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:36.100 back after covid. And so these 308 00:15:36.100 --> 00:15:39.500 are some pictures from those Greece and Ireland. I 309 00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:42.500 was fortunate to travel with our students to Ireland and these 310 00:15:42.500 --> 00:15:45.800 are all gonna have a variety of different formats. And so 311 00:15:45.800 --> 00:15:48.800 the Greece trip was more of a client-based 312 00:15:48.800 --> 00:15:51.700 Consulting opportunity versus Ireland 313 00:15:51.700 --> 00:15:54.300 was part of a class about high performance organizations that 314 00:15:54.300 --> 00:15:56.300 we visited different. 315 00:15:57.300 --> 00:16:00.800 Businesses both kind of global and domestic in Dublin 316 00:16:00.800 --> 00:16:03.100 and then there's also domestic immersions that 317 00:16:03.100 --> 00:16:06.500 again are going to vary based upon opportunities of Faculty members, but 318 00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:10.400 locations like Las Vegas and Washington DC are 319 00:16:09.400 --> 00:16:12.600 on the docket for upcoming years, but depending 320 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:16.100 on if in one you would choose to enter the program there would 321 00:16:15.100 --> 00:16:19.100 be quite a plethora of options available to students are 322 00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:22.800 going to Thailand as an example later this month. So that's 323 00:16:22.800 --> 00:16:25.700 pretty exciting. And then again, those are part of a class for 324 00:16:25.700 --> 00:16:27.900 credit experience that you could use once you get to your 325 00:16:28.400 --> 00:16:31.200 Is but I was wondering if something I could speak a 326 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:34.700 little bit about your experience in Greece this summer with our client-based immersion. 327 00:16:35.300 --> 00:16:38.700 Yeah, thank you, Julia. Yes that I would definitely 328 00:16:38.700 --> 00:16:41.200 recommend because the global immersion has a different 329 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:44.500 view altogether like for example in us 330 00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:47.400 your basically saying okay. This is the solution and this is how you reach 331 00:16:47.400 --> 00:16:50.800 but from navigating Greek culture the business culture 332 00:16:50.800 --> 00:16:53.100 making sure you contact all the clients and 333 00:16:53.100 --> 00:16:56.500 then do a presentation which is basically in line with 334 00:16:56.500 --> 00:17:00.300 how they they thought processes was. Was it 335 00:16:59.300 --> 00:17:02.400 really nice experience it it taught more 336 00:17:02.400 --> 00:17:05.600 about cross cultural communication, which is really important 337 00:17:05.600 --> 00:17:09.000 when you are working with global teams. So for 338 00:17:08.300 --> 00:17:11.500 me, I have taken all the emotions. I like 339 00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:14.300 the global immersion as well because it taught me a different 340 00:17:14.300 --> 00:17:16.600 aspect of networking over there. 341 00:17:19.500 --> 00:17:22.400 Great. Thank you so much. And again we were really excited 342 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:25.500 about their immersions again a signature part of our program. And so 343 00:17:25.500 --> 00:17:28.200 we hope that we do encourage books to consider those electives that 344 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:31.800 they join us next. We'll get a little bit more into our signature 345 00:17:31.800 --> 00:17:34.000 core sequences. And so you 346 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:37.600 can see on this slide a little bit of about the topics that happen 347 00:17:37.600 --> 00:17:40.900 for each core class. So as a reminder from 348 00:17:40.900 --> 00:17:43.600 what I shared earlier, there's three classes and these 349 00:17:43.600 --> 00:17:46.300 are two credit classes instead of what is our normal three credits. 350 00:17:46.300 --> 00:17:49.400 So you'd be taking a total of six credits as part of the quarter. 351 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:52.300 And again these classes must be taken together 352 00:17:52.300 --> 00:17:56.000 as part of this cohort model and the learning for 353 00:17:55.300 --> 00:17:57.600 the courses is integrated together. 354 00:17:59.300 --> 00:18:02.800 Um again, these are really the kind of those foundations that 355 00:18:02.800 --> 00:18:06.100 we hope everybody will get as part of their MBA experience 356 00:18:05.100 --> 00:18:08.200 and set you up for success for whatever 357 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:11.000 your career goals happen to be so we can go to the 358 00:18:11.100 --> 00:18:14.000 next slide to see a little bit about how this might work with 359 00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:17.300 an example schedule. And because I do think this is 360 00:18:17.300 --> 00:18:21.400 helpful. So you again there's three classes right listed for the core, but 361 00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:23.300 I told you earlier there's only actually two 362 00:18:23.300 --> 00:18:26.300 live class sessions per week. So this is just an 363 00:18:26.300 --> 00:18:29.400 example for core one. It's gonna look a little bit different for Core 2 364 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:32.200 or core three. No that just because you're in three 365 00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:35.200 classes for that 12 weeks doesn't actually mean all three classes 366 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:38.000 are sort of happening at the same time and there's gonna be 367 00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:41.200 some different overlap and it probably very a little bit, you know, 368 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:44.000 each term each faculty member each cohort in terms 369 00:18:44.100 --> 00:18:47.500 of what those look like and that being somebody like to hear from our 370 00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:50.400 students a little bit how the core courses are integrated together and 371 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:53.300 we'll focus a little bit today on both core one 372 00:18:53.300 --> 00:18:56.400 in court two, so maybe if you could each talk 373 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:58.400 a little bit about your experiences. 374 00:18:58.600 --> 00:19:01.100 Those maybe we'll start 375 00:19:01.100 --> 00:19:02.900 with Gerardo since we haven't heard from you yet. 376 00:19:04.900 --> 00:19:06.000 yes, so, um 377 00:19:07.300 --> 00:19:10.300 The initial driver for me to actually get into the MBA 378 00:19:10.300 --> 00:19:13.400 was a strategy right. I read a lot of strategy for 379 00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:17.600 IBM and I always doing it more like basement template. 380 00:19:16.600 --> 00:19:17.700 So 381 00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:21.100 So you might think like, you know core one. I was 382 00:19:21.100 --> 00:19:25.000 not covering any strategy in court too as well. But I would 383 00:19:24.100 --> 00:19:28.000 say you have to be really open-minded for instance 384 00:19:27.100 --> 00:19:30.200 in in the economics. We started 385 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:33.000 talking about pricing and it was like a new work for me. 386 00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:36.300 Even though I have to do a lot with pricing the 387 00:19:36.300 --> 00:19:39.300 company. That's when I started to say gee I probably need 388 00:19:39.300 --> 00:19:43.000 to miss more time also in pricing in court too. For instance. I 389 00:19:42.300 --> 00:19:45.500 was exposed to marketing not the marketing 390 00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:48.400 that I usually do in the company with more marketing 391 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:51.700 is a strategic decisions to 392 00:19:51.700 --> 00:19:55.000 hear to drive more revenue and 393 00:19:54.300 --> 00:19:57.500 we also so operations and 394 00:19:57.500 --> 00:20:00.200 I'm I was not even interested in operations, but 395 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:03.200 I was learning more about operations and saying well 396 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:06.900 there's a lot of things have to do with bottle next that we learn in 397 00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:09.100 class and all of us and I said 398 00:20:09.100 --> 00:20:12.800 to apply that and I was doing every day and even when talking 399 00:20:12.800 --> 00:20:15.700 to customers and perspective Partners about things 400 00:20:15.700 --> 00:20:18.500 that they need to think in terms of how techn 401 00:20:18.600 --> 00:20:21.700 Can help to action spot that bottlenecks I 402 00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:24.000 wouldn't be able to even see that connection without. 403 00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:27.500 Actually pay more attention to what I 404 00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:30.200 learned in core one and Core 2 even though you might think they're just building 405 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:33.300 blocks. Actually, you can apply what you learn 406 00:20:33.300 --> 00:20:36.400 next day. That's what I always impressed 407 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:39.100 me about the program, right? You don't have to wait until you've finished 408 00:20:39.100 --> 00:20:42.400 to say well, I'm gonna start applying I was applying everything. I was learning 409 00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:46.900 as I was learning that a lot that the 410 00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:49.000 next day. I was just applying everything I was learning. 411 00:20:50.800 --> 00:20:53.300 Yeah, and I completely agree with Jared was 412 00:20:53.300 --> 00:20:56.600 said right because what each of these courses ready was 413 00:20:56.600 --> 00:20:59.900 like that whether it's fine as marketing or operations the professor 414 00:20:59.900 --> 00:21:02.600 actually gave tools and framework which you 415 00:21:02.600 --> 00:21:05.100 and then they said okay. Can you let us know how you can apply it 416 00:21:05.100 --> 00:21:09.700 in your current role? So it really helped like you're actually learning 417 00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:11.300 that and then taking it back 418 00:21:11.300 --> 00:21:13.600 to the work. So that was the best part of it. 419 00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:17.200 So one thing I you know, it was 420 00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:20.700 kind of light bulb light bulb moment in core one, which I'm pretty 421 00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:25.000 sure they they intended to happen at least at some point the material 422 00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:28.800 you'll start to make connections between so 423 00:21:27.800 --> 00:21:30.200 like the lawn ethics 424 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:33.300 and leading organizations. They kind of start talking about some similar things. You 425 00:21:33.300 --> 00:21:36.400 kind of make that like, oh this is this is why they put these two together. They're 426 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:39.500 trying to they want us to make that connection and see how these things work together 427 00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:42.000 and it's it's a really 428 00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:45.200 powerful tool how they set up the Core Curriculum because it does 429 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:48.300 feed off of one another and you and they want you to see how 430 00:21:48.300 --> 00:21:51.300 these things work together because that's how business works. It's not 431 00:21:51.300 --> 00:21:54.300 like you're taking just you know each individual course and that's like what your 432 00:21:54.300 --> 00:21:57.900 job is gonna be someday. It really all has to kind of blend together in a 433 00:21:57.900 --> 00:22:00.400 way that you know makes sense to 434 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:04.200 to the students. And so the Core Curriculum 435 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:06.400 is powerful it's and again 436 00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:09.100 it's intense like I know they're two credit courses, but you are 437 00:22:09.100 --> 00:22:12.600 going to cover a ton of material in each 438 00:22:12.600 --> 00:22:14.500 of the courses and they stagger it out which 439 00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:17.100 Nice, but just going in like even though it says 440 00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:20.500 it's only two credits. It's over eight only eight weeks. So you really do 441 00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:23.600 need to stay on top of your coursework and 442 00:22:23.600 --> 00:22:27.300 everything that the professors tell you to do each week. Otherwise, it's 443 00:22:27.300 --> 00:22:30.400 kind of easy to fall behind because there is a lot of material that they have to cover in 444 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:30.800 a short amount of time. 445 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:37.200 Awesome. Thanks for those insights everyone that was there 446 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:38.500 anything else that you all wanted to? 447 00:22:38.800 --> 00:22:40.700 Add about that or how the classes were integrated. 448 00:22:44.800 --> 00:22:47.300 Okay, awesome. So I will we're gonna 449 00:22:47.300 --> 00:22:50.300 move on to get talking a little bit more about the other 450 00:22:50.300 --> 00:22:53.600 side of the curriculum, which is our electives and it's 451 00:22:53.600 --> 00:22:56.600 alternate over to Clinton to talk a little bit about specializations and 452 00:22:56.600 --> 00:22:57.400 how you might navigate that. 453 00:22:57.700 --> 00:23:00.500 Thank you. So as mentioned earlier 454 00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:03.600 50% of the way, the 455 00:23:03.600 --> 00:23:06.500 programming structure is towards kind of 456 00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:10.300 the required courses, so core fundamentals and then 457 00:23:10.300 --> 00:23:13.100 the other 50% is around electives. And 458 00:23:13.100 --> 00:23:16.300 so for students this means that they have the opportunity 459 00:23:16.300 --> 00:23:19.500 to basically choose one of three or one 460 00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:23.500 of two adventures. All right, so specifically there 461 00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:25.700 is the general MBA management, 462 00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:29.300 which means you're not going to determine a 463 00:23:29.300 --> 00:23:32.600 particular concentration. You're just going to take 464 00:23:32.600 --> 00:23:35.100 the general MBA plan. 465 00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:39.300 And then from there the 50 are the 50% of 466 00:23:39.300 --> 00:23:42.400 electives that you have. You'll kind of pick and 467 00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:46.000 choose which one feels right inappropriate for you that being 468 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:46.100 said. 469 00:23:47.100 --> 00:23:50.200 There might be individuals that because of kind of 470 00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:53.000 the worthy. They're currently doing or the work that they want to be 471 00:23:53.300 --> 00:23:56.500 doing might want to concentrate in a particular areas. So 472 00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:59.300 for example, let's say business analytics. So 473 00:23:59.300 --> 00:24:02.900 they'll take 12 credits within the business analytics, um 474 00:24:02.900 --> 00:24:05.700 kind of category to get a major within 475 00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:08.400 business analytics and even still with 476 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:11.300 the 12 credits that they are concentrating on 477 00:24:11.300 --> 00:24:14.100 within business analytics. They're still opportunity to 478 00:24:14.100 --> 00:24:17.700 either take electives on that are kind 479 00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:20.600 of based off of fit and interest so maybe a hodge 480 00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:23.400 project here and there or I've also 481 00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:27.400 seen this happen with students where the remaining 12 482 00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:30.900 credits are almost like a secondary concentration 483 00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:33.300 though. It won't be recognized as a formal 484 00:24:33.300 --> 00:24:36.600 major they may decide. Hey if I'm going to business and analytics 485 00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:39.500 for my major, maybe I'll concentrate on strategy and leadership as 486 00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:42.500 kind of another area to kind 487 00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:46.500 of get more exposure and more content. And so that 488 00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.800 kind of 489 00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:50.400 Lives in overview of how the specializations work, 490 00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:53.300 but I want to open it up to the students in particular 491 00:24:53.300 --> 00:24:56.900 to talk about how maybe they've navigated deciding 492 00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:59.500 on electives on whether they decided to 493 00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:02.200 pursue a particular concentration or not. And so 494 00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:05.700 maybe start with Gerardo if you 495 00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:08.200 don't mind. Yes, so I think my 496 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:11.200 case was really interesting right was very clear for me 497 00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:14.200 a strategy with someone that I needed for my work and to perform 498 00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:17.600 better. So I started with getting core one 499 00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:20.300 quart too and core three I was saying wow what I 500 00:25:20.300 --> 00:25:23.200 need pricing as well marketing, right? And I need 501 00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:26.800 we started to get a little simulation. I 502 00:25:26.800 --> 00:25:29.700 said, well gee I need a little business. I'm a late thing. So I actually changed 503 00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:32.600 my concentration from strategy to business analytics, 504 00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.500 but I had enough 505 00:25:34.300 --> 00:25:37.500 I took enough classes on the strategy to feel comfortable 506 00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:40.600 for creating that strategy work that I need for a 507 00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:41.900 company. But also I was 508 00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:45.700 selected electives for marketing so 509 00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:49.000 I could actually get a more comprehensive knowledge on 510 00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:52.000 how to articular strategy for, you 511 00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:54.300 know, depending on the market. So I 512 00:25:54.300 --> 00:25:57.500 would say that's what I think Kelly does a fantastic 513 00:25:57.500 --> 00:26:00.400 job, right? It's not like you change your concentration. Now, you're 514 00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:03.500 gonna totally not to be exposed to strategy or 515 00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:06.500 leadership on marketing. You can actually have a 516 00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:10.300 concentration have enough electives to get 517 00:26:09.300 --> 00:26:12.400 a broader perspective 518 00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:14.500 and things that you think you're gonna need for your career. 519 00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:20.500 Yeah to add on to that like I had a general idea 520 00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:23.700 that I wanted to major in strategy and Leadership. But what 521 00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:26.300 I did is I waited till Court too because that's when 522 00:26:26.300 --> 00:26:29.500 you're introduced to finance marketing and operations. And once 523 00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:32.100 you know, you can actually decide which one 524 00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:35.300 you like and based on that you can be what weather to finance or 525 00:26:35.300 --> 00:26:38.400 operations or marketing. So from an 526 00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:41.200 elective choosing perspective. Right? What I 527 00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:45.000 used to do is I used to go and get the syllabus and read through it go and 528 00:26:44.100 --> 00:26:47.500 talk to other people are what they like about the courts. 529 00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:50.600 So I did a lot of research before selecting the electives. So 530 00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:53.500 if you're really interested of which path you want to take you 531 00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:56.700 can do that and the other option we also did is like we 532 00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:59.500 are local WhatsApp channels, right? So used to ask 533 00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:02.100 the other students like what are the electors which 534 00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:05.300 will match to it. So there are many ways you can do it and you 535 00:27:05.300 --> 00:27:08.500 can even ask your advisor. What electors will help you and how 536 00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.400 you should plan it. 537 00:27:11.100 --> 00:27:14.500 so I'm kind of in this right now trying to decide you 538 00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:17.500 know what I want my major to be and I've had different 539 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:20.400 advice from my career coach and and I'm 540 00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:23.300 still kind of going back and forth because I 541 00:27:23.300 --> 00:27:24.200 initially kind of 542 00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:28.100 Like Gerardo into Somaya. I wanted to 543 00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:31.400 do strategy leadership and I still think that that's where I'm at. And 544 00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:34.700 I know a lot of those courses are offered in the winter. So at 545 00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:37.100 least for my first round of electives, those are the ones I'm planning to 546 00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:40.100 take but one of the career coaches 547 00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:44.000 is like if you want to go into consulting which is what I would like to do. They sometimes 548 00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:46.200 want generalists and having a little bit 549 00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:50.300 of everything is really actually attractive 550 00:27:49.300 --> 00:27:52.300 to to recruiters and and to 551 00:27:52.300 --> 00:27:55.600 businesses because you do kind of get that, you know, 552 00:27:55.600 --> 00:27:58.700 some not like deep deep specialization, but you understand 553 00:27:58.700 --> 00:28:01.400 how to use like business analytics and 554 00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:04.700 marketing and you know finances not my favorite. I'm a 555 00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:08.000 lawyers. It's a little hard but I 556 00:28:08.300 --> 00:28:11.000 don't I realize I do need to take some finance courses to kind of, 557 00:28:11.300 --> 00:28:14.800 you know, bring up my where I'm weaker. So I think really understanding yourself 558 00:28:14.800 --> 00:28:17.600 and kind of what your goals are post MBA. Are 559 00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:20.400 you gonna stay in your current role or are 560 00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:23.500 you gonna try to Pivot or do something completely different those to 561 00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:25.500 really I think go into the calculus of 562 00:28:25.800 --> 00:28:28.100 Of do you want a major? Do you want to you know have a general 563 00:28:28.100 --> 00:28:29.200 degree? 564 00:28:32.800 --> 00:28:34.200 all excellent point 565 00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:34.700 s 566 00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:39.700 I mean, especially I I think just a 567 00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:42.000 piece of advice that I offered to students is that um, 568 00:28:42.600 --> 00:28:45.100 you may come in and think you know what you 569 00:28:45.100 --> 00:28:49.300 want to do, but I think really where it 570 00:28:48.300 --> 00:28:51.600 can be beneficial is to take advantage of the core 571 00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:54.700 or one in court two to kind of 572 00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:57.400 get a taste of what is out there and let 573 00:28:57.400 --> 00:29:00.300 that help you make an informed decision about which 574 00:29:00.300 --> 00:29:04.000 direction you want to go because I've seen it many times where students initially 575 00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:06.400 Say Hey I want to do supply chain and 576 00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:09.400 operations and then after you know going through core one 577 00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:12.800 and into core two now suddenly it's like actually I 578 00:29:12.800 --> 00:29:15.500 want to do strategy and Leadership like that's more 579 00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:18.300 my passion. Um, and so I think that like 580 00:29:18.300 --> 00:29:21.700 in general just having that initial exposure just 581 00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:24.100 kind of taking the information that you're getting from the 582 00:29:24.100 --> 00:29:24.500 courses. 583 00:29:25.300 --> 00:29:29.100 From your career coaches from your advisors from faculty will 584 00:29:28.100 --> 00:29:31.200 help to make an informed decision about 585 00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:34.600 which direction you want to go and may affirm or confirm what you 586 00:29:34.600 --> 00:29:37.400 had always thought or may open your eyes to new possibilities. 587 00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:41.800 I will say Killian campus. There was a strategy Blitz component 588 00:29:41.800 --> 00:29:44.500 to the whole competition. And that 589 00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:47.500 was when I was like, okay strategy. This is I really 590 00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:50.400 like this don't want it to my Majors still still in 591 00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:54.500 decided but I'm pretty sure that's where I'm going but it really was through that process 592 00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:56.100 that I was like, okay. 593 00:29:57.300 --> 00:30:00.400 I like this. I'm pretty good at this like let's let's explore and that 594 00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:03.200 you know, every single Department's incredible, but I got to meet a lot of the 595 00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:06.100 faculty in the strategy leadership kind of 596 00:30:06.100 --> 00:30:09.100 department and they you know, they're amazing. So it's, you know, 597 00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:12.300 take every little bit of information that you can whether it's from Kelly on 598 00:30:12.300 --> 00:30:15.900 campus Kelly on the patient reaching out to alumni reaching out to other students and 599 00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:18.700 kind of you know, ask a lot of questions and and especially I 600 00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:21.300 think alumni is an important one. You'll find out 601 00:30:21.300 --> 00:30:24.200 what they you know, what their path was 602 00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:27.100 and like, you know, if you see someone that is in a career that you want to 603 00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:30.200 go for kind of figure out and they went through Kelly direct kind of, 604 00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:33.100 you know, learn about their story because I think that can 605 00:30:33.100 --> 00:30:36.600 really be informative in you know, kind of forming your path forward. 606 00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:41.700 Yeah for me also, right I was like coming from a technology background. I 607 00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:44.500 was like inclined should I take some of the technology digital Innovation 608 00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:47.600 courses, but going through marketing and things are 609 00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:50.000 most of my other 12 credits. I focusing on 610 00:30:50.600 --> 00:30:53.100 marketing and Entrepreneurship and all of that rather than saying or 611 00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:55.100 you want to digital Innovation because that's what I do today. 612 00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:04.400 So I didn't know if we were ready 613 00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:07.500 to move on and maybe open 614 00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.000 up to. 615 00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:12.600 Q&A yeah, absolutely. Thanks button and 616 00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:15.500 thanks to our great panelists. If you're on the call, you 617 00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:19.000 can see on your Zoom. There's a Q&A screen and 618 00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:21.200 so you're welcome to utilize that 619 00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:24.200 for questions as you have them and if you 620 00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:27.100 don't have anything right now, I'm also welcome to follow up with 621 00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:30.800 us at k-drapta indiana.edu as I 622 00:31:30.800 --> 00:31:32.500 wait for some questions to come in. 623 00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:36.300 I can ask this one 624 00:31:36.300 --> 00:31:39.700 that I see in here. So someone's asking 625 00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:42.600 in the chat you all mentioned both your career coaches and 626 00:31:42.600 --> 00:31:45.400 your advisors and maybe this is a great opportunity 627 00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:48.700 to talk about how of all the different supporters 628 00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:51.400 that we have in Kelly direct and how those people 629 00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:54.500 are helping you sort of navigate the curriculum and 630 00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:57.400 applying that knowledge. And so maybe talking a little that name. 631 00:31:57.400 --> 00:32:00.200 We help explain right what the difference is there if anyone wants to take that 632 00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.400 one. 633 00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:06.400 I can and use both your academic advisor 634 00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:09.600 is going to help you kind of develop your course plan 635 00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:12.600 going forward and it's it's kind of fluid especially at 636 00:32:12.600 --> 00:32:15.400 the beginning like you really won't know until you're kind 637 00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:18.300 of probably into court to where you're gonna go 638 00:32:18.300 --> 00:32:19.700 with that, but they can be a really great. 639 00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:23.400 Resource in kind of developing that that 640 00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:26.700 plan and as far as a career coach they 641 00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:29.400 are they will look at your resume. They will 642 00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:32.400 kind of talk you through kind of what your goals are and 643 00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:35.600 kind of the next steps you need to take as far as networking as 644 00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:38.200 far as you know your own research your own 645 00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:41.000 kind of skills evaluation. Just kind of figure out 646 00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:45.500 you know, especially with me wanting to a career transition, you 647 00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:47.100 know, is this the right, you know, am I going in the 648 00:32:47.100 --> 00:32:50.600 right direction and they can really kind of be a great resource as far 649 00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:53.300 as those those components of like finding a job. 650 00:32:57.100 --> 00:33:00.400 Awesome. Thank you Leah to either our other panelists one offer 651 00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:02.800 any insights into that question. And if not we can 652 00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:05.100 Move on. 653 00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:10.500 It great cool. Um, there's a just a 654 00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:13.500 thank you to the panelists. So that's nice to hear what they 655 00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:16.900 want that they really appreciated your Insight. Someone else 656 00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:19.400 just has a question sort of about logistics of sort of 657 00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:22.600 getting the the schedule and kind of 658 00:33:22.600 --> 00:33:25.300 list of classes maybe quit and you can tackle that in 659 00:33:25.300 --> 00:33:28.200 terms of when what will be the timing that will look like for folks. 660 00:33:29.100 --> 00:33:32.900 Right, so this varies. So basically what 661 00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:35.700 will happen is when students first 662 00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:39.000 join or start the program. We said 663 00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:41.700 I Communications from the advising team in particular on 664 00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:44.900 that kind of illustrate when classes 665 00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:48.000 are scheduled. Um, and we do this every academic 666 00:33:47.300 --> 00:33:51.100 term. So we have a general kind of 667 00:33:50.100 --> 00:33:53.500 list of when electives or or offered 668 00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:57.200 or when we project the electives will be offered so there might 669 00:33:57.200 --> 00:34:00.000 be some courses that are only offered say winter summer. 670 00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:04.500 where is there maybe a certain Club courses that 671 00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:07.700 are only offered during the spring so we share that 672 00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:10.700 information with students so that they can start to kind of be thinking 673 00:34:10.700 --> 00:34:14.000 similar to what Leah just said in terms like when you 674 00:34:13.200 --> 00:34:17.300 sit down and talk with your academic advisor and 675 00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:19.200 hopefully you've already had some interaction with your 676 00:34:19.200 --> 00:34:22.100 career coach to kind of inform how the professional stuff is going to 677 00:34:22.100 --> 00:34:25.700 impact the academic planning aspect of 678 00:34:25.700 --> 00:34:28.100 the program you sit down 679 00:34:28.100 --> 00:34:31.200 and you have all that information and we started kind of start to put together 680 00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:33.100 the pieces to the puzzle and 681 00:34:34.100 --> 00:34:37.100 Then through that process you'll have an idea of kind of what the 682 00:34:37.100 --> 00:34:40.300 class schedule would be or at least a projection of what 683 00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:43.300 your electives would be throughout your time in the program. And then 684 00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:47.100 as we approach each academic term, you'll have the opportunity to to 685 00:34:46.100 --> 00:34:49.300 go through the registration process which will officially 686 00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:53.000 register and secure seat in that particular course, and 687 00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:55.100 then we'll rinse and repeat four times 688 00:34:55.100 --> 00:34:58.400 over the course of a calendar year and before 689 00:34:58.400 --> 00:35:02.500 you know it you're on the other side looking at graduation and 690 00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:04.200 pretty excited that you you made it 691 00:35:04.200 --> 00:35:04.400 through. 692 00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:09.700 Yeah, and just added. Okay, I will 693 00:35:09.700 --> 00:35:12.100 just adding seeing that there are certain courses and 694 00:35:12.100 --> 00:35:15.400 electives which are they which has prerequisite so when you're planning your 695 00:35:15.400 --> 00:35:18.700 study make sure that you have those prerequisite and as Quentin 696 00:35:18.700 --> 00:35:21.200 was mentioning you have spring and summer. So you have to make sure 697 00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:24.100 you know where you have placed each of them. If you know, that's your 698 00:35:24.100 --> 00:35:24.900 part you're taking 699 00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:25.800 Okay. 700 00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:29.600 And so I will say like it's very 701 00:35:29.600 --> 00:35:33.200 Professor dependent you'll get your your register 702 00:35:32.200 --> 00:35:35.900 for your courses and either be you know, six seven 703 00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:39.100 thirty or nine o'clock start some professors 704 00:35:38.100 --> 00:35:41.100 really do not care which class you go to 705 00:35:41.100 --> 00:35:44.500 unless there's you know, they really want to keep it even but I I realize 706 00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:47.400 and I've got children. I've got it, you know, I'm working. So sometimes 707 00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:51.000 things come up and they're they've actually been super great about if I 708 00:35:50.200 --> 00:35:53.700 need to go to an earlier class or a later class or just 709 00:35:53.700 --> 00:35:56.200 watch the class later and you know, just 710 00:35:56.200 --> 00:35:59.600 make sure I cover all the materials they've been kind of amazing about being 711 00:35:59.600 --> 00:36:02.300 flexible because they do realize that we're not full full 712 00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:06.000 full-time students that we're just doing school. We're really have families 713 00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:08.300 and jobs and stuff. And so they the the way that 714 00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:11.700 it's set up is very flexible. It means 715 00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:14.400 as I said some professors are a little more, you know stickers about being 716 00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:17.300 at the right, you know the right time and with your camera 717 00:36:17.300 --> 00:36:20.100 on but I would say like 80% of the ones I've had so far. 718 00:36:20.100 --> 00:36:23.200 I've been pretty great about being flexible as to if I 719 00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:26.100 need to come earlier or later or you know, I'll let him know if I 720 00:36:26.100 --> 00:36:26.300 need to 721 00:36:26.700 --> 00:36:29.100 Be a watch it later and do some extra work if 722 00:36:29.100 --> 00:36:32.400 necessary, but just know that like going in it can 723 00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:35.800 it can feel intense, but you do have a lot of flexibility in the 724 00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:38.600 timing of when you watch the courses, so don't 725 00:36:38.600 --> 00:36:41.100 worry too much about you know, if you if you 726 00:36:41.100 --> 00:36:42.900 wanted to get into the five o'clock or six o'clock. 727 00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:47.300 Classes and and you couldn't get into anything but 7:30 or 9:00. 728 00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:49.000 They're pretty great working with you. 729 00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:54.900 Great. Thanks everybody for that insight. 730 00:36:56.100 --> 00:36:59.500 Um all maybe let this one last question from the tracks. We 731 00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:02.900 have a great person and to answer it and our 732 00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:05.500 panelists and then we'll probably wrap up. So the question 733 00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:08.200 is have any of you participated in any of 734 00:37:08.200 --> 00:37:11.800 our student associations our insights in doing so and 735 00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:14.100 maybe if that connects to your coursework at all, that would be 736 00:37:14.100 --> 00:37:15.100 great to make those connections. 737 00:37:16.100 --> 00:37:19.900 You yeah, so I'm the president of the student associations. We have nine associations. 738 00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:23.500 So it weather is Healthcare product management with 739 00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:25.300 women in business. So based on 740 00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:28.500 your interest you can join any of them. You can join as 741 00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:31.200 a member or once you have one or two terms you can join 742 00:37:31.200 --> 00:37:34.300 as a board member and we in the kdsla which 743 00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:37.700 is our carry student leadership board. We also have six positions 744 00:37:37.700 --> 00:37:40.900 focusing on different aspects of it. So once 745 00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:43.900 you are in a term when you will be able to come and 746 00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:46.900 join the executive board as well, so there are various 747 00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:49.200 things like we all like the the things 748 00:37:49.200 --> 00:37:52.400 which we offer is like you are mentoring programs. You have 749 00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:55.200 Global connects you have speakers it is you 750 00:37:55.200 --> 00:37:58.900 have panels who come and we talk about different topics. So there 751 00:37:58.900 --> 00:38:01.600 are a lot of opportunities but you need to carve out 752 00:38:01.600 --> 00:38:04.300 time so that you'll be able to attend those 753 00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:07.300 sessions and it's really beneficial. So I I do it also 754 00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:10.200 I can say that we it is possible even if 755 00:38:10.200 --> 00:38:11.100 you have kids and stuff. 756 00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:14.100 So the one thing that would add to that is 757 00:38:14.100 --> 00:38:17.300 yes, there are opportunities to be engaged with the 758 00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:21.300 associations and at the executive board level within SLA, 759 00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:23.300 but there's also 760 00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:26.400 opportunity to just like so you don't have to commit to a certain 761 00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:29.900 Association if there's a topic or a 762 00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:32.600 program that they're putting on that resonates or 763 00:38:32.600 --> 00:38:35.400 speaks to you and it's kind of outside of like the what you're 764 00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:38.600 typically used to doesn't mean that you can go and 765 00:38:38.600 --> 00:38:41.300 attend that as well. So I think there's a really a lot 766 00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:45.300 of opportunities to kind of engage with SLA 767 00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:48.000 to the extent that you want to it's a 768 00:38:47.200 --> 00:38:50.400 bit depending on where you're at in terms of like commitment time and 769 00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:52.200 and how much you want to get involved. 770 00:38:54.600 --> 00:38:57.100 Yeah, and I think what I've noticed is most of the 771 00:38:57.100 --> 00:39:00.100 people come in early rather than the second year when because when you 772 00:39:00.100 --> 00:39:03.200 start that's when people start getting engaging more and that I 773 00:39:03.200 --> 00:39:04.700 will recommend you do that the same. 774 00:39:06.200 --> 00:39:09.200 Great. Thanks for that insight about getting connected to SLA. I 775 00:39:09.200 --> 00:39:12.200 think that's the lines with what you all talked about in terms of the various ways that you 776 00:39:12.200 --> 00:39:15.500 can explore your interests, right well in the program and make those networking 777 00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:18.700 connections, so exciting thing, so, I 778 00:39:18.700 --> 00:39:21.300 think we'll go ahead and wrap up our webinar now just 779 00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:24.500 with a quick plug if you are interested in applying for 780 00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:27.800 our Spring term, which starts in February. Our party 781 00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:30.600 deadline is November 15th, and our final deadline is 782 00:39:30.600 --> 00:39:33.900 December 15th, so you can just look at 783 00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:38.000 our website or reach out to us at k-direct indiana.edu if 784 00:39:37.200 --> 00:39:40.100 you need any more information, and we hope that you 785 00:39:40.100 --> 00:39:43.800 enjoyed the webinar today again a big. Thank you to our panelists and 786 00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:45.000 have a great rest of your day everyone.

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Um, we'll go ahead and get started. Welcome everyone. I, I really appreciate you all for attending today's webinar. Uh, my name is Tim Byrne. I'm the director of Admissions and financial aid for Kelly Direct. Um, and we're really excited to talk with you all about our online MBA program. Uh, in particular, we have two of our alums here, Lauren Anderson and Nick Duce, um, as well, I'll ask them to briefly just share a little bit about them and their, 

their current role. And then I'll talk about our program a little bit, and then we'll kind of open up for our q and a and, and really talk about their experience, um, from the program and also what they've been able to do in their careers afterwards. So, uh, I'll kick it off to Lauren for a brief introduction. 

Great. Hey guys. Lauren Anderson. I'm a graduate of Kelly from 2019, uh, the KD program. Currently I am a senior manager with Dexcom. I lead our US strategic accounts contracting, and I'm currently based in Indianapolis, Indiana. 

Thank you, Lauren. Uh, Nick. Cool. Hey, guys. Uh, my name's Nick Duce. Uh, I am a Chief Operations Officer, uh, a company called Ursa Major. We're an aerospace startup in Colorado. 

Um, I run all of our internal operations, so hr, uh, financial analysis, manufacturing, engineering. Um, started when we were just a couple of people, so definitely gone the startup venture capital growth, uh, story. 

So definitely willing to entertain questions there. I graduated, uh, Katie in 20, uh, 15. So I started in 2013, graduated 2015. Um, and, uh, yeah, I'm super excited to, to meet everybody and it's, Kelly, been a game changer for me personally, so, um, happy to share, happy to share stories. 

Great. Thank you so much, Nick. Um, we'll get back to, to Lauren and Nick in a second. Um, I wanted to share some basic things about the Kelly Direct Program with everybody here. So, um, we all understand what we're referencing and, and hopefully for you all as, um, audience members and what you might be applying to and, and looking forward to. 

Um, so that way we all, uh, understand our, our Kelly Direct online program. Again, as I mentioned, um, Tim, um, uh, again, feel free to reach out to me and our team as you have questions. Um, we'll take them in the q and a portion of the zoom, um, or the chat window. 

We'll be monitoring those throughout, so feel free to drop those in and I'll, I'll ask those to Lauren and Nick as you have questions throughout the webinar. Uh, so some quick things about our Kelly Direct Online MBA program. 

Our MBA program is 54 credit hours. Um, that happens throughout about two, two and a half years or so. There are some opportunities to stretch out your time in the program, um, when you're taking elective courses, we'll talk about that in a little bit. Um, but as, like Nick mentioned in Lauren, most students do do it in about two years or so, um, with that program, that means that we have two live classes a week, um, 

that you could be attending. They're six to 9:00 PM Eastern time. Uh, so you may meet on a operations class on Mondays at six and take a marketing class on Wednesdays at nine. Uh, typically about an hour, hour and a half or so for, for each of those sessions. 

And then you may do things sort of offline, uh, throughout the week. Um, you may, uh, watch a video series. You may be participating in a discussion board. You may certainly be doing homework and assignments and exams. Those, uh, very fun things also happen too. Um, so it's, it's certainly heavily involved, but I think that's a great value for the Kelly Direct Program, that you're really getting an authentic experience and you're not, um, disconnected from folks. You're, you're digitally disconnected, but you're, 

you're getting a great personal experience. Um, so some things about our program, as I mentioned, we have these integrated core blocks that are the, really the foundation of our Kelly Direct program that start you off, um, where you're really taking lots of different courses that are intentionally designed and taught by our faculty together. 

And then you're also working with a structured cohort model. So you're coming in with a group of students taking the same classes together and building relationships. You know, a lot of folks really understand that the real power of an MBA degree also is, is in that network and the connections you're building, and that's really intentional then that our courses also feature that, that relationship building and connections with your classmates as well. 

As I mentioned, sort of the back end of the program, little bit more flexibility. So if you're looking to space out, maybe capture some employer benefits, uh, you know, pace yourself because you're starting a family or something else, that's the opportunity to sort of work out a schedule that works most flexible for you. Uh, a little bit of an overview. Uh, the Kelly Direct Program, admittedly, is, is not the cheapest program that's out there. It's, uh, 

$82,000 degree. Um, that does mean though, that I think you're getting a very high quality experience. You are getting the exact same degree as our full-time in residence MBA program that are with me right here on campus. Um, so that's really valuable, I know for our students, but, uh, means that you're getting a real high quality degree as well. 

What I wanted to share too is that we're now offering, uh, scholarship opportunities for students to also apply for, as you can see here, um, many of them have targeted groups that are the, that are populations that we want to try to recruit. So, um, be sure to look at these opportunities as well. 

When you're filling out your application and talking with our admissions team. Um, there's an application process for these scholarship opportunities as well. So, uh, a high price tag, but I think we offer a great amount of scholarships that are available as well, and that can help bring down the costs, um, for your time in the program. 

Uh, here's a little bit more of a visual aid. As I was talking about our, our program model and the courses you take that year one is, is pretty well set between our core one and your Kelly on campus experience, uh, our fundamental courses in accounting and quantitative analysis. Um, and then as you start to continuing the program, you'll see the electives then become where you can stretch this out a bit more. 

So if you want to compact it in and get done in two years, great, we can work on that. If you wanna stretch it out a little bit more, we can do that too. But the flexibility is on that back end, not on, not on the front part as we're trying to build that foundation of your academic experience. And then some important days to, to remind, uh, we're very much early on in this admission cycle, but I do want folks to start planning ahead that we have a priority application 

deadline of November 15th. Students that submit their application materials by then would get the most consideration for scholarship opportunities and ultimately enrollment. While, you know, we are an online program and we can, in theory put a lot of folks in a Zoom room, uh, we actually do have a limit. 

We can only take so many students each year. And so, um, I do encourage folks to, to meet that priority deadline so they get the best consideration for admission into the program for the, the spring 2023 term, uh, that December 15th is then the final deadline, of course, um, again, no guarantees about available scholarship funding or enrollment opportunity, but that, that is the final deadline. And then our classes start online, um, in February of 2023 for this next admission cycle. 

Alright, so, uh, the, the stars of the show, Lauren and Nick, I, I want to come back and, and turn it over to them. Um, I will stop sharing my screen here so we can, uh, engage with them, uh, one-on-one. Uh, I'll start with Lauren first and, and then as you folks have questions, please put them in the chat in the q and a. We'll monitor them. Lauren, uh, you know, you shared your kind of current role and what you've been doing since Kelly 

Direct. I'm wondering if you could go a little bit back and share a little bit more about your story. You know, you leave college, you're working and, and at some point you decide you want to get an mba. Um, maybe you were thinking then about online or in person, but share me a little bit about how you made this decision ultimately to, to join the Kelly Direct Program. 

Sure. Yeah. So I actually have more of a, a non-traditional path, I think through Kelly than a lot of students, but, um, hopefully any of you find yourself in the same boat. Um, my, my experience was great. So, um, just from my perspective, my background, my undergrad degree was actually in politics and history, so I was on a pre-law track, um, graduated, bounced around a, a few different places. So ultimately decided that law was not going to be the, 

the final destination for me. So I was, uh, working in a social services organization actually for a number of years. Um, by my fifth year, I'd reached a management position and started asking a lot of questions that really could only be answered with good data. 

So it was kind of self-taught at that point, you know, Googling how to do things in Excel, reaching out to, um, people I knew and analytics. And then really just kind of, um, piggybacked off of my experiences there and what I was able to teach myself into kind of an entry level financial analyst role at Bayer. 

So I moved over into the healthcare space, um, and had a lot of great opportunities to take lateral experiences there, eventually some promotions, um, and did find myself in an associate manager capacity pretty quickly without any business background, you know, so you can only Google so much. 

Um, you know, as much as I like to be kind of a self-starter and problem solve, that was really kind of a missing component for my future growth. So, um, working with my employer, I identified, you know, wanting an MBA as my next step. 

And then I did consider both in-person and online programs. Um, so at the time I was based in northern Indiana, I'd considered, um, executive level programs at Notre Dame. Uh, there's a weekend program at Northwestern. Um, you know, all similar kind of price points, but really I did want some type of in-person experience. 

And that's really where Katie appealed to me having a little bit of on-campus time to really, um, not miss out on that, uh, ability to make connections and actually meet your professors who you'll be spending time with on Zoom. Um, and so when I did apply to KD and then attended some of these admission events, that was kind of the path for me. So, um, through my time at the KD program, I had a lot of life changes. I got married, 

I started a family, um, but it was a really great experience over the two years and it did allow me to move up. Um, and now I'm in a senior management role that was, uh, largely correlated to my time and my experiences in the MBA program. 

That's great. Great. Thank you so much for, for sharing that, Lauren. And one of the things that Lauren referenced too that I, I kind of had on our slides, you, our program is almost all entirely online. 

We do have two in-person experiences, uh, what we call now the first year one, which is Kelly on campus, where you would come to campus here. Um, just as you're sort of getting started in our program, uh, it's a great immersive time to really meet your, your classmates and our faculty members in person. Uh, and then a second time, we actually do now call it kellyann location. 

And so we'll actually pick spots all throughout the country. Uh, this fall. We're going to Chicago, um, still T B D for fall 2023, but, um, an opportunity then to still get immersive. 

But you can meet our alums in these locations, we'll be able to network with companies in different ways. So you get a great balance. You really get the true who's your experience and, and have been on campus, but you're also getting the, the flexibility of, of a dynamic business environment. And that's, um, really exciting about your immersive opportunities with Kelly while still having the day-to-day accessibility and flexibility with a, with an online program. 

Uh, alright, Nick, I will kick it over to you. Share us a little bit about your story, you know, before you came to KD and, and how you ultimately made that choice. 

Cool. Yeah. Uh, so I'm a little atypical too, I think, uh, I went to school at Boston University for my undergrad and I got an aerospace engineering degree. Um, I'm through and through nerd, like straight up so, uh, Salam. But, um, even when I graduated bu uh, the track was to, to go to ge pretty much. Um, general Electric Aviation is in northern Massachusetts, like sort of pull folks out bu didn't really wanna stay in Massachusetts, so I really wanted to get into Silicon Valley somehow. 

Just kinda had that hustle gene, um, at the time. And, uh, my friend had said, you should check out this company called SpaceX. This is weird guy called Elon Musk that runs it. Um, you know, this is back in 2008, so they were only like 300 people. 

So I interviewed there, I don't know how I got an interview, but interviewed there. And that launched my aerospace career, uh, working for Elon back, back when, yeah, I mean, forever ago now. 

So a few billion Less, yeah, it was worth a few billion less, Yeah, it was a wild time. I mean, he, yeah, I have a lot of, uh, we'll reserve the Elon questions cause Yeah. Um, but anyways, really fun time. Um, did that, grind it through all the stories are true. 

SpaceX was, was, was and probably still is, uh, incredibly wild, hard, hard work. Um, got to put stuff to the Space Station, did all the really fun stuff as a young 20 year old. Um, but you know, much, you know, much like Lauren, I kind of found myself in a manager position. 

Um, and at SpaceX they really gave you managers positions because they, Elon did fire people pretty aggressively. So they were just kinda like, Europe, let's go. Um, and so I took a role and it was fine, you know, the team leadership stuff was, was uncomfortable, but it became evident that, uh, if iWork is gonna learn anything about running a business or just sort of spacial awareness of what it does take to, to run a business, I wasn't gonna get it at SpaceX. Like, 

Elon doesn't run a business like a normal person. Um, he still doesn't. So, uh, SpaceX at the time and was, was, and this is gonna be sacrilege, sorry, uh, full of a lot of Purdue people. Um, Purdue I know in Hoosiers and Boilermakers got this little thing going on. Um, I married a Purdue alumni, so I carry that burden. But anyways, um, uh, I had a lot of Purdue because aero aerospace engineering program's quite good. 

And one of my very close friends actually felt the same way a couple of years prior cuz he had been in a management position. He actually went to Kelly. So he went to Kelly direct and he had said, you gotta check this out. 

And I'm like, okay, I don't know if I need an mba. Um, and we just talked. And so then I kind of started the Google searching with chlorine. I was just checking everything out and I'm in LA at the time, so you've got UCLA U S C and these price deltas were just insane. I was like, I can't, no way I could swing this. And Kelly, as I researched it more and more just carried this amazing reputation. Uh, 

and I knew I couldn't stop working at SpaceX. Like there's no, I, I had to squeeze this in. Um, and when I signed up and kind of went through all the orientation or sort of pre-application orientation, like these conversations, it became very evident that I could make this work. You guys were really, really, really good at the flexibility piece. 

And I had the time zone thing going on. Um, and the SpaceX time zone, which is just its own, its own beast. So, you know, I can, I can proudly say that like you can make it work. 

Like there is a way I was like, Lauren, I got married, uh, through my program as well. Um, and the flexibility's there, you gotta, you know, you gotta be a very disciplined person to, to make it work. Uh, it is doable. Um, but if you're that type of personality, it can fit. 

And so when I came out of the Kelly program, um, and I love the onsite stuff, I seriously like those, those two weeks, like I really looked forward to them. I had so much, first of all, I felt like I was in college again. So it just felt fun, you know? Um, yeah, it just, it was a blast. It wasn't too much, it wasn't too little. 

It was like a, a great balance of, of everything. And meeting people was great. Um, and then when I graduated, uh, in 2015, I had been bothered by a previous bothered poked and pulled by a previous employee of mine to come help start a company and I wasn't quite ready yet cause we were starting a family as well. Um, but that following year in 2016, uh, I knew that I could make the leap to starting a company, um, 

because I had all the SpaceX experience, but like, I had just had this like Rolodex of information and knowledge and experience from Kelly directed, like, gave me enough confidence that like I could stumble my way through all of the things that I was gonna have to figure out. Yeah. Um, whether it was accounting or finance or all the stuff that like, you know, you, you don't learn at an Elon Run company. Um, Kelly directed equip me with it. 

Like I really to this day have absolutely zero problems talking to investors, advisors, or whatever based on all the just lessons and stuff. I learned how to Kelly direct, um, that, that complimented my technical background quite well. 

Great. Awesome. Thank you so much Nick for, for sharing that. I, I I do think Kelly direct provides a real opportunity for breadth in a lot of different areas. Uh, and that's important, you know, the, the way to get things done is a relationship and conversations, but you also need to be able to speak in that language. So, and, and being able to, to be versatile with lots of different folks at a, at a company is, is critically important. Um, Nick, you, 

you touched on this a little bit, so I'll, I'll ask this back to, to Lauren. Um, if you can share a little bit more about your kind of while you're doing the program and working full-time and trying to do anything else, how did you balance all that time? How were we helpful in that way? 

Was it part of as, as Nick sort saying like, you know, it's, it's not easy, so have an honest conversation or, or other sort of tips and tricks. Did you find that the subway was the best way to like, get it, get things done? 

Uh, talk to me a little bit about your time as a student and how you kind of managed all the things that you had going on. Yeah, I'll say in my experience that kind of first couple of semesters where you're really focusing on the fundamentals and the core were my most time consuming. Um, and probably just, you know, more of a transition period, getting back into, um, student life while also working full-time is, you know, admittedly kind of tough for me. 

I had to block off a lot of weekend time, um, because I had a very demanding job. I was actually traveling Monday through Thursday each week out to New York. 

And so I spent a lot of time in airports, you know, getting assignments done, but really, uh, I didn't have the ability to focus, um, until the weekend. So for me, like it was, it was tough. 

I remember those first two quarters, um, you know, not really having as much free time as I'd enjoyed most of my adult life at that point. Um, and I will say there were also a pretty fair number of group projects, you know, so there's a lot of collaboration in the program. Um, and, you know, logistically that does present a challenge if you're working with people in other time zones, you know, coordinating schedules. So that was a, 

a little bit of a learning curve for me. Um, you know, being smarter about allocating my time and, and picking my group members to make sure that we could, you know, work together, um, you know, asynchronously when needed. But, um, yeah, so I will say though, that the second year when you get into more of your electives, um, just I think the time constraints either lessened or I became more efficient. 

I don't know. But I did have, uh, uh, less, I would say there were fewer hours spent per week. I think in the beginning I would say I was probably at least like 10 to 15 hours a week, um, focused on school. Um, I think that definitely decreased though in my second year as I got into, um, you know, more electives and subject matter that, um, a lot of it was, it was, it worked out because it was actually stuff I was working on at work in my 

full-time job. So there was a lot of synergy there. Um, especially some of, like, I took a personal leadership class at the end that really was about, um, you know, finding a problem within your organization and solving it so that I actually was able to marry with some of my workload, um, which was really beneficial. But yeah, it was definitely, uh, tough at first, but definitely doable. So it really just, I think depends on, on you and, 

and how well you can kind of manage your time effectively. Awesome. Okay. I'm looking at, um, our q and a chat here and seeing some of the questions that are coming in. Um, I, I honestly, Nate has asked, um, if any of you sort of specialized in any specific area with your mba. You know, I think, um, now we're able to offer degrees that have majors that was not necessarily a thing officially when, uh, Nick or Lauren might have been in the program. Um, 

but, you know, you had lots of opportunities with electives. Uh, curious as you were planning and thinking about electives and courses, how did you think about that? Did you have conversations with advisors or a career coach or your employer that maybe informed kind of how you thought about what classes you wanted to take to get the most out of your experience? I'll go to Nip first. 

Uh, sorry, I didn't declare something cool. No problem. Um, I was pretty dead set on focusing on financial analysis and a lot of the, uh, quantitative stuff, as you can guess in my background. I just, I felt a lot of similarities between, uh, just hardcore engineering and then some of the financial stuff. And I also, I really just had this sort of desire to get back towards VC venture capital a little bit more, which tend to be, 

you gotta speak a little bit of the syntax of, um, like valuation basis. So I really focused on that stuff. Uh, I picked as many elective as as I could that focused on, uh, financial. In fact, we were talking before everyone got on, I, I still use one or two textbooks from, from my financial analysis class. 

I can't remember the name of it, but the book was derin, um, on securities analysis. And I use that a lot to sort of make the case on like company valuation, uh, relevance. So I do it, I, I use it and I was, but I knew like day one I wanted to. Um, but I definitely recognize it, like some folks are like, I don't know. I mean, it's a very similar approach to like, if you go into engineering where you're, 

there's like five or six different specialties, you're not really sure which one you wanna do. Um mm-hmm. That's totally nor that's totally normal. You know, sometimes you gotta feel it out a little bit, but conversations certainly help if, you know, you kind of have a feeling of where you want to go. 

I would certainly not hold back talking to an advisor or some, or an alumni about it. Yeah. Lauren, uh, and your thoughts? Yeah, so I did identify, um, you know, with my manager at the time, definitely a need for increased quantitative analysis experience, um, an accounting, you know, basics, finance basics. Um, so that's all covered kind of in the core anyway. Um, but then I did also consider, uh, an MS in strategic management, like a dual degree program with my mba. Ultimately, 

I got pregnant and wanted to be done. I didn't wanna extend my journey any longer. Um, but I did consider that I had a close friend in the program who did, uh, get a dual degree and has no regrets. Really, really enjoyed it. But for me, um, I was, I was ready to wrap up after two years. 

Right. Okay. Great. Uh, Gelle asked a great question that I'm gonna kind of rephrase and, and Nick, you touched on this a little bit, so I'll also ask Lauren, uh, you, you know, moved up several positions that both kind of before your time getting your M B A, but then also after now, um, and I want to ask a question ultimately about climbing that ladder. Um, and either before or after your MBA too, or even perhaps even during, 

how did you find those conversations changing over time? Was getting an b a a hurdle and a barrier and that's what you had to get to? Was it a conversation point where you felt like maybe you weren't connecting with, um, companies or opportunities and, and then your education really helped propel that, or perhaps even afterwards now, are you still still referencing back some of these things? 

I want to sort of have the question be about, you know, climbing the, the ladder here and, and how that NBA has either fit in, helped, hopefully, you know, um, and gotten you to the place where you are today. 

I can start. So, uh, for me, an NBA in my, uh, my role in my industry isn't necessarily, at the time wasn't really a requirement. Um, but for me needing to supplement my undergraduate degree, I knew that it was gonna be key for my own personal growth. Mm-hmm. Uh, I think what was kind of surprising for me, while it wasn't necessarily a requirement for the promotions, I did draw a lot from my MBA experience, um, in team leadership in solving problems and working with others. Um, 

some of the softer skills that you wouldn't necessarily associate with an MBA program, I think those really helped set me apart maybe from other internal candidates within the company. Uh, and I think it did help me really kind of mature as a leader. 

So even though it wasn't necessarily a requirement for my field, uh, I think it definitely gave me a competitive edge. Nick, any thoughts? Yeah, I think for me, we're really shown through, um, I'm just a, you know, uh, I'm a big data driven person by kind of just nature of my background. And so I, I remember, I recall there were several instances during, while I was getting my mba, I was like so excited about all the stuff I was learning that I, 

that I was putting together solutions and proposals internal to SpaceX spec particularly. I, I went, um, it's probably a bad characteristic of me, but like I would just go straight to the CFO at SpaceX and be like, look, there's a situation. I've done a costing model for the, the first stage engine. 

Like, we need to talk to Elon about this. Yeah. So, but I felt like a lot more confident doing that cuz I, it was like, I, I kinda know what I'm talking about now. I can, I can talk through an income statement, I can talk through a COGS model now because I feel I under, to me it's all about syntax and I think that's what MBA does. 

It gives you the reps, you gotta got the reps in to figure out like, okay, I I, I can read a, you know, a, a Wikipedia article or I can read a, read an Investopedia article on, on a balance sheet, but like, until I've done like 75 T charts, I don't quite understand what it is. 

And then I'm like, oh, got it. So that confidence in syntax, I did, I used it all the time when I would just go str cuz I'll just break down the barriers and say like, we got a problem. 

And there were like three or four instances that that actually translated to like me telling Elon like, we're gonna do something differently. Um, so it was like a very direct thing. Now did it get me promoted? Um, I think in some cases it got me in trouble with Elon, but mm-hmm. 

I think in more cases than not, I definitely, uh, told my boss that like I, I, I am here to like, improve the business. That's, that's my situation. So, and now I got these new sets of tools that I can go like tell you with numbers and data that this is how we're gonna do things. So, uh, you know, I was quickly kind of given more responsibility. SpaceX doesn't really promote, didn't really like, promote people a lot. You know, they weren't like, 

you're doing really good, here's another role. It was just sort of an opportunistic thing. But it definitely translated when going to start a company, right? Like several years later it was evident that I had the skills to do it. 

So I think it did pay off in the long run. Um, but in the moment it wasn't like an immediate ladder climb for me. It was just, I just started breaking down walls cuz I was like, oh, I, I have some ammo now, like to break down these walls. 

Great. Awesome. Thank you both for, for sharing that. Uh, we got a great question from Jill in, in the chat here about, um, your, honestly your relationship potentially with faculty members, uh, and as they were teaching in class. So I'm wondering if you could share, um, just a little bit about overall, or, or a specific professor if you've got a, a, a memory of mind, but, um, your experience in the class. 

How available were they giving perhaps feedback on assignments? They're, they're teaching in class, what was that relationship like and was it what you were hoping for and what did you expect when you were kind of coming into an online MBA and, and having to be sort of taught remotely in a way? Uh, what was that like for you? I'll start with Lord. 

Yeah. It, it definitely varies. I think based on, on the class, the class size and really your interest level in it. So I will say I am still well connected with, uh, three, three professors that, uh, that I was close with during my time at Kelly, um, and have reached out to them since graduation to, you know, just keep in touch, um, ask for advice on, on situations, and they've been great resources for me. 

Um, I would say that for most professors, you know, it, it really depends on, on how much engagement you wanna put out there, right? So, uh, if you want to have a deeper relationship, I think they're all open to that. 

But that was sufficient because I wasn't really looking to, you know, expand a deep love of accounting, right? So, um, I think it really just is is incumbent upon you to, to identify where you wanna make those relationships happen. 

But I think that the professors are definitely all open to it, and I will say that on campus or on location experience really helped with that. So, um, there's a lot of opportunity there to connect with the faculty and kind of dive deeper if you want to. 

Yeah. Great. Nick? Yeah, same response. I think the, the one, like if there's one piece of advice that I'd give to folks coming Kelly direct and not to be like, you know, a stern about it, but I think it'll be clear, is that like, it is a much more self-driven opportunity than you would get. You're just not being forced like you are in class, right? So, uh, and I see this with remote work in today's world as well, but you know, 

if if you're committing to this program, you can get as much out of it as you want. I didn't have any access problems to any professors. I'd say 90% of the time I didn't need access. Just like Lauren, like I, the, the lectures were fine, the record, I had to watch everything I'm recording, it's because of the time zone. It was very rare that I caught anything live, zero issues, all the recordings were great, all the con the software was great. 

Um, if I had a question, those was always responded quickly. I never really needed to lean on the relationships, but I could certainly see that like every professor was willing to give the time if someone asked for it. Sure. So, you know, if you need it, you gotta go ask for it. Um, but if you're that type of personality, which you probably are, cuz you're in this call, so you clearly are, you know, taking that first step, um, you are gonna have the access, 

but personally I didn't use it as much just cause of my just needs and schedule. Yeah, absolutely. And, and one of the things that I, I shared that isn't necessarily, um, obvious to folks who are just Googling top online MBAs, uh, you know, we are very different actually than a lot of other online MBA programs in the sense that are faculty members who teach here are here, they are here in Bloomington, they teach full-time. 

These are not adjuncts folks that we've hired out to come and teach a class for us. They are the professor that you thought you would be getting. The, the difference is they're, you're just not meeting in a classroom together. Um, so like, as Nick mentioned, it does mean that, you know, are, you have to put forth some effort, but if you're willing to put forth the effort, there are endless opportunities to really get that experience out there. 

And that means that we do things to intentionally involve, you know, like Lauren talked about working with classmates and, and meeting with people from different backgrounds. A lot of that comes from like our group work at our Kelly on campus event where you're doing a, a client consulting case for a company and then you're getting coaching from three different faculty members at the end of each day and then coming back and presenting to a, a client the result of your case study and, 

and what your proposals are going forward. You know, we really designed a lot of these elements and these touchpoints to be really valuable for, for folks going forward. So I really appreciate you all, um, sharing that. I'm gonna look at the, the chat here one more time. 

I think we've touched on most of these things here. Um, yeah, I think so. Okay. Um, so I'll, I'll wrap it up. Uh, so Lauren and Nick, um, uh, I'll start with Lauren first. Um, if you can share a, a last little bit of advice. You know, these folks are now where you were three or four years ago, so whether you want to share advice about things they should be considering about an online program, how to get the most out of it. Um, where would you, 

you know, time travel five, six years ago? Um, and, and tell yourself about, about the future and opportunity and advice that you would give to, to the folks here on the, on the webinar today. 

Yeah, two things for me. One, um, even if you think your employer won't be receptive to it, ask if they'll help with the cost. Um, our, my, you know, bear at the time had like a $7,000 limit for their contribution per semester. 

Um, I asked the question and I got much more with, with help from my employer. So don't be afraid to just see what's available there. Um, and secondly, if you do join Katie strongly recommend you go abroad and do an immersive consulting experience. I got to go to Greece, um, the, the final summer of my program and it was an amazing experience. 

Got to consult with a small business there and still keep in touch with the people I went with today. So those are my two points of advice. Ask for money and go somewhere. 

Uh, I'll briefly touch on that. Uh, as Laura mentioned, we do, we offer electives. They are elective courses, these global immersions. So, um, we actually have this year's grease strip just came back, uh, last week. 

I was in Ireland last month actually. Um, we're developing new ones. We're, we're hoping for other places to go. We're going to Thailand in October. So really cool opportunities to do consulting work in a global context, get a more immersive experience, but it's also an elected Bobby. 

So if you weren't quite looking for that, you didn't wanna do it, you don't have to. No problem. It's, it's there as a, as a, as a bonus add-on if, if you wanted it to. So thank you for, for sharing that. 

Lauren. Uh, Nick, I'll go to you for sort of final advice. Uh, leave me on this note. Um, I think the first, like, I wish I did it. I actually, I probably should have done this. 

If you have family or you are engaged, the situation I was in, um, make it a family conversation about doing this too. Um, just make sure that you're like, look, uh, nights and weekends for me, that's how I did it. Um, I worked well usually really, really or early mornings, but, and, and weekends, um, you know, that's gonna be my life and I'm gonna have to be ruthlessly disciplined on Saturdays and Sundays. It just, you can't let it get backed up. Uh, 

it just sort of piles up. So, um, fortunately my, my fiance at the time, uh, was, was totally cool with it. She, people just stopped believing that, that I existed when she went out on Saturday mornings, you know, the brunch and stuff. I just didn't go. Um, but I think you just need to have a conversation about that because there is a time commitment. It's 10 to 15 ish hours a week is probably, I don't know, 

Lauren, if you feel it's kind of like what it was some weeks or more. Some weeks were, were less. But um, yeah, so you just gotta be intentional. Um, some work schedules are way more, you can do some stuff at work. 

I know you could get some stuff done lunch maybe or something, but there's gonna be some home life impact. So just have a conversation with your, with your family if you have one. Um, the second is, you know, do it and you're here. 

Just do it. Like if you have the financial means to do it and you wanna do it, don't put it off another year. Um, just rip it off and just go for it because the two years are gonna go by super fast and you probably wait two years to make the decision if you don't do it this year anyways. So just get it done. Um, if you have the means to do it, uh, and you'll, you'll thank yourself cause it's gonna go insanely quick cuz you're piling that 

on top of work and all of a sudden like life just goes super fast and then it's done cause it's back to back to back, right? All of a semesters are just kind of like real quickly piling up. Uh, I felt that way when I was done. I was like, I can't believe I'm done. 

I can't believe this is over. Um, so do it. Um, just get done and enjoy it. I mean, it, it's fun. I like Lauren, I have a lot of contact still there. Uh, I wish I stayed more in touch with people, but it definitely, there's some really cool people cuz it's not like undergrad, we're all just coming outta high school and giddy. 

Like you're talking to professionals that have lives and are doing really interesting things in their professional life. So, you know, you might find a new avenue for yourself and the whole thing too. Yeah. 

Awesome. Alright, Lauren and Nick, thank you both so, so much. I know I really appreciate it. I'm sure our audience members really appreciate you sharing your experience and perspective, your time in Kelly. Um, I will wrap up and just say, you know, obviously I, I think I can speak for Lauren and Nick that they would all encourage you all to apply and begin this process. Um, we've got a full team here, right here on campus to help you as you have questions. 

I know the chat had some other sort of basic questions about the admissions process. We'll, we'll reach out to you folks individually and, and follow up with you there. Please reach out to us. Um, again, thank you to Lauren and Nick. Uh, really want to thank you all for being here. 

I wish everybody, uh, a happy Wednesday and until next time. 

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If you have questions about this kind of dump those in there. We'll try to get to most of those at the end as we have a little bit of a brief presentation, but we'll be able to monitor those and then then answer any questions that you have. So thank you all for being here. Really, I'm very excited to talk about Kelley Direct and our online MBA program and really the tremendous value that it has within the marketplace and lots of different options that you may be interested in as well.

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So our agenda for today, there are three main points that we're going to cover and three things that I think are really a tremendous value about what Kelley Direct can offer to an online MBA student. First will go into our MBA curriculum, which I think is really a leading type of education opportunity for students in the marketplace and some of the unique value that it brings to really creating a holistic experience for students.

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Then I'm going to share a little bit about our who's your hospitality and some of the finer things that I think are really important as students consider an online MBA and what it offers as a program. And then we're going to wrap up what I think a lot of people know is really the big point with an online MBA and the value of the network that you would build as a student in an online MBA program.

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And we'll talk a little bit about those details and how we support that, both as a current student and in the future for you as an alumnus as well. So let's go a little bit deeper into the curriculum, so a little bit about our online MBA program. I think we hope most of you have seen a little bit about this on our website, but I want to dive into some detail as well.

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Unknown
So I mean, curriculum is 54 credits. Most students can do that, right in about two years if you're really dedicated. But there's some opportunity to stretch that out to a little bit of a longer timeframe as well. The interesting thing is that it being a hybrid program where we have in-person experiences and a really intentional base to our curriculum, that really means that the first part of your program, that first sort of year is really pretty rigid.

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Unknown
It's meant to be very intentional about the topics that you're learning, the courses that you're taking really designed to flow well with each other and build a really strong foundation for you as an MBA student. But the back end of that program has a lot more sort of flexibility. That's when you're going to be taking more of your electives, maybe diving into a major or some other opportunity, things that you're really interested in specifically geared towards you and creates a lot more of the flexibility there.

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Unknown
So our program is meant to be flexible in some degree in the sense of how you are interested, but it is not always that easy, right? Our classroom start from 6 to 9 p.m. Eastern. So sometimes that can mean if you're kind of getting off work, it gets a little bit tricky there. Or if you're on the West Coast versus the East Coast, it can be a little bit more manageable that you have to work with.

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Unknown
But it's meant to provide a really robust experience with some opportunity for flexibility as you design what it is that you're going to be taking in. The Kelley Online MBA program. I will mention that we do have these two live classes each week, particularly with our core sections that you would start in that first year. I think it's a really tremendous value is then when you are logging on to class, you are getting quite literally this right now a Zoom meeting and a faculty member right there is teaching to you.

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Unknown
You may have, you know, videos or things that you watch in between class sessions and on your own time. But you're really getting that face to face connection that is still, I think, extremely valuable for students who are getting the MBA experience. That structured cohort model that we talked about as being part of that first year I think is also really valuable as well.

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Unknown
That includes our first in residence experience with Kelley on campus. That happens right when you begin the program. But it also means that you're getting to build those relationships very intentionally. Know, I think that's a real great value with like our full time program here in person in Bloomington. And we try to mimic that with our online experience.

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And so you'll be working in teams and doing some of the relationship building, even though you're both all remote and working at different points in different places across country and around the world. So that's a really great, I think, value piece for us with our curriculum. I'll have Drew go to the next slide where I can show you a little bit about how that plans out.

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Unknown
Right. So that core one in our Kelley on campus experience, if you were a spring start that started with us a few months ago this is what it would look like for you are false things that are starting here. It just kind of shifts a little down, down the timeline. So that core one building on economics and personal leadership and some integrated core classes that really build on each other along with that really important first foundational experience.

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Unknown
When you come to campus, you move on with our fundamental and quantitative analysis and accounting. And those are really, I think, critical points for folks to do well and be successful for the MBA program. And then you can start to see as we start to build in a little bit more electives, we transition from our core to into the core three.

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Unknown
And then that last half of last year is then up to you. You kind of pick the classes that you want. If you decided on major, you would really dive deep into that. All the different immersions and other things that we offer as a curriculum I think are are really tremendously valuable. Our next slide here, think through a little bit about the specializations.

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Unknown
We offer seven different opportunities for students where you can take those electives and really concentrate them on a specific area. So for some folks, this is great because they want to really hone in on, let's say, their marketing skills. They already work in marketing. They want to dive really deep in that. That's their career path. Others are maybe looking to broaden out their skill set and really gain a wide range of skills to get someplace else.

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Unknown
Maybe they want to move from marketing to more of an analytical type or actually take a major in business analytics to sort of build on their skillset. And others choose no major at all, which is a really great option to this is not required that you can actually get a wide ranging an MBA degree that's just sort of a general MBA, but then you can dabble in all of these classes.

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Unknown
If you wanted to take one of those, you could dive into each of those and plan that out with your plan of study. We work with our advising team, so lots of tremendous options for you to really kind of customize the topics that you're learning and then dive into any specialties that you kind of see fit and how that might work with your career plan.

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Unknown
On our next slide, I think sure is a little bit more about the in-person benefits that we really offer. And I think this is really critical. There are lots of different opportunities and ways that you can get an online MBA degree. You could do something fully remote where you would never have to go to a school. You could just watch some videos at your own pace and leisure, and that's great.

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Unknown
That could be a great experience for somebody, but that's also not us. I think what we really try to do is mimic that in-person benefit with our curriculum. And so that means that you're getting the same exact degree as our full time students are here on campus and you get same sort of support and opportunity to connect with folks here on campus.

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Unknown
And so much like you would have had at your undergraduate institution, you have an academic advisor and they live right here in Bloomington, work here on campus, and they're here to support you. Two are full time faculty members are right here in Bloomington and they teach in our courses and they teach other courses throughout the school. So you're not just getting some subsection of the business school or some subsection of the university.

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Unknown
We are just as much as part of everything. And that means you are just as much a part of the university as well as a student. So next slide, Drew, if you can think of is our in residence experience. So I talked a little bit about that early on with our curriculum plan. The Kelley on campus is the first one that you will come here to Bloomington.

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Unknown
You actually be doing a case competition and we work with a live client, a business partner that we have and build a relationship with, and they would come to you and give you a case. We just wrapped up a great experience actually in March where we worked with a alcohol vendor and some of the new products that they were launching.

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Unknown
And so our our students got to help design a brand new product launch plan to them and really helped design some strategies on how they plan to grow their business and how the new products they were bringing to market. We're going to help grow them at least by double. That was a goal. So it was a is a really ambitious case, but it was really exciting and I think really great for the students to meet each other and dive in and learn their backgrounds and experiences, but also work one on one with with a real client to sort of really build that foundation of their business experience.

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Unknown
And then the next thing actually on location, we offer that sometimes here, but all across the country too. So I will actually be going in Chicago this September. And that's really your like second year experience. And so that's a really great way to broaden your experience outside of different areas and what be doing workshops and seminars will bring in some of our corporate partners to provide some some expertise there.

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Unknown
And it provides a really different type of opportunity for you to build relationships with your student, your fellow students, and then some of the optional things, as I mentioned, with those electives in that second half, you can really try to beef up the your online experience, but in-person. So to offer immersions both domestically here in the U.S. and also globally.

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Unknown
And so that's a really great option. We we do a number of these throughout the year. I'm actually going to be going with a group in June to Ireland, which I'm super excited about. So we'll be doing lots of cool stuff there. It's another way that you can really take your degree, experience and shape it to exactly what you want.

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Unknown
If you really want to get these types of relationships and networking opportunities and relationship building and you're able to invest the time and be in person, fantastic. Add some of those immersions on top of your plan of study. Really, really cool opportunities as well pre than just just ask and the chance I'll just say this very quickly about sort of getting picked or going on these there's an application process for these optional immersions because they are in high demand.

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Unknown
But often we're looking at your experience and your resume and also your academic performance up to that point. We want to take the best students possible on these immersions. And so that's a really key factor as well. But as young as you're planning ahead, there's definitely lots of different opportunities to to get towards it. And then, you know, I really want to talk about what we provide is Indiana University that I think is really great support.

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Unknown
That personal touch is something that we really take a lot of care and concern about. And so our full time faculty played a huge role in that. As I mentioned before, our faculty are not just adjuncts that we've hired outside. They are here on campus. They are a ten year tenure track. They are working really hard to provide you with a real quality experience.

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Unknown
And that means that they are the ones that are right here in a lecture and in providing that to you. But they are also the ones reading your assignments, providing feedback on what worked well and what didn't, and providing opportunities for mentorship and ultimately development for you as a student. And I think that's tremendously valuable because there are other online programs that offer a different type of model, which I think is fine.

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Unknown
As I mentioned, but you may not be getting that full, robust experience that you really want there. But we are really trying to provide and I think that really is a tremendous value for for students seeking an online MBA. And then the last thing on that slide to which we are really excited about and this past year we got a large alumni donation to build a innovative teaching studios that are just about ready to launch here this summer that provide an even more immersive experience.

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Unknown
So we're going to hopefully, you know, long term be branching out of a typical sort of zoom web conference, which I think works well too, something that's really immersive. And you can really go into a three day viewing and engage with faculty in very different ways. So we're trying to be on the cutting edge as much as we can.

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Unknown
And I think that shows with our school and what we value here and that we really value your experience as an online student, that that is something that is really top notch as well. So really exciting stuff from a teaching and faculty standpoint. Next slide, please. Your the other thing that I think is really great for our personal touch, and I think it's really most important for a lot of students, what is the career outcomes you're going to get out of this degree program?

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Unknown
That's extremely important. And so we have a fully staffed graduate career services office right here on campus, too, that provides a lot of that support for you. So you'll be getting one on one coaching with our career coaches. Our career coaches are certified at a high national standard. So you're not just talking to anybody. You're talking with folks that are really well experienced and come from the corporate world and are now sort of giving back and providing opportunity for you as well.

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Unknown
We offer professional development courses. So oftentimes we have students who are maybe making a big career change. Maybe they're moving out of a software development role and they want to move into broader management. They're trying to build up their skills in lots of different ways. And so some of our professional development courses are really great opportunities to to hone out your entire profile as a student.

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Unknown
And you also get plenty of access and the same access to our job boards and our alumni network. And then as an alumnus for life, you get one on one career coaching. So you graduate, you get a great job, that's great. Maybe ten years from now you're looking to move again. You're looking at a new options. You get to still come back to us and come back to our graduate career services office and be part of that network and get that support that you would still need, that it's really important for us that you're, you know, a student for us for just a short time, but you're an alumnus for life, and that support doesn't

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Unknown
end just when you've left us in the degree program. QUICK Some of the coaching we also have is career coaching. It's very similar to mentoring are the ways to find industry mentors know we provide a lot of different networking opportunities. I'll talk about it in a second and then we'll slice and dice those based upon your needs. So if you are in health care and you really focus on that as an industry, we can get you connected in different ways that help your specialization in what it is that you're looking for.

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Unknown
And then the last thing are you all we talked about networking is that third sort of value point. And I think that means who you're coming in with is really important to eyes. You are probably home. You know, you're we're always excited for but at number one ring program by U.S. News and World Report I think that shows a real caliber of the students that you'd be coming in with as well.

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Unknown
Our average age is 33. We got nine years of professional experience on average, but there's actually a really great distribution. So really about a third of our students are from, you know, 0 to 5 years and they're sort of just starting out those in about 5 to 10 and then those with over ten years of experience as well.

00:14:12:09 - 00:14:36:21
Unknown
So you can be on a team in a class project and have a senior manager or a senior vice president that could be on your team and you have a young data analyst as well. It could be a real exciting group that you're building your network around when you're coming in to tell a director and some of the things that you maybe wouldn't think or we know is, you know, we have students all across the country and all across the world, so every seat's represented in most of our students aren't in Indiana, which I think is a really fun fact to share.

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Unknown
So if you're also trying to think about, well, how could I go to Indiana in Kelly in building my network for New York City or for Los Angeles, Seattle, lots and plenty of students in that. That's a real great value for us as a very large program, is that we bring in students all across the country and all across the world.

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Unknown
Let's go to the last slide here about networking, please. CHAIR Thank you. And so we're also very intentional about building those relationships and how those opportunities come up. What I think is really important is that this is a two way street. We can provide lots of opportunities, but we need you to participate in be engaged. And that's why we do things.

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Unknown
You know, when we do our admissions process, we do an admissions interview. And I think that's really important to learn you in your background and why it is that you're looking for this opportunity. And so that way when you come in and you're taking part in these networking opportunities as a real active participant and to really build you network too.

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Unknown
So we do virtual happy hours of webinars with our Student Leadership Association, which is a really great group to do more additional sort of programing and opportunities for students. It also means when you're here on campus with that Kelly On campus experience or our. Kelley On location experience, you know, we're building on a very full day and days of opportunities where you're connecting with your classmates in very different ways.

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Unknown
That also means our courses have group projects which, you know, I don't know anybody super excited, always about group projects and group work, but it does mean you're getting connected to different people in different ways. And that's a very core value for us as well. And then of course, the size and scale is really what matters to our alumni network.

00:16:05:19 - 00:16:28:05
Unknown
Well over 100,000 Indiana University income school businesses, huge not only here in the Midwest, but throughout the country as well. So whether you're just getting in connected with our alumni in terms of our MBA program or undergraduate program or our full time program, you know, I think that Hoosier hospitality resonates with everybody really well. So that's our final piece that I think is a real tremendous value as well.

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Unknown
Let's go to the next slide, Drew, and then we can get to the questions here pretty quickly. I do want to give some a little bit about what's next. I do want to encourage, of course, folks to complete their application. And really soon, our fall deadline is coming up quickly. Our phase one, our first initial application that's on our website that's totally free to complete.

00:16:47:03 - 00:17:04:07
Unknown
You just got to upload your resume. You fill in some basic fields, should take a few minutes. Really no obligation there. You'll get kind of connected and assigned to one of our admissions advisors and they'll reach out to you. They can. They'll schedule an interview and kind of learn more a little bit about you, talk about next steps, talk about moving through our application process.

00:17:04:09 - 00:17:29:14
Unknown
And the other thing too, as we are approaching the deadline, are keenly on campus experience where our process does start and ends in late July. And so hopefully, you know, I would want everybody to apply soon and be part of our fall cohort that's we're starting to build right now. But it's something to think about is that if you can come to campus in late July time to get your application in now and be ready for it, otherwise, you know, we would have another cycle coming up for our spring term in 2023 that would come forward.

00:17:29:14 - 00:17:49:21
Unknown
But really, really great opportunities to get started right now with our fall cohort. And then last, we'll wrap up with the deadline of May 1st is coming up here in a few weeks. That's a priority deadline. So if you can really start to get your materials and really that's a way for us to make sure that we're able to offer the most students our scholarship funds and opportunities to get into class.

00:17:49:21 - 00:18:09:03
Unknown
You know, we are an online program and that means we're big, but it also means we do actually still have limitations. There's only so many students that we could actually accept in so it's really important to work towards that out of that priority, get on to get the best consideration possible for your application. June 1st is that final deadline, and then those classes start in late August online.

00:18:09:03 - 00:18:29:19
Unknown
But I did mention in between that Kelley on campus is in late July, actually just right before that. So really exciting time here this summer as hopefully many of you are considering online and be really excited that you all were here to join us as well. So we'll go next site and look at questions. I see some here in the question answer and then I'll let Drew unmute himself as other things in the chat.

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Unknown
Can we for sure asks if you could do multiple global immersions into they count for credits. The answer to that is great question is yes that you can do that it is a little more limited, is very competitive and you really want to work with that advising team to kind of plan that out. But it is an opportunity and they are for credit classes.

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Unknown
So I want to make that entirely clear. These are not just fun trips. I mean, they are fun, but they are there as part of a class. So you are maybe doing work, you know, the three or four or five or six weeks leading up. And then you go to, you know, for instance, Ireland and be really immersive there for a week and then come back to the States and, you know, on your own.

00:19:05:07 - 00:19:29:06
Unknown
So they come with lots of different experiences, but they do count for four credits toward your degree. Robert S When can I get access to career coaching? Is that after classes officially? Yes. You know, as much as our career coaches I think are really great and lovely people, we have a lot of students and they're trying to work with current students, so they don't really work with prospective students, partly just because they're people and they need to take time off of work as well.

00:19:29:06 - 00:19:44:24
Unknown
So and once you get started, when you come on campus, I'm actually on campus experience. You would have the opportunity to be career coaches then, and that's where you could start to build a relationship, start thinking about your plan and what it is that you want to do with your career. How does that fit in with the curriculum and ultimately your goals as well?

00:19:45:01 - 00:20:10:23
Unknown
I don't know what with students in multiple time zones, how often? What are my classes typically held? So like classes start anywhere from 6 p.m. Eastern to 9 p.m. Eastern. Typically about an hour and a half. You can kind of vary. Attendance is expected. You know, I would say that it's not required. Every single class that you would need to meet that we understand life happens at times for folks and you that you can always attend every class.

00:20:11:04 - 00:20:34:01
Unknown
What is broadly speaking, expected. So if you were a person that was looking for an MBA program, not only maybe program, where you never had to sort of show up to a life class, then we're not the program for you. And that's okay. You know, I wish you all the best, but I think we're really trying to value that in that classroom experience, even though it is online, you can ask about sort of class sizes and cohort sizes overall, a cohort.

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Unknown
You know, I think we bring in a couple hundred students each year that's split between two different cycles. But we are very intentional to make sure that your online class section, your your core section that meets on, let's say Mondays at 6 p.m. is a manageable size and a manageable size for a faculty member. So some of those can get capped right around 5055 or so.

00:20:52:21 - 00:21:13:21
Unknown
It kind of fluctuates right in there, but that's main. So it can still be an engaging class and faculty member has time to engage with you. So I think that's really valuable that we still think about smaller classes even in online space. They're not simply about conference in our state being an online program there. It's one flat rate, so it doesn't really matter for and state versus state.

00:21:13:23 - 00:21:31:09
Unknown
ABC asks, how is it to be a career switcher? And that's a great question that I don't know. We have all the time in the world to go towards. But ultimately, you know, I think a lot of our students, probably about a third, are looking to make a move within their career. And that can mean often very moving from a technical role.

00:21:31:11 - 00:21:51:24
Unknown
Maybe they've been a lawyer, a doctor, an engineer, or a mechanical engineer or software developer, and now they're moving into a broader management role. They want to manage those departments. They want to look at the overall business model. Their company. And so I consider those folks career switchers because it's, you know, sort of a very different type. And it's a big part of our our area and others are coming from all kinds of backgrounds.

00:21:51:24 - 00:22:09:06
Unknown
You know, we have students that come from the performing arts and are looking to get into edtech or some of the lots of different opportunities there. And that's where you really work intensely with the Career Coaches network building to try to build out your your opportunities to make those changes and really take what you're learning in our classes.

00:22:09:06 - 00:22:28:17
Unknown
You know, the the live cases then are really great opportunities to build your resume. You're working with a business client to build out a new product launch plan that's a resumé builder. That's a really great opportunity and why I think our program is valuable for folks that might be switching career paths. I said no dare. I said to answer class size vaguely.

00:22:28:17 - 00:22:50:03
Unknown
What is our maximum class size. So yeah, maximum would be like 55 or so. That that is meant to be really intentional for us. And that as you move through the program, especially our electives and then then the size of those really actually go down. So the biggest class sizes are early on with those core programs. In those core courses, let's see a real answer there, scholarships available.

00:22:50:03 - 00:23:17:02
Unknown
So yes, right now we do offer scholarships. It is part of our application process in the sense that you don't have to fill out a separate scholarship application. So once you get all the way through our phase one and phase two, we would take a look at your overall application materials, your your transcripts from undergraduate institution, your resume, your leadership experience, your interview that you have with our admissions staff, and be able to look there to see what sort of funding options that we have available.

00:23:17:04 - 00:23:54:10
Unknown
Right now, we offer our scholarships as a per credit, our rate reduction. So right now our tuition rate is 15, 21 per credit. Our for our fall class. And typically they're anywhere from 100 to $400 off per credit. Our in terms of the size of the scholarships. All right, Cory, we talked about fees yet pre asked a little bit about the acceptance rate in your apartment is about like 36% or so for both the in-person online program.

00:23:54:12 - 00:24:13:09
Unknown
We have a lot of great interest. It's a great place to be for my end to have a lot of interest the students in the program. And so I do think it is a very competitive process. Ultimately, it's coming to call you and be part of our program, whether you're online or in person. All right. I think that's really it for for question.

00:24:13:09 - 00:24:28:24
Unknown
We must draw you see anything else? Otherwise I would encourage folks to reach out to us, you know, via email or phone call. We're happy to take your questions. Talking through the application process. You know, our website, I think is great, has lots of materials, and we'll be in touch with you all soon.

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Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us today for our online learning sneak peek. I think that we're still waiting for some others to join, but we'll go ahead and get started and be mindful of your time. Again, thanks for joining us. I am really excited to go over kind of what online learning looks like and the Kelly Direct program.

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That's one of the number one questions that we get in the admissions office. So my name is Sarah Winger. I am the director of addition for Kelly Direct online MBA and M.S. programs. Today, we're going to be primarily focusing on content within the online MBA, although a lot of the same similar themes around our MBA courses happen in our MSC courses as well.

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So no matter if you're looking at an MBA or an MS degree, I will be able to answer some of your questions. Later today, I'll be joined by two of my colleagues, Will Gagan, who is the interim faculty chair for Kelley direct online programs as well as Megan Reese, our associate director of interactive recruiting, who will be facilitating our Q&A.

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As you have questions throughout the webinar today, do feel free to use the Q&A function in your Zoom screen. So if you have particular questions that you'd like to ask Will about the online learning experience later in our webinar, please at any point during the webinar, use that Q&A function and send in your questions. Megan will be monitoring the Q&A.

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And so will either answer your questions virtually. She'll chat back with you or we'll answer them live later on in our session. So first, I'd like to go over the Kelley Direct program really briefly and make sure that you have kind of that overall context for our program. So we are a 54 credit online MBA program that and that's comprised of the four buckets that you see on the screen.

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So one of the key hallmarks of our program is that we provide a ton of learning experiences that are actually really face to face in nature. So whether or not that's connecting with your colleagues online, connecting with your faculty in our live virtual class sessions, or coming to campus for our Kelley on campus experiences. And then also as soon as COVID is is wrapped up, we'll be able to get back into our immersions global and domestic immersion experiences.

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So you see that our curriculum is is kind of within these four buckets that you see on your screen. Half the program is core coursework that you need to take in the program, and half the program is electives. So the two year plan for the program is kind of outlined as how you see it on your screen, your one and your to the core courses.

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Unknown
You take six credit chunks during those core courses. The and those are the three red areas. And then the gray areas are actually where you fit in your electives and fundamentals courses. And you can take as many credits as you want during those times. So we offer a really nice mix of kind of core coursework as well as flexibility with those elective courses.

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Unknown
And then when we're looking at a little bit more deeply at what those core courses look like as opposed to the elective courses. So you have three quarters. We are based on the quarter system, three quarters of core during that quarter. You definitely will take six credits during that time. So this is the one time in the program that you can't go faster or slower.

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Unknown
We make sure that during those three quarters that you're going or you're taking six credits and usually that equates to two virtual live classes per week. And those five classes will start either at six, 730 or 9 p.m. Eastern time. That's opposed to our electives that function a little bit differently. So you'll have anywhere between six and 12 quarters of electives depending on how quickly or slowly you want to go through the program.

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Unknown
And again, this is your opportunity to kind of take our curriculum and make it a little more flexible for your own personal time frame. During those quarters of electives, you can take anywhere between three and nine credits per quarter, and it's normally one weekly live class session per course. And what you're going to be learning about today is digging a little bit more deeply into and have those weekly live class sessions.

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Unknown
What does that look like as well as other aspects of online learning? And then the start times for those electives vary. Hey, so now that we've covered the program overview, now we want to hear a little bit about you. So we have quite a few people who are joining us for the webinar today, and we would love to get some some more information about who's in the room today.

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Unknown
So first I'm going to have you use your your chat to actually. So if there's still questions for us, use the Q&A function. But now let's use the chat. And if you could tell us a little bit about yourself and we're looking for maybe your first name, where you're at anywhere in the globe. We typically have students and Kelley direct from across the nation, the US as well as around the world.

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Unknown
So do tell us kind of where you're from and your profession or your industry. We love to hear a little bit more about you, so go ahead and use the chat area to tell us a little bit about yourself. And after you've had the opportunity to do that, then we'll have a second question for you that's around. What do you think about online learning?

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Unknown
So what are those kind of preconceived notions that you might have about what the online learning experience looks like? So go ahead and use your chat box. Let us know a little bit about yourself and what do you think about online learning? So if you want to use the chat there and then again, if you have questions about online learning that you want to make sure that we answer today, then go ahead and use the Q&A function and we'll get to those questions live or later on in the session.

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Unknown
So I know that we have a lot of participants in the room today, so go ahead and use that chat function to tell us a little bit about yourselves. Wonderful. Hello, Sumana from India, Welcome. It's great to have you. Tell us a little bit about your industry if you'd like. Hi, Laura from Philadelphia. Welcome. We'll give you some time, too, to use the chat function to type in your answers today.

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Unknown
So we'll give a little bit of time for this. But again, if you would like to tell us a little bit about what you think about online learning, we'd really like to get a feel as to what the perceptions are out there about online learning and those preconceived notions that you might have probably did not expect that we were going to push you to engage today might be new, and you'll actually notice that in our classes we do a lot of this.

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Unknown
You will be pushed to engage throughout all of our Kelley Direct courses. This is not a kind of a sit and get type of program. You're going to be engaged throughout all of our virtual live class sessions. Welcome, Lydia. Hello, Carly Fantastic. It's great to hear from you. And let's see. And we still haven't heard any of those preconceived notions about online learning.

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Unknown
So go ahead and use the chat to tell us about your preconceived notions around online learning. That would be great to hear. So while we're waiting for others to chat in, feel free to continue to do that. Just to be mindful of time. I'm going to go ahead and introduce Will Gagan, who's going to kind of take take the next portion of of this webinar and tell us a little bit about the online learning experience.

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Unknown
Do feel free to keep chatting him about yourselves and what you think about the online learning experience, because I know that will is ready to kind of challenge some assumptions today. So welcome. Well, thanks, Sarah. Appreciate the opportunity to give a brief introduction. So I started to think about what would be effective for a 20 minute recording to really show you guys some of the nature of how you will learn in Kelley Direct and some of the things that we do to engage you in class.

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Unknown
I'm going to play a video in a second is approximately 20 minutes and there's six main postures. So the first posture is basically explaining some of the differences between synchronous and asynchronous learning. We use both and Kelley direct and we try and take advantage of both mechanisms and both styles for effective learning. The second main major posture then is some of our expectations and Kelley direct.

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Unknown
So maybe slightly different to some of the other programs that you may be thinking about The last four postures out at six are specifically aligned to different technologies. And what I've done is I've chosen two technologies for synchronous learning and then two technologies for asynchronous learning. So approximately 20 minutes, hopefully I'll give you guys a little bit of an overview into what I call your classes and some of the learning mechanisms that we use in college.

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Unknown
Right? The most important question that we want to answer in this webinar is what does it really feel like to be a direct student? And some of you guys may be afraid that online programs mean sitting in front of a laptop watching prerecorded, boring videos of some stuffy professor with no technological acumen writing indiscernibly on a far distant blackboard.

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Unknown
So the purpose of this webinar is to try to allay some of your concerns and show and tell some of the virtual technologies that we're using to try and enhance an educational experience in ways that might even outperform an in-person context. Let's kick off with a discussion on what is the difference between asynchronous and synchronous learning. So firstly, asynchronous.

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Unknown
While this means that it doesn't happen at the same time with asynchronous learning, the participants can learn at their own pace and asynchronous learning allows the student view instructional materials each week at any time that you choose. It's not a live video lecture, so you can see in the video example of my strategy class that's playing here. Students are asked to watch this video in preparation of coming to a live class.

00:10:18:04 - 00:10:45:22
Unknown
And this is one of about 15 bite sized videos on average each week that are approximately 5 minutes in duration that I will ask you to watch in advance of coming to my synchronous strategy class. Sometimes we use roundtable discussions to mix things up based on the topic. So here you can see a quick example of Veronica, Tracey and I discussing a macro environmental analysis of Netflix industry.

00:10:46:03 - 00:11:12:01
Unknown
So we're looking at the business government relationship here. Did you guys find any trends that are influencing this industry within a political legal context? So I think the biggest one that stood out to me, which even applies to the music industry, is when you look at like royalties and the copyright infringement. And I think now let's look at what synchronous learning means and synchronous means happening at the same time.

00:11:12:03 - 00:11:40:08
Unknown
So in essence, students are required to log in and participate at a specific time each week, and we drive attendance by having our live sessions to be as engaging and as dynamic as possible. And it's something that you need to get live as opposed to watching later. And I have one rule of thumb when I develop any of my classes, and that is what you can consume asynchronously should be consumed asynchronously.

00:11:40:10 - 00:12:02:22
Unknown
So that allows you to make the most of your time. If you are watching videos in an asynchronous context, you can watch them at 1.5 x speed or two speed. You can watch them while you're minding your children. You can watch them while you're on your peloton or on your treadmill. You can watch them while you're on the subway to work.

00:12:02:24 - 00:12:31:18
Unknown
So synchronous needs to leverage that. You are all in class together. And we have some superstar students in our program. And when I have a synchronous class, I try and leverage the skills capabilities and experiences of our stellar Kelley direct students. I think of myself more of as as an instructor for the asynchronous components, whereas I think of myself as a facilitator for the synchronous component.

00:12:31:20 - 00:13:01:02
Unknown
And you can see a video recording of one of my large classes here where we have about 30 people per class and we try and use technology as much as possible to drive engagement and dynamism. So using as much as breakout rooms as possible, poles, whiteboarding, classroom response systems all allow for different pedagogical approaches depending on the topic, to drive engagement and participation in a synchronous setting.

00:13:01:04 - 00:13:26:23
Unknown
Let's talk about some expectations now. Expectations that we have of you and expectations that you can have of us. In most cases, we do not require you to come to the live or synchronous classes, but unlike other programs, we have only full time Kelley Faculty teach these classes. So if you are paying for a Kelley Direct MBA, then you get the same faculty as our full time MBA program.

00:13:27:00 - 00:13:46:14
Unknown
We try to be flexible to your needs. So if you can't make a live class, in most cases you can complete a task in lieu of attendance. But it's far more fun to come to class and to get to know your professor and your classmates. Remember that one of the reasons you will do an MBA is for networking opportunities.

00:13:46:16 - 00:14:16:16
Unknown
Secondly, most classes have a cameras on policy and remember how much communication is nonverbal in some situations and circumstances, it's okay for you to have your camera off, but like all work meetings, it's far more effective if you have your camera on and are actively engaged, you'll get the most out of the class by doing so. As I alluded to earlier, you get the same degree as the full time MBA program, that same piece of paper.

00:14:16:18 - 00:14:44:03
Unknown
So it's the same level of rigor. Typically, class times are a minimum of 27 and a half hours per semester for a three credit course. So that equates to about two and a half hours of contact time each week, usually are typically about an hour and 15 minutes of that is asynchronous video and typically about an hour and 15 minutes to an hour and 30 is synchronous video.

00:14:44:05 - 00:15:09:15
Unknown
Depending on the course, though, each professor can alter this mix. But there needs to be a minimum of 50% synchronous class time so that you're getting the most out of interacting with your classmates and your professors. Let's jump into one of our first tech solutions, our facilitators for effective online learning. And this is Canvas. This is our learning management system.

00:15:09:17 - 00:15:36:22
Unknown
Other schools have different learning management systems like Moodle or Blackboard. So specifically, Canvas allows us to simplify teaching and learning activities and organize coursework and it's best potentially to show you a canvas site to give you an overview as to what each class that you're enrolled in will typically have. So here we are in canvas and I have student view turned on.

00:15:36:24 - 00:15:58:06
Unknown
I'm going to give you a quick tour of one course. So this is a course in core. Three is the integrated capstone course, and I'm going to be teaching that in a couple of months time. So let's click on the course. You're getting the student view here. I have a welcome announcement, so you'll see my welcome announcement here.

00:15:58:08 - 00:16:18:16
Unknown
It gives a couple of bullet points as what the students need to do in advance. There's a video embedded here in this announcements where I talked to some of these components. If we jumped now to the home to where we just were, you see, I have a number of folders and we can go to any one of these folders.

00:16:18:18 - 00:16:48:21
Unknown
Let's go to class five integration, validation and storyboarding, and you'll see I have three subfolders here. So what students are expected to do before class. So if I click on this year, it will open a portal. There's a number of different assignments, so individual assignments students in this class are asked to watch six of eight summary videos. So these are videos that I've recorded with other faculty that have taught previous classes in the core.

00:16:48:23 - 00:17:12:01
Unknown
So you'll see that the core objective of this assignment is to watch and respond to these videos. The goal of this exercise is to refresh many of the core classes that you've taken, and I've asked students to complete six of the eight videos, and you can see all six that all YouTube videos are starting to populate right now.

00:17:12:01 - 00:17:39:23
Unknown
And if I click on the first one, I can watch an interview with three of the business law and ethics professors. So Professor Sellers, ask you and Parry, these are also linked to assignments. So again, if I go back, I can see all of my modules, all in different folders. There was the folder I was just in the before class folder.

00:17:40:00 - 00:18:04:18
Unknown
You can see the tabs across the left hand side. Here we use Microsoft teams as a discussion board and sharing platform and there's a hyperlink to teams, the hyperlink to my zoom room for synchronous classes, the hyperlink to the syllabus. That's where each of the learning outcomes are core goals and assessments and grades. The schedule is all lists.

00:18:04:20 - 00:18:33:22
Unknown
We have the assignments that students are expected to prepare and complete. So you see the dates here to completion dates for students to respond to these. The grades associated with the scores that students will get in these assignments. That's students in the class that are populating. I've obviously obfuscated some of their names and photographs for for for the issues.

00:18:33:24 - 00:19:00:24
Unknown
And then we have a hyperlink to the library that allows people to see exactly library resources and databases. So that's a quick overview into the learning management system that we use. Each class has a slightly different configuration for our conversation based on the topic. Now let's look at some integration of our asynchronous video and the way in which we create engagement and interaction.

00:19:00:24 - 00:19:24:21
Unknown
In some of our videos. Me personally, I'm going to discuss a tool that I use called Play Pauses and that allows us to try and engage you while you're watching an asynchronous video. And I've used this for various different applications. First of all, I've used it for my own recorded asynchronous videos in my class. I've used it as a check for comprehension.

00:19:24:23 - 00:19:54:16
Unknown
I've used it as a mechanism to capture discussion, board thoughts and perspectives. I've used it for case studies and I've used it for entrepreneurial pitches to get feedback. And right now I'm going to show you a use case. So this is a video that I'm using on the ski resort industry, and it's an amalgamation of several videos that I found online that really give a great overview to the industry that is the ski resort context.

00:19:54:18 - 00:20:30:13
Unknown
So you're seeing here, it's embedded in a canvas site. So you navigate true canvas to the page that it's held. You see some instructions for how to watch the video illustrating that there's going to be interactions that are going to count as part of the students participation. Great. So you press play and you start watching the video. There are few sports as expensive as skiing a daily live ticket alone typically costs more than $100, with top resorts such as Vail charging up to $209 for a day skiing in the east.

00:20:30:16 - 00:20:47:05
Unknown
This, after all, all those $200 going to you is not limited to 103 to 2 hours a day. I'm interested you really consider how much for research about lifts? Well, the answer is sort of ski lifts, concepts passenger. It connects to it in terms of getting people the top or bottom of list between all audiences tendencies and safety systems.

00:20:47:05 - 00:21:09:10
Unknown
So they end up being very complex and complex means because of, well, here's why you and the link, it happens to occasions. Vacation costs figures are usually rarely much. $10 million and most large ski resorts have dozens of lifts. You see that after about a minute, an interaction appears. And the question is all about ski manufacturers and what they are to the ski resort industry.

00:21:09:12 - 00:21:38:05
Unknown
And it gives a number of different options. So are they rivals or are they buyers? Are they suppliers? And you can see that I've I've been organized over this answer and I eventually got it correct that they are, in essence, suppliers. Having answered that question, then I press play again and I continue to watch the video too. So the goal of these interactions in my strategy class are, first of all, to force the student to pay attention to the video so that they're not watching it passively.

00:21:38:07 - 00:22:17:13
Unknown
Secondly, it allows me to insert different theoretical applications that refresh students and position it specifically in the theory that I'm trying to allow the students to learn. So here in this context, it's to understand the different forces in an industry. Each of my case study videos have about ten interactions, and they vary from things like multiple choice questions like you just saw to, for example, discussion board to short answer essay solve questions that allow for you to contribute during the video.

00:22:17:13 - 00:22:47:19
Unknown
Watching using this type of technology gives us as instructors a lot of opportunities and allows us to create more engagement in our videos by asking real time questions and interactions. And we have a variety of different options. We have options such as multiple choice questions, free responses, polls, checkboxes, fill in the blanks, discussion boards, and we can set a number of different playback options as well.

00:22:47:24 - 00:23:16:17
Unknown
So we can allow you to rewind after an interaction. We can allow you to skip interactions, we can allow you to fast forward, we can allow you to retake this. This video. We can allow you to see a printable report of all the questions, and we can allow you to increase the playback speed. I One of my favorite tools is the discussion board tool in these videos, and it allows us to hear and see our classmates thoughts and perspectives at a point of time.

00:23:16:17 - 00:23:48:05
Unknown
In the video. So here I have a screen capture of a discussion board question in a Ryanair video that I have and specifically ask how they are responding to the global COVID 19 pandemic and what are low cost carriers or legacy airlines are best positioned. The answer to these discussion board type contributions. I can then leverage in the live class and draw out more insights and ask more people to contribute and explain some of their thoughts and ideas.

00:23:48:07 - 00:24:18:22
Unknown
The class obviously can see the rest of the classes, thoughts and opinions as well. At that point of time. In the video, the first you tools, and I've just discussed our use predominantly in an asynchronous context. So in the prerecorded videos now let's look at some tools that we use in the synchronous contexts or the live classes where you show up at 7:30 p.m. on a Thursday night and you work with your classmates in a live class context.

00:24:18:24 - 00:24:43:16
Unknown
So the first one of these tools you've heard of, for sure, you're on it right now. It is Zoom. And I'm not going to spend much time on this, but I want to talk about a couple of different things that we try and do. And the first is that a lot of us in the Kelley Direct program, we use breakout rooms again, going back to my golden rule of what can be consumed asynchronously should be consumed asynchronously.

00:24:43:18 - 00:25:19:08
Unknown
So if I want to discuss a theoretical philosophy or a model without engagement and participation, then I can record a 15 or 20 minutes summary of that if I want to leverage the skills, experiences and abilities of the class in general, which have amazing acumen, then it is best facilitated in a synchronous context and using breakout rooms where I can put three or four people in a room to discuss a problem and then report back to the rest of the class.

00:25:19:10 - 00:25:55:11
Unknown
We also use a lot of classroom response systems, so things like quizzes using tools like Top Hat AKA whose we use videos, we use polls and we use presentations. We also like to use a lot of software such as Google Docs or Microsoft 365. And here you'll see an example of a breakout room with three students working in their own tab in a Google sheet, you can see that the students are working through connecting different roles to different selves.

00:25:55:16 - 00:26:24:19
Unknown
Within that Google sheet, you can see the table along the bottom that corresponds to their specific breakout room. So I will share one Google sheet that has potentially ten different tabs each of those tabs corresponds to a discrete breakout room where they will work on a template that I have pre-populated there. Another example is a colleague of mine who loves to use the stylus on his iPad to summarize student contributions.

00:26:24:21 - 00:26:48:00
Unknown
And here we see a summary of some of the student contributions in a Disney Pixar case study that is using. I'm going to finish with one of my favorite tools for synchronous engagement, and it's a whiteboarding tool called Mural. Some of you guys may have used this or may have used other whiteboarding tools such as Miro or Clarkson or Google's.

00:26:48:00 - 00:27:22:12
Unknown
John bought some context is that it's most useful for is company analysis projects or designed sprint weekends. It's really really helpful as a visual workspace where end products can become a really neat reality. I like to use mural by sharing a template in advance so students have a template, and each of those components in my template are a unique posture where I will ask students to work on that posture in their own breakout rooms.

00:27:22:14 - 00:27:47:17
Unknown
After they've worked on that in groups of three or four, they can come back and report their findings and we can learn from a number of different people or groups in the class, and I can give my perspectives. It's really, really helpful for engagements. Everyone can contribute at once and there's also accountability. So that people have discrete contributions within the mural workspace.

00:27:47:19 - 00:28:08:14
Unknown
There are timers that we can use here so we can keep a track of time so it doesn't get away from us and it allows us to bring what we do in a real class sort of virtual context. One of the other great things about mural is that it's not a typical whiteboard or not a physical whiteboard where I always seem to run out of space on a physical whiteboard.

00:28:08:16 - 00:28:42:09
Unknown
So you have infinite space in a mural whiteboarding template. Let's look at a couple of use cases for mural. So the first use case is when I've used it for a case analysis on Trader Joe's. So first of all, of our students in advance of the synchronous or live class, to listen to a Freakonomics podcast on Trader Joe's and to answer some of those questions in advance, then they arrive in our Zoom room and I share a hyperlink to the mural that will be using and kick off the session.

00:28:42:15 - 00:29:13:12
Unknown
I ask every student who has been to Trader Joe's to share a photograph of their favorite Trader Joe's product. And you can see here they're all grabbing photographs and they're starting to populate those photographs into the mural. And what we get is a whole mosaic of different photographs of students, favorite products and Trader Joe's. Then you'll see on the right hand column A Dan asked them to describe a typical Trader Joe's experience.

00:29:13:14 - 00:29:39:21
Unknown
So in the space of about 2 minutes, I have this super neat mural or mosaic where most people in the class of contributors you see here, you see here that I have a screen capture of what the finished mural looked like after two or 3 minutes and I could then draw from this throughout the rest of the class, positioning specific examples of different people's favorite product items within the main case takeaways.

00:29:39:23 - 00:30:06:19
Unknown
So the example that you've just seen is the whole class, all 30 people working on this same mural for most of my classes. I then have a mural that is discrete for each group to work on in their own breakout rooms. And you can see the example of a template for Trader Joe's below. So as I said, the first 5 minutes, everyone's working from this class mural.

00:30:06:21 - 00:30:37:10
Unknown
And then as we start to go into more ingrained or niche topics, I'll ask four or five people to get into a breakout room and then to work through these discrete postures. So this is a template that is empty, that is awaiting student contribution that I have here on this screen. Now you're going to see a video that I captured of a group of four people working on a value chain analysis, which is the bottom left quadrant of this mural.

00:30:37:12 - 00:31:08:05
Unknown
Each of these quadrants are four major postures that I want students to explore in cohorts of three to 4 to 5 people. And in the video, you'll see that they've inserted these yellow and purple sticky notes, and they're now trying to connect water to reinforcing activities like a secret society. Yeah, and that's what drives their excitement and so many fans that they just don't know what they're going to get when they go in there and they don't know too much about it.

00:31:08:07 - 00:31:30:12
Unknown
I mean, that was the interest that was interesting in the podcast, really. They didn't there was not pictures of the owners on the Internet like like it's not a business thing. That's how these guys run their lives. They they don't want people doing anything about it. Yeah. What about the guy that wrote it? He went to go work for them, wrote a book about them, expecting for them to say something, and they heard nothing.

00:31:30:12 - 00:32:07:20
Unknown
Back When I heard that, I thought he would say he expected them to sue him. Right. But they didn't say anything. They just didn't respond whatsoever. I wasn't saying that. I thought it was a nuisance. The law. Exactly. But. The Aldi Aldi CEO is a college graduate. Kelley MBA really got it all for us. So hopefully that helps to give you a sense of what it's like to be a Kelly Direct student and you can see some of the technology that we use in an effort to make this as good, if not better than the in-person learning experience.

00:32:07:22 - 00:32:32:12
Unknown
All of the technologies we use are there to enhance that educational experience. And Kelly direct and each professor has different preferences and pedagogies based on the topic that they're teaching and their own personal needs. And tactics. Thank you so much, Will, for that amazing presentation. And so I'm going to have you come back out from behind the curtain.

00:32:32:14 - 00:32:58:02
Unknown
Also to bring up Megan Reese. So Megan's going to facilitate our Q&A. Hi, Yes, my name is Meghan Reese. I am the associate director of Interactive Recruiting. I have been answering your questions and we've had quite a few great questions come in. And so will I am interested to hear some of your answers to these, if you don't mind sharing.

00:32:58:04 - 00:33:29:07
Unknown
Can you explain what are some of the differences between Kelley Direct and our top competitors? Cool. So there's a couple of things, and maybe some of our top competitors are on the webinar with us, but the first thing that we would like to say is that you only get full time Kelly faculty teaching classes so that people who grade your assignments, the people who are responding to your emails, the people who are leading that synchronous class once a week or twice a week are people who are actually teaching in the full time program.

00:33:29:10 - 00:33:52:04
Unknown
So not necessarily the case in a lot of our competitors, and it's something that obviously has a huge impact on cost. But we believe that it drives a lot of the value for us as a program. So that to me is the first thing that differentiates us not against all programs, but against at least two or three of our top competitors, let's say, and I don't want to say anything bad about our top competitors.

00:33:52:06 - 00:34:17:19
Unknown
The second thing that I think differentiates us is our integrated core experience. So the curriculum is really important. Spending those 18 credits out of 54 credits is foundational, and that is like the threshold of getting your your competency in your MBA. But what is the most interesting and the most unique, I guess, about our program is then we open up 24 credits for any classes.

00:34:17:19 - 00:34:39:20
Unknown
So you get to major in any class or any topic across seven different major topics. So we're all we're giving you the breadth that an MBA comes with, but we're also giving you that that's that you have a major, whether it's in analytics, whether it's leadership in strategy, whether it's marketing, whether it's finance. So we've spent a lot of time trying to redesign this curriculum.

00:34:39:20 - 00:35:00:07
Unknown
And the curriculum went live about a year and a half ago, and something that any of us were involved in are pretty proud of that we've managed within a strategy context. I'm a strategy guy, we've managed to reconcile both of those different paradoxes of breadth and depth. I believe one of the other things that I think is quite different about us is our flexibility.

00:35:00:09 - 00:35:19:03
Unknown
So I talked a lot about synchronous classes and I love our synchronous classes. I think that they're spectacular, but if you can't make a synchronous class, then you will not be detrimental effect. You may have to do a makeup task in lieu of that 75 minutes or not 90 minutes that you miss in order for your class to have equal equity.

00:35:19:04 - 00:35:40:21
Unknown
But we we equally appeal to someone who's going on deployment in Afghanistan that may not have Internet connectivity over the course of a number of weeks. So that flexibility is a major differentiator for us as well. Some of the other things that I think are important too are the number of our immersions on or Kelley on campus experiences.

00:35:40:23 - 00:36:04:08
Unknown
So I know a lot of our competitors do something similar. And again, I don't want to disparage any of our competitors. It blew me away. I've been in college for three and a half years and when I got to Kelley initially about these Kelley on campus experiences, I taught that everyone here needed our head examined. So like a different lifeline for each Kelley on campus experience, We pay for your hotels.

00:36:04:10 - 00:36:34:20
Unknown
We make sure that it's this amazing interactive networking experience. And I saw it as a participant just to see what was happening during the first week, and it blew me away. So that's something else that our immersions go to countries like Vietnam, like South Africa, like China, like Brazil, like Ireland. These unique small sample, Our small students at immersions are something that's really, really unique as well.

00:36:34:22 - 00:36:59:23
Unknown
And I know I don't want to mention, but I think we're far cheaper than our competitors. So we don't pay 50% to an online program manager. So it's a publicly traded company that goes out and recruits our our students. So we reinvest all of that into a cheaper price point for you. And then to some of that, the faculty resources that I think are most important.

00:37:00:00 - 00:37:22:08
Unknown
So that's four or five things that I think we do a little differently. But I would encourage everyone on to call to actually go out and explore it themselves. I dig deeply into this decision because it is a very financially important decision, but also the time and effort over the next two and a half years. So please make that decision with a full awareness and knowledge if at all possible.

00:37:22:10 - 00:37:50:24
Unknown
I don't miss anything there. Sara, I know you have some some thoughts as well. I think that you covered it, although I know that we've had some questions come in around the networking and oftentimes I think there are certainly networking opportunities that our competitors schools have. But I'm really, really pleased the networking opportunities that we provide. And Kelley direct, I actually think that that's a major differentiator for us.

00:37:51:01 - 00:38:11:11
Unknown
So when you're coming to the Kelley Direct program, you're going to be able to network not only in these live class sessions because you saw how interactive our life class sessions are. Students are fully engaged and you're essentially networking in every team activity you're doing in every one of those Google Docs where you're working with your classmates. I'm filling those out.

00:38:11:13 - 00:38:41:10
Unknown
So you're really networking throughout all of those life classes. Those classes happen with our faculty, and our faculty have amazing networks, so you're able to get in touch with them. But then there's all of that outside of the kind of curriculum and networking opportunities as well. So I think I'll take the opportunity now, if that's okay. Megan To kind of dive right into what some of those networking opportunities are, you may not know that the Kelley School business has the largest business school alumni network in the world.

00:38:41:10 - 00:39:20:17
Unknown
So oftentimes you'll hear some of our competitor schools talk about their amazing alumni network, but really poke them on, is that your business school alumni network? Because actually Kelley has the largest at 120,000 living business school alumni. So you have an amazing opportunity to network with Kelly's school alums. We have an alumni ambassador program. So if you're looking at various different options and you want to talk with one of our alums during the application process, you can do that already during the application process, we'll pair you with an alum who is in perhaps the industry that you're in or that you'd like to be in so that you can get a feel for what Kelley

00:39:20:17 - 00:39:48:23
Unknown
Direct is all about. From from the perspective of someone who's been through it. And then during the program you're going to be able to network it with our Global Connect Nights, which is through our slate. So we have kind of two pieces here. Our SLA is our Student Leadership Association. You have an opportunity to be a board member and actually make some kind of decision around what type of networking opportunities and what type of professional development opportunities are available for students.

00:39:49:00 - 00:40:22:21
Unknown
Or you can be part of a sub association. So we have some association such as women in business finance, business analytics, we have a military and vets association, so you have opportunities to get involved in network with our Student Leadership Association and they hold global connect nights typically in around 40 different locations, not during COVID. We actually go in into those locations and into a bar or restaurant in Boston and all of the Kelley Current students and alumni from the Kelley Direct program all get together and really network in person.

00:40:22:23 - 00:40:41:14
Unknown
So even though you're in an online program, again, we are offering a lot of opportunities for you to figure out how to get in touch in a face to face way. And of course, not to mention Kelley on campus experiences. You'll get lots of networking opportunities throughout all of those. We kind of make that entire experience one big networking session.

00:40:41:16 - 00:41:08:09
Unknown
And then of course, our live classes and our merchants that will already mentioned. So you have lots of ways to connect in the program in person. In addition to, of course, the online experiences. And Sara, if you don't mind elaborating a little bit on the Kelley on Campus experiences, both the in-person and we also have virtual versions. We do have some students who are enjoying working from home and don't really want to leave, and they're wondering what what does that look like?

00:41:08:11 - 00:41:34:24
Unknown
Yeah, actually Kelley on campus is something that we get the most positive feedback around our Kelley on campus experiences because they are so incredibly powerful. So I know Will was mentioning sitting in that he was a little skeptical at first and then he got there and it's kind of mind blowing the connections that students make and the connections that you make with your faculty when you're on campus and doing something together.

00:41:35:01 - 00:42:10:11
Unknown
And so our Kelley on campus experiences are extremely valuable. We have moved Kelley on campus virtual during COVID, and we are exploring options to continue to offer some virtual options. But there's really nothing that can truly take the place of that in-person experience, whether or not that's in Bloomington or other locations around the world, we will provide you with a really strong opportunity to network together in person and get that kind of Kelley feel wherever you are around the globe and can make connections together.

00:42:10:13 - 00:42:34:24
Unknown
So, Will, is there anything you want to add to that around kind of Kelley on Campus and that component or that experience? Now I do summarize it perfectly. Sara, and I think it's one of those that you have to really, really engage with. You have to do it before you understand what I'm talking about right now, that my skepticism as to how Kelley could pull this off three times a year just just blew my mind.

00:42:34:24 - 00:42:57:21
Unknown
And some of the ways in which that that Kelley operationalize is that is ingrained in our culture. I think so, yeah. And that's the feedback that we get from students, too, is at first they're like, oh, I guess I'll, you know, I'll come to campus. I know you have a residential component and then they are after the first Kelley on campus, they're like, okay, when can I come back where I'm ready for my next Kelley on give us.

00:42:57:22 - 00:43:27:17
Unknown
So you have two of them and and that you have a couple of different opportunities to to get together with your colleagues but then again you have those other opportunities to get together like our student Leadership Association hosting our Global Connect night. So it's certainly not going to be the only time. And we have students doing meet ups and lunches and going to coffee all the time just because organically you're going to build connections in your virtual life classes, that you're just going to start building a network.

00:43:27:17 - 00:43:51:06
Unknown
It just happens really organically. And actually in one of the other webinars that we did that is posted on our website, it was a student panel and a couple of the students remarked that they built stronger connections in the Kelley Direct program than they feel like they got in their undergrad. Traditional kind of on campus experience. For your experience that they built tighter connections in the online MBA.

00:43:51:06 - 00:44:13:10
Unknown
So take a look at that webinar is you can hear it right from the horse's mouth, from the student panelists, but really that was powerful. When I heard that it was it was really a reminder that we are doing something really right here. Awesome. Thank you both for answering that question. We are coming up on the 45 minute mark, so I want to be careful with our time.

00:44:13:12 - 00:44:38:05
Unknown
Robert is wondering course videos available for online or offline viewing? I believe the answer to that is yes, that those are going to be recorded. But well, if you want to. Yeah, expand on the professor. So most of our professors and not all of them have made it available for offline viewing. So most again, once you have any type of Internet connectivity and most professors will work with you.

00:44:38:05 - 00:45:08:09
Unknown
But I do not want to promise that across that this slate, one of our professors, for example, last semester had it posted online and then someone was going on deployment. So she made sure that that person could download the videos. So yeah, it's still a professor by professor decision and it's not been a programmatic decision for the professors to potentially retain that IP is not shared across 2000s of other people that it's only available to.

00:45:08:09 - 00:45:30:07
Unknown
Kelly Direct students. Yeah, and we've got a few concerns about work life balance and a few who are wondering how do I complete all of my coursework while working full time? What is the time commitment for this program and is it feasible to do this while working full time? Cool, I'll take that. I guess it's the typical time allocation.

00:45:30:07 - 00:45:50:21
Unknown
Megan, as we talked about, is two and a half hours of a mixture of synchronous and asynchronous. That two and a half hours is sort of the maximum. I know some people watch my video. I like to speed. Megan I think you were planning to increase the speed playback of my video there to try and get like 20 minutes down to 15 minutes.

00:45:50:23 - 00:46:11:11
Unknown
So that is the max on two and a half hours. As I said, 150 sorry, an hour and 15 minutes asynchronous and then an hour and 15 minute synchronous. There's a lot of caveats here, too. Some of the extra work that you have to do outside of that two and a half hour. So, for example, potentially some teamwork on projects.

00:46:11:13 - 00:46:29:18
Unknown
And it depends on two main factors. I think the first factor is what grade do you want? And it's lots. If you want to score a higher A, then the time allocation is going to be greater. Obviously, if you're okay with coasting and getting a grade that's a little lower than an AA, then it's going to take less time.

00:46:29:20 - 00:46:52:02
Unknown
Ironically, from what I found of working with calendar X students, most college students are pretty type-A, largely made up of. So that's that's the first thing the nature of the grade that you're looking for. And secondly, I think it's the argument that you have in different subjects. So if you are working in finance, then finance class should be relatively straightforward for you.

00:46:52:02 - 00:47:15:05
Unknown
If you're working in strategy at strategy class would be relatively straightforward. I know people push me on the time allocation and if I give you my strategy class, the two and a half hours in video, whether it's synchronous or asynchronous, and then approximately two extra hours, if you are looking to get a B plus grade, if you're looking to get an A-grade, then probably an extra 4 hours.

00:47:15:07 - 00:47:37:05
Unknown
And what we try and really emphasize in all of our classes is that there's no busy work. So for example, in my strategy class, those 2 hours, what you're working on in my strategy class is you are applying strategy frameworks to the organization that you work for or to an aspirational organization. So you're learning more about your company and the context in which your company competes.

00:47:37:07 - 00:48:00:05
Unknown
And the ultimate goal of my strategy class is to present out a strategic recommendation. So again, the busy work, you're not necessarily working on some aloof product or aloof business that you will never have interaction with and subjects like business law to asking you about regulatory context in the legal context for you and your organization and organizational behavior advice.

00:48:00:05 - 00:48:18:23
Unknown
They're asking about the culture and the leadership of your organization so that 2 hours as a minimum, for example, in my class is not busy work. It is directed towards having an incentive to use impact on what you're doing. And that's why any of us fight with you teaching. Kelly We love it because we get positive reinforcement on that.

00:48:19:00 - 00:48:48:19
Unknown
I will get students immediately say, Wow, I presented out your your strategy canvas to my senior manager and now we have a completely new product direction that we want to go in. So really tough to give you a rule of thumb on time, but I would say allocate at least 5 hours of your time for each class and that could be up to ten or 15 hours if you are struggling on quant or on finance or something like that.

00:48:48:21 - 00:49:08:07
Unknown
And tastic. Thank you so much. I know that we're at time so we could probably go on with definitely are getting questions and we could go on for a long time. But we are going to wrap things up just given that we're getting close to time here. I want to say a huge thank you to Will for creating such a stellar presentation about the online learning experience.

00:49:08:07 - 00:49:28:11
Unknown
It really encapsulates exactly what this experience would be for you if Kelley Direct turns out to be the right fit for you. So if you have more questions, we would love to talk to you in our admissions office. Feel free to get in touch with us. You can get us all the contact information is on our website, but k direct at you.

00:49:28:11 - 00:49:50:05
Unknown
Dot edu is the email address. We'll put that in the chat direct at IU dot edu. Feel free to email us any other questions. We will be sending out the recording of this webinar today so you'll get that in your inbox in the next week or so, so that you'll be able to go back over this content. Because I know we gave a confirmation to you today.

00:49:50:07 - 00:49:59:04
Unknown
So thank you again for joining us. Thank you again to Wil and Megan for joining me today. Thanks to all of you. And we'll hopefully talk with you soon.

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WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.100 --> 00:00:04.700 Hi, my name is Alesia Robinson and I am the assistant director 2 00:00:04.700 --> 00:00:07.100 of admissions for Kelley Direct and I'm going to 3 00:00:07.100 --> 00:00:10.500 provide you with a brief overview of our online MBA program. 4 00:00:10.500 --> 00:00:13.800 So I'm going to start by going into detail about 5 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:17.500 how our curriculum and courses work. So 6 00:00:16.500 --> 00:00:19.600 our MBA degree is 7 00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:23.000 54 total credits to complete and 8 00:00:22.100 --> 00:00:25.600 the plan of study is two years, but you do have up until 9 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:26.900 four years to complete it. 10 00:00:28.100 --> 00:00:31.400 Our curriculum is pretty structured and it 11 00:00:31.400 --> 00:00:34.500 consists of an integrated core courses that are also 12 00:00:34.500 --> 00:00:37.900 a structured cohort model which is nice for networking and 13 00:00:37.900 --> 00:00:40.600 building relationships with your classmates. When you're 14 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:43.500 in a core quarter, you have to take six credit hours 15 00:00:43.500 --> 00:00:46.600 and what that would look like is you will have two live 16 00:00:46.600 --> 00:00:48.900 classes a week. They are held via Zoom, 17 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:52.700 and the class times are offered at 6 p.m. 7:30 and 18 00:00:52.700 --> 00:00:55.100 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. So if you're 19 00:00:55.100 --> 00:00:58.300 in a different time zone, you will have to remember that Kelley Direct classes 20 00:00:58.300 --> 00:01:00.000 are on Easter Standard Time. 21 00:01:00.900 --> 00:01:03.300 The back end of the program is when things get 22 00:01:03.300 --> 00:01:06.400 a little bit more flexible and you could decide if 23 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:09.300 you need to cut back on your credit hours. Maybe even 24 00:01:09.300 --> 00:01:12.400 take a quarter off if you're trying to spread out 25 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:13.600 your MBA. 26 00:01:14.500 --> 00:01:17.500 So here is an example of a two-year plan, 27 00:01:17.500 --> 00:01:20.400 what that would look like. This gives you an idea of when 28 00:01:20.400 --> 00:01:23.100 your in-person residencies will be which I will also 29 00:01:23.100 --> 00:01:26.100 go into more detail about those in later slides. 30 00:01:27.100 --> 00:01:30.400 But as you can see, you will have your first year 31 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:33.400 mostly consisted of core and then the 32 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:36.400 back end of the program during your second year is when 33 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:37.600 you'll start working on your major. 34 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:42.400 So we have about seven specializations that you 35 00:01:42.400 --> 00:01:45.500 could choose from within the MBA. The nice 36 00:01:45.500 --> 00:01:48.800 thing about the majors is you don't have to go into our program 37 00:01:48.800 --> 00:01:51.300 knowing what major you'd like to do because you 38 00:01:51.300 --> 00:01:54.200 can't start working on it or you don't have to decide until you're 39 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:57.800 second year in the program because you have to complete core 40 00:01:57.800 --> 00:01:58.400 first. 41 00:01:59.500 --> 00:02:03.100 We are a combination of asynchronous and 42 00:02:02.100 --> 00:02:05.500 synchronous learning and exciting aspect of Kelley Direct 43 00:02:05.500 --> 00:02:08.600 is that we have our own multi-million dollar studio. We've 44 00:02:08.600 --> 00:02:12.200 invested in our online learning experience and 45 00:02:11.200 --> 00:02:14.300 exciting aspect of Kelley Direct is that 46 00:02:14.300 --> 00:02:17.200 our classes our held live. And in order to create the best 47 00:02:17.200 --> 00:02:20.500 possible learning experience, you are expected to attend classes with 48 00:02:20.500 --> 00:02:23.600 your peers, be a part of the group discussion, and be 49 00:02:23.600 --> 00:02:24.900 a part of that live conversation. 50 00:02:26.700 --> 00:02:29.600 So going in detail about the in-person residencies, 51 00:02:29.600 --> 00:02:32.700 so we will start with the first in-person residency, which 52 00:02:32.700 --> 00:02:36.000 is called Kelley On Campus and this 53 00:02:35.200 --> 00:02:38.600 is held during your first quarter in the program. It is 54 00:02:38.600 --> 00:02:41.300 a class that you register for and you do earn credit, but you 55 00:02:41.300 --> 00:02:44.500 will come to Bloomington for about five days and it 56 00:02:44.500 --> 00:02:47.600 is a live case competition. So you get to meet your classmates in 57 00:02:47.600 --> 00:02:51.200 person for the first time work on this case competition. Students 58 00:02:50.200 --> 00:02:53.700 really enjoy it not only for networking and 59 00:02:53.700 --> 00:02:56.000 meeting their classmates, but also getting to be a part of 60 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:56.900 campus. 61 00:02:58.300 --> 00:03:01.100 The second in person residency during your second year 62 00:03:02.100 --> 00:03:05.200 is called Kelley On Location, which is offered in a domestic 63 00:03:05.200 --> 00:03:08.600 location and it is a theme-based conference experience. 64 00:03:08.600 --> 00:03:11.700 There will be guest speakers, alumni, and 65 00:03:11.700 --> 00:03:14.800 tons more of networking events. Students really enjoy 66 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:17.800 our in-person residency component 67 00:03:17.800 --> 00:03:18.500 of our program. 68 00:03:20.100 --> 00:03:23.500 If you're interested in doing more travel, we do also offer 69 00:03:23.500 --> 00:03:26.200 elective courses. We have one that 70 00:03:26.200 --> 00:03:29.500 is called Global Immersions where you would have the opportunity to 71 00:03:29.500 --> 00:03:32.500 travel to another country to learn about their 72 00:03:32.500 --> 00:03:35.200 that country's business culture. So some of 73 00:03:35.200 --> 00:03:38.400 our past trips in these pictures, we've been to Ireland. We've 74 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:41.400 been to Greece and Thailand this past year, and I know 75 00:03:41.400 --> 00:03:44.400 that we have plenty more trips planned out for the up and coming year. 76 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:45.600 So students really enjoy that. 77 00:03:46.700 --> 00:03:50.000 We do also offer domestic immersions, which 78 00:03:49.100 --> 00:03:52.600 is the opportunity to travel within the us to 79 00:03:52.600 --> 00:03:55.400 do a consulting project for a 80 00:03:55.400 --> 00:03:58.700 real client. We just had one in Vegas. 81 00:03:58.700 --> 00:04:01.400 So those are really exciting for students to 82 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:03.200 get hands-on experience. 83 00:04:03.900 --> 00:04:06.600 So student life and networking. So we 84 00:04:06.600 --> 00:04:09.800 have plenty of resources for online 85 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:12.800 students, so you will have access to Graduate Career 86 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:16.100 Services. You'll have your own career coach, you'll 87 00:04:15.100 --> 00:04:18.000 get access to job boards, and this is 88 00:04:18.200 --> 00:04:21.400 also a lifetime access, so whenever you need it. There's also Global 89 00:04:21.400 --> 00:04:24.600 Connect nights where it's a biannual networking event for 90 00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:28.100 students in major US cities to kind of connect and 91 00:04:27.100 --> 00:04:30.600 there's also nine different student 92 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:34.100 leadership associations that you could be a part of and Kelley 93 00:04:34.100 --> 00:04:37.800 Alum is also the living the largest living business school alumni network 94 00:04:37.800 --> 00:04:40.200 in the world. So you will have access and be a part of that. 95 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:44.800 Tuition and fees. So we do have a 96 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:49.500 per credit hour rate that we charge per 97 00:04:49.500 --> 00:04:52.900 credit hour and the total for the MBA being 54 credits, 98 00:04:52.900 --> 00:04:55.400 you're looking at about 82,000. We do 99 00:04:55.400 --> 00:04:58.400 offer scholarships. So during our application 100 00:04:58.400 --> 00:05:01.700 process during phase two you would have the opportunity to 101 00:05:01.700 --> 00:05:05.000 apply for our scholarships. We have about five 102 00:05:04.300 --> 00:05:07.200 different scholarships that you can choose. You can 103 00:05:07.200 --> 00:05:08.800 apply to as many that pertain to you. 104 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:12.500 In order to receive a scholarship, the nice thing about the 105 00:05:12.500 --> 00:05:15.600 scholarships is you'll be notified prior to your admissions 106 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:18.500 decision if you've received this scholarship, so 107 00:05:18.500 --> 00:05:21.400 that's nice if that plays a factor on if you can come to Kelley 108 00:05:21.400 --> 00:05:21.800 or not. 109 00:05:22.700 --> 00:05:25.200 Next steps are application is broken up into 110 00:05:25.200 --> 00:05:28.200 two phases. So phase one is free. It's listed on 111 00:05:28.200 --> 00:05:31.400 our website. It just takes five minutes. It's where you would upload your 112 00:05:31.400 --> 00:05:34.800 resume. This is also the opportunity where you can request a 113 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:36.200 GMAT and a GRE waiver. 114 00:05:36.900 --> 00:05:39.700 And then phase two you would 115 00:05:39.700 --> 00:05:42.300 be in contact with your admissions counselor after 116 00:05:42.300 --> 00:05:45.400 your admissions interview to start working on phase two 117 00:05:45.400 --> 00:05:48.100 and that's when you would need transcripts, test scores if you 118 00:05:48.100 --> 00:05:51.300 are denied the waiver, a personal statement, that is 119 00:05:51.300 --> 00:05:53.500 also when you'll receive the scholarship application. 120 00:05:54.400 --> 00:05:57.600 We only need contact information for one reference to be 121 00:05:57.600 --> 00:06:00.800 a completed application. So definitely 122 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:03.400 reach out. If you have any questions while you're 123 00:06:03.400 --> 00:06:05.700 applying in our program, we're definitely happy to help. 124 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:07.900 I hope you have a good day.

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Unknown
Hello, everyone. Welcome. Thank you so much for coming today to the Kelley Direct online MBA webinar regarding work life balance. This is one of the topics that we get questions about so often from prospective students. So if you're looking into the program and you're thinking, Oh my gosh, I work full time or at family commitments, I travel often for work, how am I going to make this work?

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Unknown
How am I going to put this? And that's what we want to talk about today. And we're going to hear from a couple of our current students about how they currently do work life balance. Again, my name is Sarah Wenger. I'm the director of admission for Kelley Direct Programs and I'm joined today by one of my colleagues, Megan Race, and I'll let her introduce herself.

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Unknown
Hi, I am Megan Reese. I am the associate director of Interactive Recruiting and I will be answering all of your questions on the back end today. So if you have any questions as we go through this webinar, as our guest speakers are speaking, please send those in the Q&A function at the bottom of the screen and I will get those answered and send those off to our student panelists as well.

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Unknown
So I'm sure that you have burning questions for our panelists about work life balance, or you may just have burning questions about the online MBA experience in general, just like Megan said, use that Q&A function down at the bottom, chat in your questions, and we will make sure that we get your questions answered either live via the the questions to the panelists or Megan will be chatting answers back on the back end.

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Unknown
Or if you have really specific questions, you can always set up time to meet with Megan and talk through your questions with her or with another one of our admissions staff members. So you have lots of ways to get your questions answered today. So before we dive in to hearing from our panelists, we really want to set some context and give you a little bit of background on the program relating to this schedule.

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Unknown
So the curriculum for the program is 54 credits and it's broken down into these four distinct buckets. So we have our Kelley Connect Week experiences. That's our in resident and experience that for right now is offered virtually. We do have four fully virtual options for Kelley connect weeks but that's really your opportunity to make connections in the program along with other ways of networking.

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Unknown
But it's a really nice opportunity to get to know your colleagues in the program and get to know your faculty. So there's three credits worth of in residence options, then 24 credits of the core. So we have a signature integrated core experience, and we do have a full webinar that outlines the core and our specializations and majors. So I would encourage you to check back on our website if you want to know more about the core or the next bucket, which is the 24 credits of elective credit where you can specialize and your major.

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Unknown
And then the last three credits in the program are global perspectives credits. And you can either do obviously when COVID is not around the travel immersion experience, where you would do a Chase competition or consulting overseas or domestically. But we also have professional development courses that you can do those three credits in offered to our graduate career services office.

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Unknown
So that's how our curriculum is broken down. But let's dive a little more deeply into timeline and kind of when courses are offered. So, Megan, do I talk a little bit about the two year plan? Yeah, I think. Sara So most students do complete their online MBA in two years. And on this slide you can see what that two year plan actually looks like.

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Unknown
So the red blocks represent those core blocks and those can be taken together over three terms. They're spread out over the two year plan, and these are three classes, two credits each. Now, I want you to take a look at those gray blocks. And these represent your electives, the gray blocks, and you have a lot of flexibility there.

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Unknown
This is, you know, showing you the two year plan, how you can extend out your degrees through those gray blocks. So if you want to extend that out to a four year time period, you can do that. You'll just take fewer classes at a time in those gray blocks. And if you want to accelerate your degree over maybe 18 months, for example, you'll just simply take more classes at a time and finish your degree much sooner.

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Unknown
Fantastic. Now that we know what a two year plan looks like, let's dig more deeply into our next slide, which really covers the courses. So how are courses broken down? Well, like Megan just was telling you, there are the integrated core courses. So those three areas of red that you saw before on the two year timeline, well, those are the integrated core courses.

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Unknown
When you're in your core courses, you're in a cohort, you move through all together. So everyone begins in their core courses and during your core, you're always going to be taking six credits during that term or quarter quarters, as we like to say. So you'll have three total quarters of core courses. And again, during those three total quarters of core, each time, you're going to have six credits during that.

00:05:02:22 - 00:05:24:12
Unknown
So that's the one time in the program that really can't be flexible. As far as adding or subtracting credits from your workload, you'd really be doing six credits every time you're in your core. And again, that's three total quarters throughout the program. When you're in your core, you're going to be in life classes two times per week, and the life classes start at six, 730 or 9 p.m..

00:05:24:14 - 00:05:54:17
Unknown
They last for an hour and 15 minutes. And so that's really a typical core. And let's look at the second area, that gray area of your fundamentals in the wackiest courses. So for your fundamentals and electives, depending on how you spaced out your program, your timeline can be anywhere from six quarters to 12 quarters. So you really can go a little bit faster, go a little bit slower as it builds your schedule during those quarters, Your workload during those quarters again, can be anywhere between three and nine credits per quarter.

00:05:54:18 - 00:06:12:22
Unknown
So it'll be up to you and how much time you have in your schedule. So in order to anticipate your live class session times, you're going to want to anticipate one weekly live class session per course per quarter. So if you're going to take two courses at a time, you'd be in two weekly live class sessions per week.

00:06:12:24 - 00:06:47:04
Unknown
And again, those sessions only last an hour and 15 minutes. So it's a quick way to touch base with your faculty and connect with your colleagues in the program and for your elective courses. Those are a little bit more flexible based on the faculty schedules. So those courses could start anywhere between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Eastern. So now that you know, a little bit about how the courses are structured, what the timeline for the program is, now let's talk a little bit about how this is manageable for working adults who may have outside obligations that you need to attend to as well and what this looks like.

00:06:47:06 - 00:07:15:17
Unknown
So I'd like to welcome our two panelists. We have build Officer and Lucy Turner with us today. There are two of our star students. We wanted to make sure that you had an opportunity to meet with two people who have very different perspectives on the program. They come from different professional background and there are two different places in the program, so I'd love to have them go ahead and introduce themselves and tell us a little bit about their professional background, where they're at in the program, what their goals are for the program.

00:07:15:17 - 00:07:35:24
Unknown
So Bill, do you want to go ahead and go first? Sure. Hi, everybody. My name is Bill Dawson. I'm a VP of operations for a software company called Validity Inc. I've spent most of my career in technology and startups dealing with a lot of M&A as a matter of fact, my company, right as COVID was kicking off, my company was acquired.

00:07:36:00 - 00:07:57:12
Unknown
So the company had been out for a few years that my friend had started, had been acquired. And so I've been in the process of integrating into a new organization throughout this. So that's definitely added to the challenge and the fun of doing an online MBA. As Sara said, I'm in my second year as a Kelley Connect, as a as a Kelley student.

00:07:57:14 - 00:08:16:01
Unknown
I just finished all my core classes, so I'm into that block of electives. I've attended two different Kelley connects now. One was live and in person and the other was was virtual this summer due to COVID. The goals for me when I entered this program were really since I had had a lot of business experience, it had been organic.

00:08:16:03 - 00:08:40:12
Unknown
What I wanted was a framework to relate to the experiences that I'd had. And Kelley Connect allowed me. Kelley direct allowed me to keep doing that, even though I was working and traveling pre-COVID. Of course, it allowed me to adjust and be flexible and get the education and the context I was looking for and tastic. Thanks, Bill. Lizzy, do you want to go ahead and tell us about yourself tour?

00:08:40:13 - 00:09:15:21
Unknown
I'm Lizzy Turner, so I'm actually a little bit further along than Bill. I have about five terms left, so roughly are not five terms and so five courses, so roughly 2 to 3 terms. So I am also on the board for the Student Leadership Association for Katie. So I stay involved in that way. I actually just started a new job this week, so I'm in a weird place to be explaining my background, but I have worked in program and product management for the last seven or so years.

00:09:15:23 - 00:09:44:13
Unknown
I am a mom, so I have a first grade daughter in remote learning right now, some balancing that. And I live in the suburbs of Chicago. Wonderful. I actually I want to comment and you had said that you're in kind of an interesting position to be talking about this right now in taking a new job. I want to point out for attendees that many, many of our students end up taking a new job while they're in the program.

00:09:44:13 - 00:10:08:14
Unknown
So I think you're actually a prime example because most of the time our students are getting promoted while they're in the program. And and you're a great example of that. Yeah. Okay. So let's talk a little about your typical daily schedule. So maybe, Lizzie, do you want to take a stab at that first? Kind of what is your typical daily schedule looks like or even your typical weekly schedule, however you want to approach that?

00:10:08:16 - 00:10:31:15
Unknown
Yeah. So a typical day for me, which it's a lot of days are different. So typical relative. But for me the first thing I think of when I wake up is coffee. So I'm sort of like, you know, until I have that, I can't function. But once I am functioning, I log in and start checking my email because we're all virtual right now.

00:10:31:15 - 00:11:02:05
Unknown
And so we don't have to spend as much time sort of getting ready and out the door in the morning, which is nice for the flexibility. So once I've kind of checked a few emails, I'll start getting my daughter ready for school, get her logged in, make sure that she's ready to go for the day. Thankfully, she is somewhat self-sufficient in school at this point, but after that I start working and my job is thankfully flexible.

00:11:02:05 - 00:11:29:06
Unknown
And so I do kind of go back and forth answering questions for her coming back and doing some of my work, going to a meeting, etc. And then afternoon is really my break time. My daughter is out of school by that point, my husband kind of takes a break so he can hang out with her and I'm allowed to just go take an hour and take a nap or read a book or, you know, whatever I want to do for that hour.

00:11:29:06 - 00:11:54:19
Unknown
And I definitely prioritize that time for myself because that is important. And then my I love to cook, so I cook dinner every night. And after that I spend maybe, you know, depending on what point in the term we are or what I have going on that week, I might spend 1 to 2 hours on coursework or going to lecture or in some way thinking about school.

00:11:54:21 - 00:12:18:14
Unknown
So I pack it in. But it works. So heads stick. Bill, do you want to take a stab at that question? What is your daily life look like? And is yours as packed in as Lizzie does? And actually, I was going to keep eye on that phrase because I think pack it in is it was very appropriate. So most of the team that I work with is is bi coastal and I have a couple of folks internationally.

00:12:18:14 - 00:12:41:06
Unknown
So my day usually starts with me getting up and catching up on emails that I've maybe missed out on, either because they were after hours or before ours. I try to kind of collect myself and be productive first thing in the morning before the coasts wake up and I get a lot of a lot of attention. A lot of my day time is just spent moving from meeting to meeting and working with different groups.

00:12:41:08 - 00:13:07:01
Unknown
And so I like Lizzie. I kind of use some of my my downtime is is focused on on coursework and trying to figure that out. pre-COVID, I went to an office and that gave me some flexibility to hang out an extra hour or go an extra hour early if I wanted to focus with COVID. I'm interrupting the life of my wife who works from home and our dog, who's now suddenly has attachment disorder because I'm home all the time.

00:13:07:03 - 00:13:33:09
Unknown
And so I have to kind of change up the way that I interact during the day to adjust. And so I spend those. I do pack it in when there's free time. I'm usually trying to work on coursework When I get done with work before classes kick off, I'm usually sitting on the couch looking at my iPad, going through courses, looking at my notes and trying to prepare for classes that happen or for team work that happens in the evening as well.

00:13:33:09 - 00:13:55:12
Unknown
So you do you find yourself gravitating those gaps and spaces are places that you start to fill in with, with a way to think and process and and prepare for for classwork for sure. Wonderful. Thank you. Well, now that we have kind of a the stage is set. Talk a little bit about what your biggest balancing act is like.

00:13:55:15 - 00:14:29:11
Unknown
What what's the thing that you really noticed that since starting school you had to focus on on balancing and prioritizing? You want to go first? Yeah, sure. So for me, maybe like the first 2 to 3 terms after I started, you know, it got really easy to just like, order takeout for dinner or fill up all of my available minutes of the day with something work or school related.

00:14:29:13 - 00:14:55:01
Unknown
And it became obvious very quick that I wasn't taking the right time and the right care of myself in my own well-being. And so for me, that was the biggest thing that I knew I needed to balance. And so now I've gotten a lot better about prioritizing that and always pushing that to be the last thing. And so it's better now.

00:14:55:01 - 00:15:19:13
Unknown
But that's, you know, if I were kind of starting a program and someone could give me good advice, that would be good advice. Great. Bill, do you want to speak to that? Yeah, I think I think you're you adjust a bunch as you take on this new workload. And I think one thing that I maybe did was underestimate the amount of work that there might be there.

00:15:19:15 - 00:15:36:16
Unknown
And to to my wife's credit, and I think Lizzie, to her husband's credit, is that it takes a lot of family support, I think, to to understand, hey, I'm going to in this downtime, I'm not going to be cleaning gutters. I need to catch up on this reading. I need to do this. And so flexibility is really key.

00:15:36:16 - 00:15:57:03
Unknown
And that's one of the great things about the program. As you as you work a lot of the core classes you depend on teams of students and those students are aren't always going to be in your time zone or local to you. And so that was one of the balancing acts for me, was not just working in my schedule or my family schedule, but working in the schedule of other folks in other families.

00:15:57:03 - 00:16:18:15
Unknown
And so with with a lot of gratitude, those folks were very flexible and very supportive. And a number of those folks have continued to be friends through the program. And I've sort them out in other classes because we figured out how to work together, but also to the credit of the professors, I got a lot of support from professors as I was trying to understand concepts.

00:16:18:15 - 00:16:36:10
Unknown
They made themselves available for calls for Slack messages and things like that to help you adjust. They're really dedicated to you being successful, but you have to kind of sort out that cadence and that balance for yourselves. And then there will there are people that will fill in to help you fill the gaps in that balance for sure.

00:16:36:11 - 00:16:59:23
Unknown
Teammates, classmates and professors as well. Great. Thank you to our attendees. If you have questions for our panelists, do feel free to use the Q&A function at the bottom of your screen and chat in questions. And we're happy to to throw those to our panelists live. So just wanted to put that out there. I do have a question about the time commitment for the courses.

00:16:59:23 - 00:17:23:07
Unknown
So one of the questions I get a lot about live sessions and what does that look like? What does homework time look like? How do we kind of fit in the time commitment component into an already full schedule? So, Bill, do you want to maybe take a stab at that? Yeah, I mean, I it sounds maybe this will sound like a pushback, right?

00:17:23:07 - 00:17:47:14
Unknown
But it really depends. There are just like anything in your life, there are topics and subjects that you're passionate about and that maybe you have experience with already and those for you are going to be much easier. There are other courses that are different for you, so I come from a marketing and a technology background. Technology marketing, even the legal stuff I flew through that was those were very easy and conceptual for me.

00:17:47:19 - 00:18:09:12
Unknown
Some of the finance and accounting things were more difficult. I had to set time aside to really give myself room to process and think about those things and ruminate on it, but to keep up with the coursework as well. And so that was part of my, my balancing act was really understanding myself. Don't, don't take into account that that that 3 hours is not a lot of time.

00:18:09:18 - 00:18:30:15
Unknown
You put a lot of work outside of that 3 hours to get to work. And certainly for me like I said, the finance and accounting took a lot more than that. I probably spent 8 hours a week on some of those courses because I was trying to for me, I wanted to make sure the concepts stack. So I was rereading and I was practicing and I was preparing for quizzes that were coming at the end of the week.

00:18:30:15 - 00:18:53:03
Unknown
And so that took a lot more time for me than some of the other courses. Wonderful. Lizzie, want to go? Yeah, I mean, I agree with Bill. It totally depends on the subject and the professor that you got and sort of, you know, how much work they typically give their students or on what in what cadence they give that work.

00:18:53:05 - 00:19:22:14
Unknown
It's it's all variable, but in general it is totally manageable. I think, you know, not only that, but during a term, the workload is going to ebb and flow a lot. You know, towards the beginning, you're getting more introduced to concepts or your professor or the syllabus or what have you, and you spend some time kind of getting acclimated to that before you start doing the real work of the course.

00:19:22:14 - 00:19:54:02
Unknown
And of course then you have like finals, just like you did an undergrad or any other course you've taken in. So yeah, I think it depends on that as well. Wonderful. So we have a lot of aspects of our courses that are team based. So could either of you talk a little bit about the team components? Because we often will get questions from prospective students around what does that team component look like?

00:19:54:04 - 00:20:12:01
Unknown
And particularly right now during COVID and everyone's hungry to actually talk to people and, you know, network and and how does what does that look like for you? How do you fit in kind of that teamwork component? Or even if you want to delve into that area of networking, how are you fitting in networking while you're doing program?

00:20:12:03 - 00:20:48:18
Unknown
I mean, I think back to the time commitment. One of the things that really helped through the process was teamwork, frankly, because in a lot of the teams, you have diverse backgrounds and diverse experiences. And so for me, the finance was difficult. There was definitely a team that I had during the coursework where I had a couple of finance people in there that could almost, almost like an an undergrad, right where you have lecture and then recitation afterwards that served to help me understand concepts because it was someone that I could ask, maybe not in a classroom setting where you have, you know, 50 people on Zoom listening to ask a question.

00:20:48:18 - 00:21:12:08
Unknown
It was, give me a little bit more confidence to say, Hey, Lisa, can you explain this to me? Because it's not clicking. And so that the teamwork for me was great because everyone's at different levels in their career and experiences. They can contribute to how you learn. It's definitely a networking experience. I've had teams with folks in Dallas and in California, even a gentleman due to COVID who is in Kenya.

00:21:12:09 - 00:21:31:19
Unknown
So he was he was dialing in at 3:00 in the morning. And so I got exposure to folks I probably wouldn't have in my professional career. And those people I mentioned earlier, those people have followed me. A couple of those folks I've seen again in different semesters and we've seen each other out to be on teams because we built a rapport and kind of understood how we worked with one another.

00:21:31:21 - 00:21:55:06
Unknown
So yeah, I would I would add to that too. I think, first of all, you're going to get used to teamwork because every pretty much every course you take, you're going to be working with a team. And it's I will say, I've never had a bad team because everybody in the program is is sort of, you know, good quality people.

00:21:55:06 - 00:22:26:12
Unknown
They want to come to their courses. They're they're engaged and invested. And so I've never had a bad team. The team has always been a benefit. I think it has definitely helped me develop my emotional intelligence, especially given that, you know, it's not like your your job where you kind of you're in a role typically for 1 to 3 years and you get really, really used to the people.

00:22:26:12 - 00:22:51:12
Unknown
And so it's it's 12 week courses, you know, so you're switching teams and dynamics all the time. But it's it it helps you grow so much as a person learning how to interact with people in that way. I think as well, you you develop really strong connections with people in this program, even though, you know, we do go to colleague Connect weeks when we are not in a pandemic.

00:22:51:17 - 00:23:16:05
Unknown
And so you do get some face to face interaction. But I think it's amazing to me, like how how great of a connection you can form with people just virtually. I think that says a lot about where we're going as a workforce. So, yeah, the virtual teamwork is obviously paramount right now and I think it will continue to be in the future.

00:23:16:06 - 00:23:49:06
Unknown
So yeah, I think again, teamwork in my mind has there's nothing but benefit to that aspect of the program. So I have one last question before we kind of jump into some questions from the attendees that revolves around what are some of the kind of planning mechanisms that you have use? Sure. That this this whole thing, you know, this all the pieces on the place where you build your own speakers?

00:23:49:08 - 00:24:11:12
Unknown
Sure. I mean, I think there was an administrative adjustment to going to an online course, right? So you do you do have to own that canvas. Some professors are very adept with canvas. Canvas is a tool that we use to manage classes and classwork. Great. Some professors are very adept. They set up reminders and triggers and to do news and they have calendars embedded.

00:24:11:14 - 00:24:36:08
Unknown
Other folks don't they just upload a PDF right of the syllabus and in your responsible for for kind of graphing that and adjusting it for yourself. So what I had to learn really early on is that not all setups for classes are similar and so I started to build out calendars for myself and certainly with teamwork where I was dependent on other folks and they were dependent on me, I'd spend a lot of time setting up calendars and invites and reminders for myself.

00:24:36:10 - 00:24:53:24
Unknown
I keep my I literally have a Kelley folder on my laptop where I've broken out every semester and every course and all the coursework that happens. And it's noticeable to me if I get midway through the week and a folder still empty, it means I haven't downloaded some of the the course materials or I haven't watched the video.

00:24:54:01 - 00:25:19:02
Unknown
And so it's a way that I kind of keep pace with am I doing the work and I'm keeping up with some of the activities that are necessary to be prepared for the live sessions, but also the quizzes and tests that I would add. So for me, you know, as a as a mechanism or a tool, a calendar like Bill said, is is necessary, I think, for this program.

00:25:19:08 - 00:25:50:16
Unknown
But I would say too. So, you know, it's funny because I work in program management and, you know, I'm a mom and I do all these things where organization has to exist in my life in some way, but I'm not great at it. I mean, as far as like, you know, I'm one of those people who it is completely arbitrary, whether I pick up a pen and paper to write down a note or I add it to, you know, my my phone notes or my computer, I mean, it's they're all over the place.

00:25:50:16 - 00:26:20:06
Unknown
So I try to I try my best. But I think what I would say, which is a little bit contradictory, is that you got to get used to changing a lot. That's just part of growing, I think, in the program. And just a realization that you'll come to is that even if you do plan your life, you know, two weeks, two months in advance, it's very likely going to shift course at some point a lot of times really frequently.

00:26:20:06 - 00:26:39:08
Unknown
Right. And so I try to always just kind of look at the next week and I just go, what's what do we do in the next week and and make sure it's on the calendar and everyone in the House knows what's going on. And I don't plan the next week after that because it will probably change if I plan it now.

00:26:39:13 - 00:27:03:11
Unknown
So and I think to add on to that, I think the one thing you're keying in on, Lizzie, that is was really important for me was the pace. Yeah, right. To your point, like right now I'm preparing for next week's classes even though I'm finishing up this week's work because the pace 12 week seems like forever. But when you're in there and you're doing the work on a daily basis and you're working with teams, it flies really fast.

00:27:03:13 - 00:27:30:01
Unknown
And so I mentioned earlier for me some of the bigger concepts. I want time and space to think about it, and there's kind of maybe a natural procrastination that happens with that which is not conducive to the pace that goes. And so when early on, before I kind of figured out my cadence or rhythm and I would, I would have work that I was finishing up and submitting right before I needed to already have caught up with next week's class and be prepared for it.

00:27:30:01 - 00:27:49:24
Unknown
And so I had, like you described, I had to really start working a week ahead so that I could be in this moment, but already starting to think can visualize about what I needed to do for the upcoming week. And so you do have to be organized and understand that cadence and pace for yourself and how it faces, how it changes based on subject, for sure.

00:27:50:01 - 00:28:17:01
Unknown
You know, right. Well, I think we might have a couple questions from our panelists. So, Megan, do you want to jump right in? Yeah, we've got some great questions coming in. Brian asked a really interesting question. Do you feel like you sacrifice anything by choosing an online program versus an in-person program or do you feel that? Kelley The college experience has been a holistic one for you.

00:28:17:03 - 00:28:42:11
Unknown
So to me, I'll answer that. Okay. It's it's a net benefit over an in-person program. And what I mean by that is you're always going to sacrifice something. In this case, the very obvious thing you're sacrificing is face to face interaction with your peers. But again, we're in a pandemic, so guess what? We're all learning virtually right now.

00:28:42:11 - 00:29:12:09
Unknown
What most of us and to me, we as a as a cohort or as a a program are more prepared and getting more out of our program right now because we've already been set up for this. This is what we were intentionally doing right? So yeah, it's no, I mean, I think you're always going to, like I said, you're always going to sacrifice something because they are different.

00:29:12:11 - 00:29:38:03
Unknown
But the things that you gain because of the virtual nature of the program outweigh what you're sacrificing. And that makes sense. And I what I would add is I think some of it is up to your commitment to the program. You get out of it, what you put into it. And so my my phone, my WhatsApp has more than a dozen folks that I have worked with in the past.

00:29:38:03 - 00:29:56:20
Unknown
And like I mentioned earlier, that flexibility, they catch up with me for the holidays, but they also catch up with me even if they're in a different section to say, Hey, did you catch that lecture? How did that work for you? And that that really offsets the the times that maybe I'm not in front of them right. And interacting with them?

00:29:56:22 - 00:30:14:10
Unknown
I'm still interacting with them. Like Lizzie was saying, with the COVID, we're all in Zoom meetings nowadays. And so to be able to ping a professor or ping a classmate that's on me to kind of do that and it's part of my commitment to go out there and engage with these folks because it's where I gain value from the program.

00:30:14:12 - 00:30:39:05
Unknown
Mm hmm. That's awesome. Thank you for those answers. We also just had a really interesting question come in from Kyle. Has it been a challenge to fight Zoom fatigue with being virtual? I think this is a question a lot of people couldn't answer and in the world right now. But yeah, interested to hear your responses. Yes, usually a rant about 7:00.

00:30:39:05 - 00:31:03:20
Unknown
I've had headphones in the entire day and I've moved from one zoom meeting to another. And so by the end of the day, the last thing I want is to to maybe be focused and dialed into to another class. And the nice thing is and I saw some questions come in earlier about flexibility, the professors definitely understand the needs of working students, and so they build a lot of flexibility into the program.

00:31:03:20 - 00:31:30:07
Unknown
A lot of my professors will encourage me to maybe sit in another section. If I'm always in a monday class, they will encourage me to go to Wednesday classify of conflicts, or maybe pick a different time frame, or even if you aren't able to attend a lecture. I think almost every class the professor is given kind of a non lecture option, so the recorded video is always up there, but they may ask you to just write a few paragraphs about key concepts out of the class or ask some questions.

00:31:30:07 - 00:31:51:15
Unknown
And so what's great is there is flexibility that if you do have Zoom fatigue and it's a real thing and you've been staring at the screen all day long and your eyes are teared up and your ears hurt from headphones, but you can take the day, right? You can step away from that and the program definitely gives you some flexibility to to reengage in different ways or to come back to that lecture at a different time.

00:31:51:17 - 00:32:18:24
Unknown
Yeah, I think just in general, I'm probably spending no more than 2 hours a week on Zoom for my courses. So, you know, I guess we'd with the 8 hours or so a day that I'm putting in on mostly on zoom at work, if it doesn't add so much that it's noticeable. But that's not going to be the case for everybody.

00:32:18:24 - 00:32:44:06
Unknown
Everybody's different and I do agree it is a thing I think I've probably, you know, gotten more used to it because I worked remotely before the pandemic and, you know, just kind of accustomed to spending a lot of time. But I can imagine for people who who did and kind of suddenly shifting to this, you're just staring at a screen instead of actual people.

00:32:44:08 - 00:33:27:20
Unknown
Yeah. Yeah, that would get tiring. But I don't think the program itself is going to add a noticeable, you know, difference. Awesome. Thanks. That's good to hear about the flexibility in the program there. I do have a question about stress. So with finals and exams, is that a stressful time and how have you both managed? Yes. So I will tell you, it's been a while since I was an undergrad and so I was getting adjusted to online learning to begin with.

00:33:27:22 - 00:33:46:24
Unknown
And then it was getting back in the groove of of being a student and having those expectations. My first quarter in the Kelley program, you take some heavy core classes. Like I said, economics for me was one. And the first time you sit down and you see a little timer pop up that says you have 45 minutes to take this exam, you only get one chance to do it.

00:33:47:01 - 00:34:05:15
Unknown
There's no leaving it, right? Once you've opened the window, you can't close it. In all honesty, I was sweating bullets and shrieking like there was stage fright of, Oh my gosh, what have I gotten into? What's going on for me to do that now? It's it's just part of my everyday life, right? Like, I don't even sweat that anymore.

00:34:05:17 - 00:34:22:04
Unknown
A lot of the professors I saw someone ask the question earlier about, well, like, what's the what's the pace and expectation? A lot of the courses that I've had, professors have given you kind of they'll give you a videos or lecture. I'll give you like a little baby quiz in the middle of the week just to see if you're getting the ideas and you've done some of the reading.

00:34:22:10 - 00:34:44:06
Unknown
And then at the end of the week, they may give you a more in-depth quiz to make sure that you understand the concepts. Those for me have become pretty comfortable, right? It took getting over being online and being prepared and getting the administrative stuff down to getting more flexible with that, and it definitely becomes part of your everyday life.

00:34:44:08 - 00:34:58:16
Unknown
My wife and, I have now developed this pattern where I know where my lecture is and then I know where in the week I'm going to spend some time just processing, doing work. And then I know there's a point on the Saturday or Sunday where I'm going to block 2 hours and sit in my office and knock out the quiz or exam.

00:34:58:16 - 00:35:20:00
Unknown
So it definitely felt more stressful for me up front than it does right now. So, Lizzy, what do you think? I agree. I agree. And I would go back to something I said earlier too, that managing stress, I mean, there is, you know, every doctor in the world will tell you exercise and eat healthy food. Right. And that can't be overstated.

00:35:20:00 - 00:35:48:03
Unknown
And that's something that in the beginning I was saying, you know, it gets really easy to just order out for food to spend time on school work. Instead, it you really have to prioritize taking care of your self. And I think that that helps astronomically with stress management as well. So that would be my advice. Very good advice.

00:35:48:05 - 00:36:11:03
Unknown
We've got two more questions actually from Jennifer and Brian. Wondering you know, how much time we did discuss this, but how much time per week do you think you spend doing coursework? You know, the live class sessions, group projects, all of that combined. And I know of course, I think Bill is going to say it depends. But yeah, we're curious to know what you think.

00:36:11:05 - 00:36:26:20
Unknown
I mean, we could we could do the math real right in a in a three hour class or if you have three hour classes, then you're spending an hour and a half in lecture. Right. And so each semester you have at least two classes. So there's 3 hours just where you're sitting on on a lecture watching your video.

00:36:26:22 - 00:36:48:06
Unknown
The quizzes or exams that you take are usually 45 minutes to an hour. So if you assume that there's a quiz or an exam and each that you've added a couple hours there. So you're you're up to 5 hours in a week for a three hour course. And that's before you sit down and start to study. And I will tell you some courses are more have a lot more reading than others.

00:36:48:06 - 00:37:08:16
Unknown
Others are exercise based. But I usually spent maybe 2 to 4 hours on each one of those courses. So at the end of the week I was probably spending 10 to 12 hours easily between lectures and some of the prep work and then and then quizzes and and I guess I didn't even include some of the teamwork that goes in there too.

00:37:08:16 - 00:37:27:06
Unknown
But some of that is, you know, multi week or multi session. What do you think was it? I think I think I agree with you in aggregate. I think the thing that sounds scary, though, is you think 10 to 12 hours a week, like where am I going to find my time? Well, you're not sitting down on Sunday and spending 10 to 12 hours.

00:37:27:10 - 00:37:46:09
Unknown
I mean, when it's 30 minutes here or 30 minutes there, maybe I'm going to like as I'm exercising, I'm going to re do my readings for the classes. Think I mean, this things that we do, right? I mean, if you can kind of be more efficient with it, you'll learn more about that and operations then. But then you should do that.

00:37:46:09 - 00:38:14:22
Unknown
And so I think you are correct. It definitely it depends. 10 hours a week is to me that's a little on the high side, maybe maybe 5 to 10, depending on the class, you know, where you are in the term, all kinds of things. But in general, I think that's a good estimate. Just remember, that's not a chunk of time that you need to somehow carve out in one sitting for you.

00:38:14:24 - 00:38:31:08
Unknown
And you had mentioned earlier that maybe in the beginning of the program when you're still getting used to the technology, that's the learning management system and you know how to log in or where to go on, I use websites and maybe that took you a little bit longer, but that now you're in the groove, it's a lot quicker.

00:38:31:08 - 00:38:58:21
Unknown
Oh, definitely, Definitely. You always have like that initial overhead because you're still getting acclimated to like the canvas platform that we use for courses or just the different ways to communicate with the different people that you need to communicate with in the program. That takes some time, but then you sort of you get used to just the flow of that stuff and it becomes much less time consuming.

00:38:58:23 - 00:39:15:24
Unknown
So that's another thing to keep in mind for sure. And I think it's I think it goes to the balance you were talking about earlier. The flexibility, the difference with being in a classroom is that the the things and resources that I need for class are always available to me. So I found myself at the beginning kind of struggling to find a pace.

00:39:15:24 - 00:39:33:06
Unknown
And now part of my pace is getting on the treadmill with my iPad and watching a lecture, and it gives me some balance for my stress, but it also gives me, because of the availability, it gives me a chance to make that ten or 10 hours fit wherever I need to in the week. I can attend that, I can attend that class anytime I need to.

00:39:33:06 - 00:40:01:20
Unknown
I can read those details. I mean, it's definitely awesome. Those are great answers. We've also got a really good question about our Kelley Connect Week experiences, so we are curious to know if you've done the virtual version, what that's like. How does that feel to be in the virtual Kelley Connect week? I have not done the virtual one, so my hope is that I started the program, I think it was February of 19.

00:40:01:20 - 00:40:25:16
Unknown
It was. And so I attended Kelley Connect Week in-person in May of 2019, which was before this nightmare that we're living through right now. My hope is that I can put off my second year Kelley Connect week and until late spring, when hopefully we'll have a vaccine and we can all go do things in-person again. I'm hoping so.

00:40:25:16 - 00:40:53:01
Unknown
No, I have not done a virtual version, but I might. We'll see. What about you, Bill? Yeah, I did one of each, actually. So I did a Jill a July Kelley Connect week last week or last year and then earlier this year they actually did a virtual Kelley Connect week that was based around COVID. And so a very similar kind of format where you're coming up with business ideas and you're working and informative and you're given a problem, you do lectures and then you come up with a solution all in the course of a week or so.

00:40:53:07 - 00:41:18:14
Unknown
And it was it was very challenging. It was very different. There's something to the teams and the bonds that you build in a Kelley Connect week because it's a very rigorous they pack a ton into a week where they're trying to lecture and then you immediately apply the lecture and then you're working on a project. And so some of those those late nights and that pulling your hair out and pacing hallways and stuff kind of dissolves because of COVID.

00:41:18:14 - 00:41:38:12
Unknown
Right. But the the pace was still there. I mean, we I took a day off work because we literally had one day where we had to dedicate 14 hours to kind of cranking out an idea and getting it recorded and put in place. So it changed. It didn't change the experience, but it changed the interaction a little bit, right?

00:41:38:12 - 00:41:55:00
Unknown
Because it was all working remotely. And for me personally, it kind of helps because it gave you time to take a time out, right? You could literally work and then say, okay, we're all going to get back on the phone at 3:00 and you go clock off and you do your own things and you come back together and that is good.

00:41:55:00 - 00:42:27:16
Unknown
And bad at Kelley Connect Week because you're everyone's cheering together. There's a fight for resources for copy machines and things like that. Didn't have to do with that. Virtually, but definitely missed out on the camaraderie of sitting there and kind of cranking through ideas for folks who did. Yeah, I do think it would be hard to match virtually because some of those you talk about like the late nineties, I mean, you know, you are with your team constantly for like four days straight, people that you've never met before.

00:42:27:16 - 00:42:48:18
Unknown
You are suddenly and literally in a maybe ten by ten room with a round table and, it forces you to just get past sort of the awkwardness of being with new people really fast. And you just you do you develop a connection with these people, whether you really liked them or not. You end up being friends with them, you know what I mean?

00:42:48:18 - 00:43:10:20
Unknown
So it's sort of like it's a cool experience and to me it would just be hard to match that much by and almost by necessity. You have to, right? So you show up, you don't know anyone, you don't know what to expect. Suddenly you got four or five people that are now your pod and you are you find yourself eating lunch with them, going to dinner with them because you're all focused on the same goal.

00:43:10:20 - 00:43:39:19
Unknown
And it creates a lot of alignment and camaraderie. It's hard work, It's a really hard week, but it's so much fun and I have really fond memories of that week. So that's why I'm holding out hope in that, Oh, I can do the next one in person to agree. Sounds like a mixed bag. Someone who's really gung ho for the in-person and someone who is interested in the flexibility of the virtual option.

00:43:39:21 - 00:44:01:00
Unknown
We've also got a good question about and I'm not sure if either of you have attended the immersion program, but of course, if you have or if you even just attended the College Connect week, what was that like getting vacation time and coordinating that travel? Was that what was that process like for you? I didn't, but I think Lizzie did didn't she?

00:44:01:02 - 00:44:34:01
Unknown
I've done an immersion course, but it wasn't an agile immersion course. It was actually a and I don't know if he's done another one since, but one of our one of the best professors in my mind, Regan Stevenson, he we did a course on disruptive innovation sorry back and I'm in that right now. Actually that was January of 2020 right before COVID craziness.

00:44:34:03 - 00:45:11:06
Unknown
Anyway, it was I would absolutely recommend taking part in some kind of immersion course while you're in the program. I wish that I could have taken one of the actual Agile immersion courses. But, you know, I'm I'm all getting involved in sort of ways that you wouldn't typically. So joining an association, working on a board with an association, taking these kind of immersion courses, it's all it all adds value and makes the program that much richer in my mind.

00:45:11:06 - 00:45:36:00
Unknown
So yeah, I'm I'm doing a dual degree, so I'm also doing the entrepreneurship and innovation and that course that was he's describing I'm in right now and it's been virtualized. Yeah. And I also love readings by the way. So you don't get to go to Vegas. No, it's similar where I have to block like three days on my calendar because we were going to complete the virtual CS then.

00:45:36:03 - 00:45:56:03
Unknown
Yeah, we're doing a full. Yeah, we're doing a virtual same project kind of, but virtual, see. Yes. And so it'll be interesting to see how that plays out. If it's like the COVID class, which coincidentally enough, Regan was instrumental in that classes as well. But I agree with you that one of the things that appealed to me right off the bat was the immersion classes.

00:45:56:03 - 00:46:18:12
Unknown
And I know with my MSEI, I'm going to have some of those. And I know this I was looking forward to before COVID appeared. Regan's doing a lot to try to keep that experience possible, but I know classmates who have done immersion programs, the value that you get, just like Kelley Connect, we just like Lizzie's comment about how you can actually it's it's not a vacation, right?

00:46:18:12 - 00:46:43:20
Unknown
Either you're not going off for a weekend and getting a VIP tour of Google in Ireland. You work it out. And so a couple of my classmates did the India trip last year and they described besides the really long travel to get there how just packed they cover the country in seven or eight days and so they were constantly either moving or working on something and so they loved the experience that it was.

00:46:43:20 - 00:47:05:07
Unknown
Ramesh took everyone to it, thought it was great, but it was a lot of work, too. So I'm with Lizzie. Don't pass up an opportunity to do that if you can. That's a great experience, but be prepared to work out for sure. We have so many good questions. I hope you guys don't mind sticking around a little bit longer.

00:47:05:09 - 00:47:37:02
Unknown
So I have a really insightful question from Brian. If you had the chance to talk to your past self before going into the program, what is the most value added thing that you would tell yourself to get the most of it get involved? I'll just reiterate that again. I think if you just go through the program and take the courses and get the degree and that is great in itself, you'll get a really high value education you really well.

00:47:37:04 - 00:48:22:11
Unknown
But if you get involved and it just adds another dimension to it and you know, I have I have connections with so many more people because of those experiences and those responsibilities that I kind of put on my own plate. It's it has changed sort of my whole outlook, honestly. So I would say get involved. I mean, you don't have to be on an association board, but all of our associations put on events every month where you can kind of meet up with a small group that's, you know, most of them right now are sort of industry or functionally organized.

00:48:22:11 - 00:48:50:12
Unknown
So like the product management Association, there's a business analytics association, but you know, go to those events and get to know the people in the program who either are really interested in something that you do or also do the same thing that you do. You know, you guys can kind of relate or, you know, you can get advice from people if there's something you're looking to to pivot to, there's just a whole bunch of benefit to it.

00:48:50:12 - 00:49:12:03
Unknown
So that would be my advice. And it's something that I don't know that we've got. We are great yet at making sure our new students are super aware of how to do that. So if you're not really ambitious and sort of seeking it out, it might not fall on your plate in enough time to really get what I think you can get out of it.

00:49:12:03 - 00:49:31:12
Unknown
So as a new student, start looking at that right away. That's my advice. Yeah, I would totally agree with that. I can't imagine taking on a leadership role like Lizzie has done, but I also can't imagine not being involved and getting a chance to network and interact with folks in some of the different associations. So definitely I agree with that.

00:49:31:14 - 00:49:53:16
Unknown
The other thing I would add is and it seems like a subtle thing, but take it with all seriousness, do the work. That's the thing that I have found. And the core kind of reinforces as your education builds, there's a reason that you do economics right up front because it plays into even some of the legal and the marketing stuff.

00:49:53:16 - 00:50:16:16
Unknown
There's a reason that finance comes later and is tied to accounting. And so where I struggled and where I saw some of my classmates struggle was, Oh, I know economics, I don't have to dig into that. And then a class or two later you start to reference some of those core concepts and it builds together. And so don't underestimate any bit of work or ask that comes in those classes.

00:50:16:18 - 00:50:39:12
Unknown
Attack it like it's a brand new concept to you because it all builds together. And so doing the work is a really critical thing. And I know like I said, it sounds like a silly thing, but it all relates and it all connects together to the point where your core finishes up with a class that's almost a retrospective on everything you do, a capstone project that relates all of those things that you've touched.

00:50:39:12 - 00:50:57:11
Unknown
And the first thing the professor said on that class was Go grab every set of notes you've ever had and and be prepared to go back and figure out what you liked and didn't like and where you struggled because you're going to call on it in this class. And it was a very true statement. So, so do the work and stick with it no matter how hard it is.

00:50:57:13 - 00:51:21:02
Unknown
No. Very good advice. We are coming up on the hour, so I'm going to ask both of you one final question, which I think is a really interesting one from Kyle. I believe you both slightly mentioned this, but how has the Kelley Direct experience benefited your personal and your professional lives? I mean, for I can take this one.

00:51:21:02 - 00:51:57:12
Unknown
First of all, if you were going so personally, well, gosh, maybe I'm not prepared to take those. I think I do think that it has changed both those aspects of my life in major ways. I think, you know, there's there's kind of the metrics people will typically look at, like, what's your salary now versus when you started or, you know, have you had a promotion or But, you know, I really I those things, to me, they don't require this experience.

00:51:57:12 - 00:52:29:12
Unknown
I mean, you can you can get those things if you work hard enough. But to me, like the emotional intelligence, even this like speaking in front of a large group of people, I mean things that I use to invoke sort of anxiety for me, I've gotten so much better at saying, you know, just saying levelheaded and sort of calm and going through those experiences.

00:52:29:14 - 00:52:51:16
Unknown
I think knowing how much I can do at one time. I mean, when, you know, I'm thinking of like 25 year old me and if I was kind of looking forward ten years and thinking, you're going to be a mom and you're going to go to school and you go to work full time, you know, and you're going to you're going to do all these things.

00:52:51:18 - 00:53:23:17
Unknown
I would have thought like, kill me now, because why bother? Right? But here I am. And I, I have to say, my life is is so awesome now. I mean, just to know what you can accomplish, I think opens a lot of doors and opens a lot of, you know, thought pathways. And I don't know. It's a great experience and it really does change you as a person, not just sort of the things that happen in your life.

00:53:23:19 - 00:53:49:14
Unknown
I think professionally, I mentioned this earlier in my intro. Professionally, I was looking for context, right? I've had I've been fortunate to have a lot of business exposure during my career. And so I think I came hoping to credentials myself and put some context to that. What I found in the journey, it's been very reflective for me. What I found in the journey is that what I really enjoy is that being a lifetime learner and that's the ability to coach and mentor.

00:53:49:14 - 00:54:16:02
Unknown
And and so for me professionally, it's actually and personally it's kind of changed the direction that I was looking for. I think I had come to maybe go and work at a VC or to go and work with entrepreneurs on a regular basis. What I've really become interested in on this journey is maybe becoming a professor myself and taking some of the things that I've experienced and being able to to coach and build folks like myself that are coming into the program and and looking for ways to apply it.

00:54:16:02 - 00:54:33:24
Unknown
So that's what's turned me around. And one of the questions that I answered in the Q&A sorry was was do you have mentors and how do you get connected? And I will tell you, I've mentioned a couple of times in the call, the professors are great folks. They're very open. They'll connect you on LinkedIn, they'll follow up with you.

00:54:33:24 - 00:54:57:17
Unknown
Part of my journey came because one of the professors was a former customer of mine, and I pinged him and asked him how did he get into this? And it became a mentorship. And the conversation that I started having with other professors about how they got into academia, in academia. And so that's how I ended up on this journey was by leaning on those mentors and and enjoying and embracing this experience.

00:54:57:19 - 00:55:22:02
Unknown
That's awesome. Thank you both. We've had so many good questions coming in. And a wonderful note from one of our participants to wish Bill and Lizzy the best of luck in their future success. So thank you so much to our participants for coming today. Thank you so much to Bill and Lizzie for taking so much time out of your day to do this amazing webinar.

00:55:22:02 - 00:55:46:12
Unknown
Have a really good conversation with us. We really appreciate your time. You're so welcome. Happy to help. Enjoy. And good luck. Good luck. Thank you. And if you have any other questions, please shoot an email to us. I've put my personal email there a few times, but you can also send additional questions that we didn't get to at K Direct at IU dot edu.

00:55:46:14 - 00:55:52:13
Unknown
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Unknown
Welcome. Thank you so much for joining us today. I am so excited to talk about the number one ranked direct online MBA program and how we compare to other programs. Hopefully throughout our chat today, you'll understand why our program is so highly ranked. My name is Meghan Reese and I am the associate director of Recruiting. I am joined by Sara Winger, the director of admissions, and she will join a little bit later in our presentation.

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Unknown
Right now, I want to take a moment and remind you all that we have the Q&A function. So go ahead and ask any questions you have throughout the presentation today. And if we don't get to your questions, that's all right. We've got those all notated and we will send those out afterwards. Any answers we have, we will email those afterwards.

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Unknown
So to get us started today, I'm really interested in hearing from you all. You should receive a prompt here soon to complete a poll. We will be spending a majority of this webinar today discussing student experience. And before we dive into that, I'm really curious to know which aspects of student experience are most important to you. Very good.

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Unknown
So you should receive a prompt here asking which is most important to your student experience? Is it synchronous live class sessions? You know, there's there's lots of content available asynchronously and and synchronously in MBA programs. Is it important that those live class sessions are faculty led? Our career services really important to you? Is this something that's really important?

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Unknown
Getting an MBA to increase your career prospects? What about networking opportunities and the flexibility of the program? So those are the things where we're kind of interested in hearing about what's most important to you and looking at the results. It looks like networking opportunities and program flexibility is really important. Also, faculty like class sessions. That's important to you all.

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Unknown
So thank you so much for giving us that context and hopefully we will answer all those questions that you have. So now I want to talk a little bit about our MBA curriculum. As you can see, our MBA is divided into two buckets. The first bucket is here on the left. Those are the required courses and that includes making in-person connections.

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Unknown
Kelley on campus is our Hallmark event, where students travel in-person for a residential experience. And right now we are offering robust virtual versions of that event, as well as the option to postpone once it's safe to travel. And in that same bucket is our integrated core and fundamentals. These courses are going to give you a really strong foundation in business fundamentals and set you up for success in your career.

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Unknown
And on the next bucket, we have elective courses. You will have the opportunity to gain a really deep specialization in your field with a major like this will take up about half of your MBA. So you can really customize that degree to your interests. And finally, we have global perspectives courses and professional development courses. If you're planning to make a career change, either moving up in your career or changing industries entirely, these professional development courses can be a game changer for your career.

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Unknown
And now I'm going to turn it over to Sarah, who will help us take a closer look at the program timeline. Thank you, Megan. So to those of you who are just joining us, welcome. My name is Sarah Winger. I'm the director of admissions Direct. And you are just hearing from Megan Reese, was our associate director of interactive recruiting.

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Unknown
And we wanted to say welcome again to all of you for joining us at our webinar today. We're going to cover a number of different aspects of the Kelley Direct program. But like Megan said earlier, if you have questions throughout the webinar, please use the Q&A function at the bottom and make sure that you get those questions in.

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Unknown
We have somebody working on the back end to answer all of your questions in real time, and a lot of your questions will be answered through the webinar today. So let's continue to go over just the basics on the program before we dive into the meat and potatoes, why you're here today to hear about some of the differentiators for Kelley Direct.

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Unknown
So our two year program is one and your two are laid out right here for you. We do have a program that runs just a little over two years. It's about 27 months of any kind of how you're counting it. If you're going to go for around the two year program. We also have a three year extended time frame for those who would like to go a little bit more slowly through the program.

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Unknown
But normally, our students are completing and just around that two year mark and this is how it's laid out. So in year one, you're doing your core courses. Everyone always starts in the fall with their core together. That's your opportunity to really build relationships with your peers, network with faculty, get to know your career coach. We really want to make sure that you build a really strong foundation so everyone starts with core one as well as your first in-person Kelley on campus experience.

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Unknown
Then you move through your winter term with your fundamentals courses. In spring, you do core two. In summer, you have electives. Then in year two, you're going to be taking core three. And within core three you'll have your second residential experience that might be here on the Bloomington, Indiana campus, or it might actually be at an alternative location, depending on what the theme is of your core experience.

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Unknown
So you'll have your second residential experience built in as your capstone to your core. And then for a year or two, you move into the rest of your electives because as you can tell, half of our program is built on electives. Like Megan was saying, you have lots of opportunities to take those elective courses and major in a particular area.

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Unknown
And you also have that opportunity to do a dual degree and we'll kind of go over some of those options in just a little bit. So we'll go on to the next slide and we're going to talk through in-person experiences and our in-person experiences. We are very hopeful that we're going to be able to get started with in-person experiences again very soon.

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Unknown
We have two types of in-person experiences, so we have our immersion opportunities. We offer both global and domestic immersion opportunities. We anticipate that that will start here in spring 2022. Again, depending on location and having COVID restrictions and travel restrictions. But we are very, very hopeful that we'll be able to get started with certainly some domestic travel opportunities in spring and then moving into summer, some some global immersions.

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Unknown
And again, that's subject to change, all based on kind of COVID requirements and safety. And then the second component for your residential experiences, you'll have again, that Kelley on campus. So Kelley on Campus Experience is based in Bloomington, Indiana, here at IU Bloomington. We can't wait to host you here for your Kelley on campus experience and then a second to experience again, residential experience that's tied to your core three capstone.

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Unknown
And again, that residential experience might be in Bloomington or it might be anywhere around the world, depending on where we're hosting that core capstone experience at that given time. So we'll keep you posted on where your second experience may be. So let's look at the next slide and kind of talk through what is our curriculum look like. Well, we structured this webinar pretty particularly around we get questions all the time about Kelley, but we also get questions all the time about how to weigh Kelley with all of the other online MBA programs that are out there.

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Unknown
Two of the programs that come up quite often are at Ross at Michigan and USC. Those are just two that we happen to be also highly ranked or well known, have strong brands just like Kelley. So we wanted to make sure that we were crafting a webinar that helped you determine what are the questions that you should be asking and what are what are kind of the items that you might want to get answered as you're weighing all of the online MBA options?

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Unknown
Because certainly we are not all built alike. So we're going to kind of do a little bit of a comparison model. You're going to see here a structure that we're going to use throughout the West through the rest of this webinar where we're placing Kelley at the top. And then for this slide, we happen to do a little bit of comparison just based on website research that we've done, just like you're doing on two other schools.

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Unknown
But through the rest of this webinar, we're not going to focus particularly on those two schools. We're just going to talk about kind of what are the questions you should be asking? And then we give you a part of a worksheet that you could utilize as you're trying to compare your top three programs with Kelley, Of course, hopefully being your top choice.

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Unknown
So let's look at this around curriculum. So you've just heard a little bit about our curriculum, so you can fill in the worksheet right here. So we're a 54 credit online MBA. We do offer live class sessions. So for a three credit course, you would be having around 12 live class sessions for that three credit course. And live classes.

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Unknown
There are about an hour and 15 minutes per life class session. And you have one live class session for course, per week. And then you do have elective credit opportunity. So our program happens to build in elective credits where we offer 27 credits of electives. Again, half of our program is built on elective credit and every program is a little bit different there.

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Unknown
So some programs have no elective credit options. They kind of have a lockstep where you move through all together. Others have elective credit opportunities. So you'll notice that both Ross and USC offer elective credit opportunities with their online MBA programs. So now that you have that kind of this model in mind, now let's look at what are the questions that you should be asking as you're talking to other programs.

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Unknown
So let's look at particularly around curriculum and in-person experiences. So some good questions to answer are who designed your curriculum? So for our program for Kelley direct our faculty, who are Kelley faculty, They teach in our full time online, our full time MBA program, as well as our online MBA program. Those are the faculty who've designed our curriculum.

00:10:35:13 - 00:11:00:19
Unknown
So you're not getting a syllabus that was designed from an outsider, from just someone who schooled in in learning design. You're actually getting it built by our faculty. And that's really key. So you want to make sure you're asking that question, Who designed your curriculum? You also want to ask about does your program offer live sessions? Now, you may not be looking for a program that offers live class sessions, so that's something to think about.

00:11:00:19 - 00:11:20:13
Unknown
Do you want a program that incorporates a live class session model? Many students are looking for something that is completely online on your own time. Our program is not designed that way. It's designed with networking in mind. So we want to make sure that you have time every week where you can meet virtually face to face with your faculty member and your peers.

00:11:20:15 - 00:11:44:01
Unknown
And then also, if it does offer those life class sessions, ask who leads those live class sessions? Do the faculty leave them for Kelley Our faculty lead our live class sessions. You're not getting teaching assistants. You're not getting some, you know, Joe Schmo off the street. You are getting Kelley Faculty, Kelley School of Business, world renowned faculty who are both doing all of your asynchronous content.

00:11:44:01 - 00:12:14:16
Unknown
So some content you do on your own, as well as all those life class sessions where you're all together in one spot virtually learning together, the faculty are leading all of that in-person experiences. That's another set of questions you want to make sure that you ask is, Do you offer in-person experiences? So either residential components to the program or immersion experiences or in-person networking opportunities, There's all sorts of different in-person experiences.

00:12:14:16 - 00:12:37:15
Unknown
But what we mean by that, Kelley, happens to offer all of those types of things. We offer in-person residential components built into our program. We offer immersion opportunities, global and domestic, like I mentioned, as well as we offer in-person networking opportunities like our Global Connect Night, that we'll be starting back up here again as soon as we get COVID curb.

00:12:37:17 - 00:13:05:07
Unknown
So ask the types of questions around all the different in-person experiences and then also look at those, particularly immersions. Do they offer immersion experiences? How many immersions are available per year? We offer a number of different immersion opportunities per year. Sometimes we're looking at three, four or five different locations for global and domestic. And even more than that, when there's no travel restrictions and things like that.

00:13:05:07 - 00:13:29:04
Unknown
So just kind of look at what the breadth of opportunities are around in-person experiences. But let's move on to the next slide and have Megan take the next slide. Thank you, Sarah. So we just explored the different curriculum opportunities and now I want to dive a little bit deeper into those specialization options. That's something I really love about the Kelley Direct MBA is we do have seven different majors.

00:13:29:04 - 00:13:55:14
Unknown
So like we said earlier, about half of your classes will actually be electives. So you have the ability to really customize your degree. And if you want that deeper specialization, you can go the dual degree route. So that's another really unique thing that we offer is that dual MBA/MS Dual degree. This is a really popular option. Our students love to take advantage of that and the really great thing is that you don't have to make any decisions right away.

00:13:55:14 - 00:14:21:00
Unknown
So you have up until a year before you need to make a decision. Do I want to get a major do I want to do the dual degree? You've got a whole year in the program to explore your options and figure out what's going to be best for you, best for your career. So lots of flexibility there. And on the next slide, spoiler, Sara's going to explore what these options are with other schools and how that what kind of questions you should be asking.

00:14:21:02 - 00:14:41:15
Unknown
Excellent. So here we go. Here's that worksheet again like we just talked about earlier. So here's the worksheet with Kelley at the top. So here you go. Majors seven We have seven different major options or concentration options. We also have seven different dual degree options in pretty much the same areas that our majors are offered. So you could choose to do either or.

00:14:41:17 - 00:15:00:23
Unknown
And then again, those faculty led class sessions. So, yes, Kelley does have faculty led life class sessions, weekly. And you'll want to fill in your own program, number two and program number three. What are your top three schools you're looking at? And hopefully Kelley is the number one there. But again, fill in your program, number two and number three, look at do they offer majors?

00:15:00:23 - 00:15:19:07
Unknown
Are you looking for majors? Do they offer dual degrees? Might you want one of those? How about faculty? Are you looking for those faculty of advice class sessions weekly. So you'll want to fill in your worksheet on your own. And in order to answer the worksheet questions, let's look at those questions that you should be asking. So how many specialization options do you offer?

00:15:19:07 - 00:15:40:05
Unknown
And the very first question Do you offer specializations, let alone how many do you offer? Can I earn an MBA and an MS Dual degree? Some programs offer that option, some do not. Sometimes their dual degrees are different than their specializations in their MBA. So clarify that if you're moving through the program. Are the majors and the MBA dual degree options the same?

00:15:40:05 - 00:16:08:10
Unknown
Are they different? What? What route might you want to go? And then also ask when you need to decide with Kelley Direct You don't need to decide on your major or your dual degree until at least a year and two year coursework. We actually encourage you not to make any decisions until you are a year end because most of the time our students come in thinking that they want to go one direction and after a year of taking those core courses and some electives, you're going to find the area you're really passionate about and you're going to want to go that direction.

00:16:08:10 - 00:16:29:13
Unknown
So give yourself a year to determine kind of what's next. Yeah, So we spent a long time going through our curriculum and our options for specialization, and a big part of the student experiences is the career services and networking. So now I want to talk about the amazing networking opportunities and career services available to you with Kelley Direct.

00:16:29:15 - 00:16:53:01
Unknown
As you may know, we are the number one ranked graduate career services. We're very proud of that. So as a college student, you will enjoy one dedicated career coach throughout your entire program. This is someone who will get to know you over the course of the whole program. They will get to know your strengths, your goals. They will provide tailored advice to get your career to the next level.

00:16:53:01 - 00:17:15:22
Unknown
And that's going to be different depending on what career path you're on. So this is truly a priceless asset. I cannot stress enough how impactful these dedicated career coaches can be. And we also offer those fantastic professional development courses that I mentioned earlier. You will have access to our exclusive job boards and best of all, these services last a lifetime.

00:17:15:22 - 00:17:36:19
Unknown
So you will always have access to your career coach, to those job boards. Even as alumni, we care really deeply about our students and we want to see you succeed. So we're going to be there for you every step of the way. So moving on to networking, our curriculum has a great deal of networking built right into the program.

00:17:36:19 - 00:18:01:11
Unknown
You will be completing team projects and doing group discussions and those live class sessions. So, you know, that's built right and you don't have to put in any extra effort and to networking if you don't want to. But we also have those great student leadership associations for those who do want to feel more connected through their classmates and a network outside of the classroom so you can enjoy a virtual happy hour or attend a sponsored webinar.

00:18:01:13 - 00:18:27:02
Unknown
Learn more about your field of study in that regard. So these are really popular groups. We also boast the largest alumni network with 125,000 living business school alumni. So that's a lot of folks to add to your network. The Kelley Brand is a powerhouse, and on the next slide, Sara will compare these services to other programs. Great. So let's look at the worksheet one last time.

00:18:27:02 - 00:18:53:18
Unknown
Networking and careers here are the hallmarks of the Kelley program. And you want to again compare these year program number two and number three. So we do have that dedicated career coaching. We also have that kind of career coaches that are designed around the online MBA in particular. So you're not just calling a bullpen and whatever coaches available to talk to you who might typically have an expertise or say, undergraduate business majors.

00:18:53:22 - 00:19:20:02
Unknown
So you're going to look for something that has a career coach who has a special specialty working with online MBA students. That's really important. Lifelong career coaching options is really critical, like Kelley offers. And then again, Megan mentioned our alumni network, and something that's not on this slide is you can ask about like we just mentioned, our Student Leadership Association and kind of those clubs and activities and associations outside the classroom.

00:19:20:04 - 00:19:41:12
Unknown
We were really robust, as Megan just talked about, student leadership association. That's another thing you can add to this checklist. That's the nice thing. The checklist is kind of something that you design and build on your own as you're looking for schools and really, what are the differentiators that are important to you? And maybe Student Leadership Association is really critical to you because you like that.

00:19:41:12 - 00:20:00:02
Unknown
Engaging with folks outside the classroom in a more personal one on one Inner Well, then I would add that to your checklist. For some folks, career services is pretty much their one and only. That's their key to finding the right online MBA program. So their worksheet might look a little bit more like this. So it's entirely up to you.

00:20:00:06 - 00:20:22:17
Unknown
You determine what differentiators matter most. So now let's look at the questions to ask again. So around career services, will you have that dedicated career coach throughout your program? And again post when you're done, do you have access to that career services after you graduate? And then are your career services designed for online students and in particular advanced career professionals?

00:20:22:19 - 00:20:45:22
Unknown
So many career services offices that are partnered with business schools are often focused on undergraduates coming out into the career marketplace and really our online MBA program, our average age of our students is around 33. So we have advanced career professionals in our program. Our coaches need to be prepared to work with those students. So again, that's why we have coaches that are dedicated to our online MBA.

00:20:46:02 - 00:21:08:01
Unknown
They understand the needs of advanced career professionals who have families, who understand the difficulties around relocating for a job and kind of what that looks like, how that might impact your career search. So just know that there's there's a lot to be said for dedicated online MBA career coaches who understand adult learners and then again, networking. So how do you engage with your peers?

00:21:08:07 - 00:21:36:09
Unknown
That's really critical during your live synchronous class sessions, like with group projects and things around the curriculum? Or are there clubs specifically for online MBA students like our Student Leadership Association and how you can network in person outside of class like our Global Connect night? And then that last question How large is your alumni network? And this is a question you're going to want to pass out because oftentimes they're going to give you their number of alums from their institution.

00:21:36:11 - 00:22:03:17
Unknown
There's a big difference between asking the question, how many alumni are coming from you and how many alumni are coming from the Kelley School of Business because you're going to be networking with our business school alumni. And so when you pass that question out a little bit, you might see numbers that are larger than our 125,000, our 125,000 or Kelley School of Business Alumni not IU alumni IU has done more alums than that.

00:22:03:19 - 00:22:30:05
Unknown
But the Kelley School of Business has 125,000 alumni. And so when you're asking what is your business school alumni network, that's a critical differentiator. So let's move on to the next slide and we'll have Make It Talk a little bit about your investment. Yes, thank you. So we've explored how valuable the direct MBA is. And, you know, it's also really important to discuss the investment.

00:22:30:07 - 00:22:52:15
Unknown
So our average student invests two years to complete their their MBA program, but you will have up to four years to graduate. So like we talked about that flexibility, you've got to two for years in our credit or sorry, our tuition is 1380 per credit hour. At 54 credit hours, your entire MBA is going to come to about 74,520.

00:22:52:17 - 00:23:15:03
Unknown
We also offer merit based scholarships to applicants who have really stellar applications. You don't have to apply separately for that scholarship, so your application will automatically be reviewed. So that's really fantastic. A little bit easier on you. And now, sir is going to explore that worksheet again and which questions you might want to be asking. So the questions that you want to ask around this.

00:23:15:09 - 00:23:35:05
Unknown
So the financial investment, of course, on the worksheet here, we put that 74 five, 20 right there on the line that time investment around two years. Now we often get questions can I speed up or slow down? Speeding up is more difficult in our program. Speeding up is going to limit your options of the types of courses that you can take.

00:23:35:07 - 00:23:51:21
Unknown
So most of the time we're encouraging our students to give yourself the full two years to really enjoy all that our MBA has to offer. We don't want you to limit your experience. We want to make sure that you're getting the breadth of courses that we offer that you can fit in all the courses you want to fit in or your major.

00:23:52:02 - 00:24:13:02
Unknown
And in order to do that, you really need to give yourself that two year time frame You can speed up through an MBA programs. There are plenty of quick MBA programs, but they may not have the content knowledge that you are looking for. If you want to become an expert in the area, if you want to really get everything out of your MBA experience, give yourself the two years to do it.

00:24:13:02 - 00:24:34:15
Unknown
It really is going to pay dividends in the end and you're also going to have a ton more options around what courses are available for you to take. So we're really passionate about give yourself the two years and really enjoy your experience. You can slow down. That doesn't limit your optionality. That really allows you to just take a little more time for the program.

00:24:34:17 - 00:24:53:16
Unknown
We've had students slow down because they got promoted and they changed jobs and they pivoted careers during the program. Many of our students go through that career transition. They find that the MBA helps launch them on to the next piece already. Well, they're in the program, so you can slow down to do something like that. You can slow down for life events.

00:24:53:16 - 00:25:26:00
Unknown
Many of our students get married and have kids. Well, they're in the program and they might want to take a term off and or do that. And then again, application applications. I want to double check an application fees. Ours happens to be $75, but every program is unique in that. And you're going to find particularly around kind of what your investment looks like, that there might be some questions around why Kelley Direct is priced the way that we are and why other programs may be priced at different price points, and we'll cover that in some of the upcoming slides.

00:25:26:02 - 00:25:48:10
Unknown
So we'll move on to the next slide here. I have three slides that really talk through kind of rankings and where things are at in terms of how where we kind of sit with rankings. And in particular this one, we're in a focus on Princeton Review. We are the number one ranked online MBA program for Princeton Review for 2021.

00:25:48:12 - 00:26:04:23
Unknown
And you're going to notice that our price point is certainly a little bit different than some of the other schools out there that are also highly ranked with with Princeton Review. So one of the questions that you are going to want to ask around tuition and fees, are there hidden fees? Are there things that you should be aware of?

00:26:05:00 - 00:26:30:05
Unknown
Because some programs do partner with for profit organizations that basically help them to run their online MBA program? Well, there's a cost associated with that. And typically that cost is kind of added into the cost of tuition. So when you're noticing that something is at a different price point or higher price point and it causes you to pause, which sure, certainly it should add something to think about and something to dig more deeply into.

00:26:30:07 - 00:26:57:11
Unknown
I think you're still going to notice that for all of the value that Kelley can provide, we run our program entirely in-house, so we're able to keep our costs low because we're able to run all of this out of the Kelley School business. We're not profit sharing or cost sharing with any other external organization, but we can give you the absolute top ranked student experience, the top ranked service, the top rank curriculum.

00:26:57:15 - 00:27:17:02
Unknown
We give you all of that and our rankings show it for a price that may be more affordable for most. Let's look at another rankings organization, of which we are also highly ranked. For the past couple of years, we were number one in U.S. News and World Report, and this year we are number three with USC and Carnegie Mellon sharing the top spot.

00:27:17:04 - 00:27:41:15
Unknown
And pretty much throughout the past quite a few years, we've actually shared kind of the top spots with USC and Tepper even when we were number one. So you're going to notice that we are highly ranked in for pretty much the last four or five years. You're going to find us in the top spot in at least one rankings report, and that's looking at our curriculum experience, that's looking at our student services.

00:27:41:20 - 00:28:11:11
Unknown
So let's look at P and Q, and for P and Q points. And once we are again the number one ranked program, we also were the program of the year MBA program of the year, first online program to be program of the year for points and fonts in 2020, which we're really proud of. And again, you'll see that with the price compared to our rankings point as well as the student services, the student experience that we are able to provide for you, we really are your number one program investment.

00:28:11:11 - 00:28:33:21
Unknown
We are the one to make. So let's move on to the next slide and look at those questions. What are the questions that you want to make sure that you are asking around all aspects of investment, your time investment, your financial investment. And then we're going to sit with that return on investment. So let's look at time. You want to make sure you ask that question, How long does it take the average student to graduate?

00:28:33:23 - 00:29:00:07
Unknown
You also want to ask about the financial investment like we just said, Are there hidden fees? What is your cost for credit? But the other things that impact that cost is again, are your program staff located in house or are they working with an external organization that may impact price? And then do you offer merit based scholarships just like we do, We offer those merit based scholarships at the time you apply to the program and are offered admission to the program.

00:29:00:09 - 00:29:18:04
Unknown
And then look here on return on investment. So once you've been working with our Career Services office, you're going to find that you're going to want to ask questions about like what is the average salary increase for your recent graduates? And the next slide is going to tell you a little bit more about the return on investment for our program.

00:29:18:06 - 00:29:40:09
Unknown
Thanks, Sarah. And this is huge, right? The return on investment. That's a big reason why you want to go back and get your MBA. So this is the return on investment. The average college student has a salary increase of 29% and has an average base salary of 122,000. And upon graduation. And again, we're very transparent about these things.

00:29:40:09 - 00:30:03:16
Unknown
You can easily find these numbers on our websites. You should be able to find our competitors numbers on on their websites, and I really encourage you to explore that and fill out those worksheets because this is going to have a big impact on your career. 64% of students report that they earn promotions within six months of graduating. That's that's huge.

00:30:03:18 - 00:30:24:03
Unknown
Excellent. So let's move on to next steps. So we've just talked about a lot of differentiators around Kelley Direct and then what to look for and the questions to ask when you're exploring other programs. I hope that this was helpful to kind of go over the types of things that we reject, the questions that we get all the time from applicants to our program.

00:30:24:05 - 00:30:44:22
Unknown
We just kind of compiled all in one place. And then also just as experts in the space, we wanted to make sure that you also knew the questions you should be asking. There's sometimes a big difference between what our applicants ask us and then the questions. We say, you know what actually a better way to phrase that is here's the question you should be asking and make sure that you ask that to the other schools that you're looking at.

00:30:44:24 - 00:31:04:16
Unknown
So what are your next steps then, on how to apply to Kelley Direct should you choose that this is the program that's really differentiated for you in all of the right ways that we are the program that fits your needs. So prepare for your future. This is the thing that most applicants don't really think about. They kind of jump right into the application.

00:31:04:18 - 00:31:22:17
Unknown
We want to make sure that you take a deep breath and you're just like, okay, what do I need to do before I get started? Because there are some other things you want to make sure you do, like establishing a support network. Make sure that those in your life are on board with this decision because this is going to be a major decision, going to be about two years of your life.

00:31:22:17 - 00:31:46:06
Unknown
It's going to take a lot of resources. It's going to take a lot of scheduling. It's going to take a lot of time. We want to make sure that you establish your support network early, make sure that you know who's going to help you through this. Who's your cheerleader? Do they know that this is going to take a ton of work for you and that it might take you away from family responsibilities or family events or being a caretaker for those in your circle?

00:31:46:06 - 00:32:06:20
Unknown
So just know that that this is going to take a lot. And we want to make sure that you're prepared for that, anticipate the scheduling for those life class sessions. Again, it's about an hour and 15 minutes per week per course. A lot of our students end up taking two courses at a time. So usually you're going to have to hour and 15 minute sessions per week.

00:32:06:22 - 00:32:26:07
Unknown
So make sure that you've made some time for those live class sessions as well as the time that you're not going to be in live sessions, but you're working on your own doing that asynchronous content. You might be watching lectures, you might be doing group discussion boards, you might be meeting with your team members for group projects, grading papers, reading books and articles.

00:32:26:07 - 00:32:47:11
Unknown
There's all sorts of things that you'll do outside of those life class sessions. So make sure that you're making time for that and then explore ways to finance your education. You may want to sit down with at work with your h.r. Representative and talk through are there employer reimbursement options for your program for this program? And would you be eligible for a full reimbursement partial reimbursement?

00:32:47:13 - 00:33:23:06
Unknown
Really think through and of what those questions are that you should be asking your your h.r. Rep or are there alternative means if a work supplement isn't available, are there alternative ways for you to finance your education through private loan programs or scholarship opportunities? Then you're ready to apply. So you'll want to fill out the actual application and then gather your documents, your official transcripts, rational resume, personal statement, contact information for three recommenders, and then also take that Matt or Jerry, do your test preparation.

00:33:23:06 - 00:33:44:21
Unknown
There's lots of different opportunities for test prep online. The in-person and the online tests are accepted. So we take that bridging that ordinary and then also waivers are available. So when you fill out our program application on our program website, you can apply for a waiver to the greater degree. Okay. We've thrown a lot of information out there at you.

00:33:44:21 - 00:34:03:21
Unknown
If you have questions, do feel free to keep chatting those in. We'll take a few more minutes. We'll have someone online here to finish answering your questions over the Q&A. Otherwise, if you want to email, I can direct at United. You write down there on the bottom of your screen, Please do send us your questions. Let us know any time.

00:34:03:21 - 00:34:32:10
Unknown
If you want to schedule a time to chat. We have virtual office hours and are happy to schedule time just one on one to talk about your particular situation and your particular questions. Thanks for joining us today. As we talk through our differentiators and kind of what to look for, what questions to ask as you're exploring program options, we encourage you if you want to get in yet for fall four Kelley direct online at VA, please get your application in soon because of course we fill in this program pretty quickly.

00:34:32:15 - 00:34:52:00
Unknown
So we want to make sure that you have an opportunity for your application to be vetted and considered for the fall cohort. We also do have a spring group, so if you're not able to get in the fall of 2021, our spring 2022 is also an option that starts in February of 2022. But the application deadline for fall is looming.

00:34:52:05 - 00:35:12:24
Unknown
So if you're thinking about applying, it is coming up here June 15th. So please do apply soon. You'll want to give yourself plenty of time to get the rest of your application materials in and make sure that your application has time to be considered for the fall group. So again, June 15th is our application deadline. If you have questions, please feel free to use that Q&A chat function.

00:35:13:04 - 00:35:32:13
Unknown
Also email direct at IU dot edu again at t direct at iu edu. If you have questions and thank you again for attending today, hopefully we will hear from you soon with your questions and to walk you through the online application process for the Kelley Direct online MBA. Have a fantasy day.

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WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.400 --> 00:00:05.400 Okay, it looks like we've got some folks on 2 00:00:05.400 --> 00:00:08.300 the call. So we'll go ahead and get started. Welcome everyone. 3 00:00:08.300 --> 00:00:11.300 Thanks for joining our webinar today. We'll start 4 00:00:11.300 --> 00:00:15.200 by introducing our shelves and sharing a little information about our program. And 5 00:00:14.200 --> 00:00:17.400 if this is your first time learning about Kelley Direct, we 6 00:00:17.400 --> 00:00:20.800 would encourage you to also reach out to us to learn more visit our 7 00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:23.500 website as the majority or webinar will 8 00:00:23.500 --> 00:00:26.400 feature five outstanding students at alumni and will 9 00:00:26.400 --> 00:00:29.000 introduce them shortly. So to start out I just want to 10 00:00:29.500 --> 00:00:32.500 introduce myself. I'm Julia ales. I'm our senior associate 11 00:00:32.500 --> 00:00:35.800 director of enrollment management, which means I get to work with our great 12 00:00:35.800 --> 00:00:38.200 admissions team. I'll have one of 13 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:39.900 my colleagues Abigail introduce herself as well. 14 00:00:41.500 --> 00:00:44.500 Also, welcome everyone to our women in business webinar. 15 00:00:44.500 --> 00:00:47.600 My name is Abigail Harris and I am one of our associate 16 00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:50.400 directors of admission here in Kelley Direct. So 17 00:00:50.400 --> 00:00:53.200 I'm one of our admissions counselors. I also 18 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:56.800 do a lot of work with our external Partners like the Forte Foundation 19 00:00:56.800 --> 00:00:58.600 which we will hear more about in a second. 20 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:04.500 Great. Thank you Abigail before we get into our 21 00:01:04.500 --> 00:01:07.100 panelists. We just want to share a little bit about what we 22 00:01:07.100 --> 00:01:11.100 think makes Kelley Direct so special. So we're 23 00:01:11.100 --> 00:01:15.100 thrilled to share that we've recently ranked number one for online 24 00:01:14.100 --> 00:01:17.900 MBA across all three major ranking organizations. 25 00:01:17.900 --> 00:01:20.500 Well, it feels really good to be acknowledges 26 00:01:20.500 --> 00:01:23.300 the best what it's really better is to understand the elements that 27 00:01:23.300 --> 00:01:24.400 set our program apart. 28 00:01:24.900 --> 00:01:25.900 so until I direct 29 00:01:26.600 --> 00:01:29.400 you'll learn from the best with the best and so 30 00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:32.700 our signature curriculum has three integrated core sequences 31 00:01:32.700 --> 00:01:35.300 and 50% electives, which has 32 00:01:35.300 --> 00:01:39.600 this lovely balance of structure and customization including several 33 00:01:38.600 --> 00:01:42.000 different Majors that you can choose from and 34 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:44.600 these courses are taught by full-time Kelley 35 00:01:44.600 --> 00:01:48.100 School of Business faculty and we are blessed to have over 125 36 00:01:47.100 --> 00:01:51.000 of them working with our students. So you're 37 00:01:50.100 --> 00:01:53.400 not only learn from experts but also with the diverse 38 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:56.400 group of peers who bring a variety of personal and professional 39 00:01:56.400 --> 00:01:59.400 experiences into the classroom. Our classes 40 00:01:59.400 --> 00:02:02.200 are also taught live and so you're getting a chance to 41 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:05.800 interact with faculty and those peers real time twice a 42 00:02:05.800 --> 00:02:06.800 week in your courses. 43 00:02:07.900 --> 00:02:10.900 And then speaking of networking. Really the opportunity network 44 00:02:10.900 --> 00:02:13.200 is what sets our program apart from 45 00:02:13.200 --> 00:02:16.700 others. Not only do we have the largest living Global 46 00:02:16.700 --> 00:02:19.200 Alumni network of from the Kelley School of Business. 47 00:02:19.200 --> 00:02:22.700 We offer two required residencies 48 00:02:22.700 --> 00:02:26.000 called Kelley on campus and Kelley on location as well 49 00:02:25.100 --> 00:02:29.200 as optional Global and domestic immersions where 50 00:02:28.200 --> 00:02:31.200 you can build that Network and apply what you're 51 00:02:31.200 --> 00:02:34.900 learning in the classroom and real time in a variety of settings all over 52 00:02:34.900 --> 00:02:37.200 the world. And so we think our program is 53 00:02:37.200 --> 00:02:41.500 pretty great and we're excited that it's been recognized formally for 54 00:02:41.500 --> 00:02:42.100 that as well. 55 00:02:43.300 --> 00:02:46.500 So I'm again. If you want to learn more feel free to visit our 56 00:02:46.500 --> 00:02:49.500 website or contact us. We'd love to talk more about the details about 57 00:02:49.500 --> 00:02:52.100 what makes our program special but I do want 58 00:02:52.100 --> 00:02:55.100 to turn it to Abigail to share a little bit about some of 59 00:02:55.100 --> 00:02:59.000 the ways in which we are supporting women and in 60 00:02:58.300 --> 00:02:59.400 our program. 61 00:03:01.300 --> 00:03:04.400 Hey Julius. Yeah, I'd love to share a little bit more about the 62 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:07.500 Forte foundation with you all today. Some of 63 00:03:07.500 --> 00:03:10.700 you may have heard of forte before but if not Forte is 64 00:03:10.700 --> 00:03:13.600 a nonprofit Foundation their whole mission is to support 65 00:03:13.600 --> 00:03:16.100 women in business and to increase the number 66 00:03:16.100 --> 00:03:19.100 of women in leadership positions and companies all around the 67 00:03:19.100 --> 00:03:22.700 world. So they've partnered up with a bunch of different Business Schools 68 00:03:22.700 --> 00:03:25.500 and corporate partners and here at 69 00:03:25.500 --> 00:03:28.400 Kelley direct. We are one of their MBA School Partners, which 70 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:31.400 basically means that all of the students in our 71 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:34.400 online MBA program have access to a free 72 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:37.300 professional membership with Forte so that 73 00:03:37.300 --> 00:03:40.800 gives you access to lots of different professional development and not 74 00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:44.500 working opportunities specifically Forte 75 00:03:43.500 --> 00:03:46.900 host every year several different conferences and 76 00:03:46.900 --> 00:03:49.200 events every summer. They have 77 00:03:49.200 --> 00:03:52.800 their in-person women's leadership conference last 78 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:55.300 year was in LA and I think you'll hear later 79 00:03:55.300 --> 00:03:58.700 from one of our panelists. She actually was able to attend that conference 80 00:03:58.700 --> 00:04:01.100 with me, but that's a great opportunity to 81 00:04:01.300 --> 00:04:04.700 Go to different breakout sessions connect with employers and grow 82 00:04:04.700 --> 00:04:07.400 your network of women in business. They also have 83 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:10.600 a good number of other virtual conferences and 84 00:04:10.600 --> 00:04:13.300 Career Fairs. Some of them are free. Some of 85 00:04:13.300 --> 00:04:16.100 them have a small fee. So lots of great opportunities there. 86 00:04:17.200 --> 00:04:20.400 Forte also has a job center where you 87 00:04:20.400 --> 00:04:23.600 can connect with employers and job postings from the 88 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:26.800 70 different corporate partners that Forte has 89 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:29.400 and with your professional membership. You 90 00:04:29.400 --> 00:04:32.800 also have access to lots of different online trainings 91 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:35.500 and webinars such as their women lead webinars 92 00:04:35.500 --> 00:04:39.100 and Conquer your career webinars, and lastly. 93 00:04:38.100 --> 00:04:42.000 We now offer Forte fellowships 94 00:04:41.200 --> 00:04:44.200 here with Kelley Direct. So this is 95 00:04:44.200 --> 00:04:47.700 a new offering that we're really excited to have for our applicants. 96 00:04:47.700 --> 00:04:50.600 And this is one of our scholarships that 97 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:53.300 you can apply for whenever you are in the 98 00:04:53.300 --> 00:04:56.500 interview stage of our process. So I 99 00:04:56.500 --> 00:04:59.200 think then go ahead and go to the next slide. We have more 100 00:04:59.200 --> 00:05:02.500 information on our scholarships that we 101 00:05:02.500 --> 00:05:06.100 have. There are currently five different merit-based awards 102 00:05:05.100 --> 00:05:06.700 that we offer. 103 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:10.300 Again, the first of those is the Forte Fellowship 104 00:05:10.300 --> 00:05:13.200 which is open to any women applicants to apply 105 00:05:13.200 --> 00:05:16.600 for we also now offer the Rambo Fellowship 106 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:20.300 which stands for reaching out MBA. This is another partner 107 00:05:19.300 --> 00:05:22.300 scholarship that we have and this 108 00:05:22.300 --> 00:05:25.900 is open to students who identify as lgbtq+. We 109 00:05:25.900 --> 00:05:28.200 also have a more General scholarship that's open to 110 00:05:28.200 --> 00:05:31.500 any applicants called Kelley Direct momentum scholarship. We have 111 00:05:31.500 --> 00:05:34.400 our inclusion and belonging scholarship for students 112 00:05:34.400 --> 00:05:37.300 from marginalized groups. And then lastly our 113 00:05:37.300 --> 00:05:41.300 military service scholarship, the maximum award 114 00:05:40.300 --> 00:05:44.600 amount that we typically offer is 25,000 and 115 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:46.300 that is awarded equally over 116 00:05:46.300 --> 00:05:50.100 the time of your entire program. And again, 117 00:05:49.100 --> 00:05:52.400 the application process is pretty 118 00:05:52.400 --> 00:05:55.100 easy. We just ask for a short essay, and if 119 00:05:55.100 --> 00:05:58.200 you decide to apply, you'll be told more about that 120 00:05:58.200 --> 00:06:00.100 process in your admissions interview. 121 00:06:01.300 --> 00:06:03.100 And I think back to Julia. 122 00:06:04.500 --> 00:06:07.300 Great, that's it. Thanks Abigail. I'm now excited 123 00:06:07.300 --> 00:06:11.400 to get into the highlights of our webinar. I 124 00:06:10.400 --> 00:06:13.800 also just want to mention too that any participants 125 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:16.100 can feel free to use the Q&A function. If you 126 00:06:16.100 --> 00:06:20.300 have a question that you'd like to ask Will monitor 127 00:06:19.300 --> 00:06:22.300 that Q&A if it's something really quick 128 00:06:22.300 --> 00:06:25.800 we might be able to answer it via the 129 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:29.400 Q&A. But if it's something that is more for 130 00:06:29.400 --> 00:06:33.000 the panelists than we'll see if we have time to pause and 131 00:06:32.700 --> 00:06:35.100 chicken with them as we 132 00:06:35.100 --> 00:06:36.000 move through the webinar. 133 00:06:36.900 --> 00:06:40.200 So as we get started, we'll ask 134 00:06:39.200 --> 00:06:43.000 each panelist to introduce themselves and 135 00:06:42.300 --> 00:06:45.200 tell you a little bit about what they're currently 136 00:06:45.200 --> 00:06:48.100 doing as well as perhaps why they chose fully direct 137 00:06:48.100 --> 00:06:51.500 to pursue their online MBA. So I'll just kind of 138 00:06:51.500 --> 00:06:54.900 call on folks as I see them on my screen so we 139 00:06:54.900 --> 00:06:57.900 can go maybe Samantha Lauren 140 00:06:57.900 --> 00:07:00.000 and that preet and Katie. So if you guys want to 141 00:07:00.300 --> 00:07:02.100 just kind of popcorn to each other we'll start with you. 142 00:07:03.400 --> 00:07:06.900 Sorry, so thanks again for joining us. I'm currently 143 00:07:06.900 --> 00:07:09.500 as this is on the screen a pricing strategy senior 144 00:07:09.500 --> 00:07:12.200 associate at JPMorgan Chase. I live in the 145 00:07:12.200 --> 00:07:16.300 tri-state area. I'm currently in Manhattan and I 146 00:07:16.300 --> 00:07:19.600 decided to go with Kelley Direct MBA 147 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:22.900 because I just needed that flexibility with my work 148 00:07:22.900 --> 00:07:25.200 schedule and also, you know 149 00:07:25.200 --> 00:07:29.800 as I was looking around at different MBA programs. They really 150 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:32.500 came highly recommended by their alums like 151 00:07:32.500 --> 00:07:35.600 I connected with a lot of belongs on LinkedIn and everyone 152 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:38.700 had wonderful things to say about the program and that 153 00:07:38.700 --> 00:07:41.500 really drove me, you know to select Kelley 154 00:07:41.500 --> 00:07:41.800 Direct. 155 00:07:46.300 --> 00:07:49.200 Hi everyone. I'm Lauren radon, and I'm from Los Angeles, 156 00:07:49.200 --> 00:07:53.100 California, which is very far away from Bloomington. I 157 00:07:52.100 --> 00:07:55.400 am currently a GRC senior Analyst 158 00:07:55.400 --> 00:07:58.700 at Salesforce and I am more 159 00:07:58.700 --> 00:07:59.600 on the program management team. 160 00:08:00.400 --> 00:08:03.200 I chose Kelley Direct because I wanted 161 00:08:03.200 --> 00:08:06.300 a top tier program. And when 162 00:08:06.300 --> 00:08:09.200 I decided to do online, it was a no-brainer that I would choose Kelley 163 00:08:09.200 --> 00:08:12.600 and also being from the other coast. I 164 00:08:12.600 --> 00:08:15.600 knew there was a lot of opportunities to be in person and connect 165 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:18.400 with students. So I'll talk about that more in 166 00:08:18.400 --> 00:08:21.600 a little bit. But all of those combined really influenced 167 00:08:21.600 --> 00:08:22.500 me to choose this program. 168 00:08:24.700 --> 00:08:27.500 Hi everyone. I'm Anna Ruiz. I'm currently a senior 169 00:08:27.500 --> 00:08:31.100 product marketing manager at Splunk and just 170 00:08:30.100 --> 00:08:33.500 to add, you know, some of the reasons that I chose Kelley 171 00:08:33.500 --> 00:08:36.500 similar to Samantha and Lauren, but I also 172 00:08:36.500 --> 00:08:39.500 wanted something that offered small class sizes and 173 00:08:39.500 --> 00:08:42.400 that we could meet, you know resume and have 174 00:08:42.400 --> 00:08:45.300 those very important discussions during 175 00:08:45.300 --> 00:08:48.600 class time, and I also wanted something that offered in person 176 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:51.300 immersion programs where we could actually all 177 00:08:51.300 --> 00:08:54.300 connect together as a class. So 178 00:08:54.300 --> 00:08:57.300 those were some of the reasons I choose Kelley and I'm based 179 00:08:57.300 --> 00:08:57.900 in Dallas, Texas. 180 00:09:00.800 --> 00:09:03.500 Hi everyone. My name is Korea. I'm 181 00:09:03.500 --> 00:09:06.300 currently based out of South Florida. I am 182 00:09:06.300 --> 00:09:10.100 a consultant with Deloitte. 183 00:09:09.100 --> 00:09:12.600 One of the main reasons why I 184 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:16.300 chose Kelly direct was the flexibility and 185 00:09:15.300 --> 00:09:18.500 being able to connect with 186 00:09:18.500 --> 00:09:22.000 my classmates in a meaningful way with the 187 00:09:21.500 --> 00:09:24.900 on in person experiences. 188 00:09:28.200 --> 00:09:32.000 Hi everyone. I'm Katie lynskey. I am in Pittsburgh 189 00:09:31.900 --> 00:09:34.200 and kind of like Priya. I 190 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:36.400 also work for Deloitte. I'm an advisory manager. 191 00:09:37.100 --> 00:09:40.400 I think for me I chose to go with Kelley 192 00:09:40.400 --> 00:09:43.400 Direct for a lot of reasons, but really in 193 00:09:43.400 --> 00:09:46.400 working for Deloitte. There's a lot of alumni there 194 00:09:46.400 --> 00:09:49.500 and everybody that I talk to had nothing 195 00:09:49.500 --> 00:09:52.300 but positives to say both about their 196 00:09:52.300 --> 00:09:56.000 experience with other students with professors 197 00:09:55.300 --> 00:09:58.700 and just the program in general and that 198 00:09:58.700 --> 00:10:01.400 just to me really speaks small volumes that 199 00:10:01.400 --> 00:10:04.300 anything I ask never once was I 200 00:10:04.300 --> 00:10:07.100 told anything negative and so for me, I just thought I had 201 00:10:07.100 --> 00:10:08.200 to experience that for myself. 202 00:10:12.400 --> 00:10:16.600 Awesome. Thanks Oliver sharing a little bit about yourselves. We'll 203 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:18.400 go into some more detailed questions here. 204 00:10:18.400 --> 00:10:21.900 But again, feel free to use the chat to or the 205 00:10:21.900 --> 00:10:24.300 Q&A function to ask some questions. So first, I'd 206 00:10:24.300 --> 00:10:27.600 like to hear from our alumni. I'm Katie and Korea and if 207 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:31.000 you could share with our pan our participants, what 208 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:33.600 did the road back to getting your degree look like? So how 209 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:36.800 long did it take you to graduate job changes 210 00:10:36.800 --> 00:10:39.300 or advancement family work-life balance Etc. 211 00:10:39.300 --> 00:10:41.500 Either of you can go first. 212 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:47.500 Girl, I'll start so for 213 00:10:47.500 --> 00:10:50.100 me. I actually the process was kind of 214 00:10:50.100 --> 00:10:52.500 interesting. I had originally applied. 215 00:10:53.100 --> 00:10:56.200 Probably back in 2016 or so 216 00:10:56.200 --> 00:10:59.700 and then life happened and I 217 00:10:59.700 --> 00:11:02.200 elected myself to kind of step back and 218 00:11:02.200 --> 00:11:05.700 I just didn't have time. And so then in 2018, I 219 00:11:05.700 --> 00:11:09.000 applied again ultimately starting in 2019 220 00:11:08.800 --> 00:11:11.300 and I completed the program just this 221 00:11:11.300 --> 00:11:15.100 past December so it took me about three years. And in 222 00:11:14.100 --> 00:11:17.700 that three years A lot happened, you 223 00:11:17.700 --> 00:11:21.100 know life does happen, especially, you 224 00:11:20.100 --> 00:11:21.100 know, 225 00:11:22.800 --> 00:11:25.400 Jobs, I found 226 00:11:25.400 --> 00:11:28.500 out probably three weeks prior to my first 227 00:11:28.500 --> 00:11:30.600 class that I was pregnant with my second child. 228 00:11:31.400 --> 00:11:34.900 Which was kind of unexpected so it 229 00:11:34.900 --> 00:11:38.700 kind of threw things for a loop a little bit It ultimately 230 00:11:37.700 --> 00:11:40.400 made me take that three years 231 00:11:40.400 --> 00:11:43.100 first trying to do it shorter like I'd originally planned. 232 00:11:44.300 --> 00:11:47.900 Um, but that was the great part about the program and being 233 00:11:47.900 --> 00:11:50.200 a mom is I was able to take some time 234 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:53.800 off because I you know had a new child at home and be 235 00:11:53.800 --> 00:11:56.100 able to go through that. So there was from my 236 00:11:56.100 --> 00:11:59.900 family life a lot changed in the program was really supportive throughout 237 00:11:59.900 --> 00:12:02.300 all of that from a 238 00:12:02.300 --> 00:12:05.100 job perspective. I joined when I first 239 00:12:05.100 --> 00:12:08.500 started the program, I was already an advisory manager. So throughout the 240 00:12:08.500 --> 00:12:11.600 program, you know, thankfully for me. I stayed 241 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:14.100 in the same position the entire time because I had a 242 00:12:14.100 --> 00:12:17.100 team that was really supportive and understood what 243 00:12:17.100 --> 00:12:20.300 I was going through and and was willing to kind of work with me as 244 00:12:20.300 --> 00:12:23.600 I as I got through the program through my family 245 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:26.600 life and and through the crazy times as 246 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:30.300 a manager at Delight. So it's 247 00:12:29.300 --> 00:12:32.600 everything is positive, but it was quite the 248 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:32.800 journey. 249 00:12:35.500 --> 00:12:35.800 Great. 250 00:12:36.700 --> 00:12:39.300 Good. So for me, it 251 00:12:39.300 --> 00:12:42.800 was a little bit different. I started applying 252 00:12:42.800 --> 00:12:45.500 to MBA programs February of 253 00:12:45.500 --> 00:12:48.400 2020 thinking that we were going 254 00:12:48.400 --> 00:12:51.700 to have in-person part-time programs. And 255 00:12:51.700 --> 00:12:54.400 then of course, you know everything that happened at the 256 00:12:54.400 --> 00:12:57.700 beginning of March. It's kind of Switched gears. 257 00:12:57.700 --> 00:13:00.500 I realized that even if I chose a 258 00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:03.400 part-time program there was a chance that throughout my 259 00:13:03.400 --> 00:13:06.200 MBA program, we would never be able to meet in person 260 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:09.700 and so at that point started exploring other 261 00:13:09.700 --> 00:13:13.300 programs and that's when I discovered Kelly 262 00:13:12.300 --> 00:13:15.300 direct as an MBA program, 263 00:13:15.300 --> 00:13:18.700 so I started August of 2020. 264 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:22.400 And I did the expedited path. So 265 00:13:22.400 --> 00:13:26.200 I wrapped up my whole course 266 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:28.500 load and about 24 months. So I 267 00:13:28.500 --> 00:13:31.400 graduated August of the past year. 268 00:13:31.400 --> 00:13:35.000 I also did a 269 00:13:34.100 --> 00:13:38.200 little bit of a jump where I was switching jobs. 270 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:40.800 So I switched from industry to 271 00:13:40.800 --> 00:13:44.000 consultancy and it 272 00:13:43.100 --> 00:13:47.300 was it was a lot but I both 273 00:13:46.300 --> 00:13:49.200 with my classmates and with my 274 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:52.500 co-workers and my teams had a 275 00:13:52.500 --> 00:13:55.500 really supportive environment. So all of 276 00:13:55.500 --> 00:13:58.400 our professors are very very aware that 277 00:13:58.400 --> 00:14:02.300 life can come at you very unexpectedly and 278 00:14:01.300 --> 00:14:04.800 so they're very understanding when when 279 00:14:04.800 --> 00:14:05.900 sometimes you know, 280 00:14:07.400 --> 00:14:10.300 Work comes up or family comes up. And so that was 281 00:14:10.300 --> 00:14:13.300 kind of my experience with with the 282 00:14:13.300 --> 00:14:13.600 program. 283 00:14:16.700 --> 00:14:18.300 Right because of you. 284 00:14:20.900 --> 00:14:23.100 Switching here's a little bit. We want to hear 285 00:14:23.100 --> 00:14:26.100 from our student our current students a little 286 00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:29.700 bit about their experiences networking and the program so start 287 00:14:29.700 --> 00:14:32.500 by asking Anna and Samantha 288 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:35.100 to share a little bit about your experience of Kelly on campus 289 00:14:35.100 --> 00:14:38.900 since it's more fresh for the both of you and how that 290 00:14:38.900 --> 00:14:41.800 maybe impacted your time 291 00:14:41.800 --> 00:14:44.100 that program instead of foundation for the rest of your 292 00:14:44.100 --> 00:14:47.100 time. Either one is welcome to go first. Yeah, I 293 00:14:47.100 --> 00:14:50.400 can start so I started my MBA program 294 00:14:50.400 --> 00:14:53.100 in the spring of last year. So I 295 00:14:53.100 --> 00:14:56.300 know it's different depending on if you start in the spring or in the fall. So I 296 00:14:56.300 --> 00:14:59.400 took my first course classes and then 297 00:14:59.400 --> 00:15:03.200 I was able to go to Bloomington last 298 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:05.400 spring and it was honestly like 299 00:15:05.400 --> 00:15:08.300 the best four days ever like it was a time 300 00:15:08.300 --> 00:15:11.300 to disconnect from work get to 301 00:15:11.300 --> 00:15:14.600 meet the people that I had already been. Excuse me 302 00:15:14.600 --> 00:15:17.400 in classes with for an entire semester and had gone 303 00:15:17.400 --> 00:15:20.500 to know through soon. So like connect with them connect 304 00:15:20.500 --> 00:15:20.700 with 305 00:15:20.900 --> 00:15:23.700 Professors really set a foundation for meeting a 306 00:15:23.700 --> 00:15:27.500 lot of students that I was going to be in classes in the 307 00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:30.000 following semesters and it has been one of my 308 00:15:30.400 --> 00:15:33.300 favorite parts of the program. I got to go back to Bloomington in 309 00:15:33.300 --> 00:15:36.300 a couple weeks and I'm super looking forward to it. 310 00:15:36.300 --> 00:15:39.200 I have two little ones and a very supportive 311 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:42.300 husband. So it's also nice sometimes to get away as a 312 00:15:42.300 --> 00:15:45.300 mom and just have alone time which usually don't have 313 00:15:45.300 --> 00:15:48.300 for anyone listening who has little ones at home. 314 00:15:48.300 --> 00:15:51.500 So it has been my favorite part of the program. It really 315 00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:54.400 has a foundation for meeting students for 316 00:15:54.400 --> 00:15:57.900 them building groups and building friendships. Like it's crazy 317 00:15:57.900 --> 00:16:00.200 and it's gonna sound crazy. But in those four 318 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:02.600 days, I've made friendships that I know will last a lifetime. 319 00:16:05.300 --> 00:16:08.800 And I will Echo that sentiment right Anna you 320 00:16:08.800 --> 00:16:11.300 do start with your online classes for core one 321 00:16:11.300 --> 00:16:14.500 and then you get invited to on campus and 322 00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:17.600 then later in your program you get invited to on location, 323 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:20.300 right and it's always nice to meet someone 324 00:16:20.300 --> 00:16:23.500 person and go to happy hour with them and not work 325 00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:26.700 and it's also you know 326 00:16:26.700 --> 00:16:30.000 really important I think to develop those relationships 327 00:16:29.700 --> 00:16:32.600 some of the people I met on Kelly on 328 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:36.300 campus are now very close from friends. In 329 00:16:35.300 --> 00:16:38.300 fact, like, you know, I'm looking at going to some weddings 330 00:16:38.300 --> 00:16:41.300 and it's just really nice to connect in person 331 00:16:41.300 --> 00:16:44.300 and I'll speak on this a little bit later but 332 00:16:44.300 --> 00:16:47.300 as part of woman in business, you know, 333 00:16:47.300 --> 00:16:50.800 we're looking to do some more in-person meetups around these states, 334 00:16:50.800 --> 00:16:54.100 right? So whenever we all get together as cohorts 335 00:16:53.100 --> 00:16:56.600 in on location or on campus or trying 336 00:16:56.600 --> 00:16:59.300 to do either happy hour and networking session 337 00:16:59.300 --> 00:17:03.300 kind of connect and build a bigger Network and 338 00:17:02.300 --> 00:17:04.700 it's always nice like 339 00:17:05.100 --> 00:17:08.200 and that's it to kind of get away from the hustle and bustle of work 340 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:11.500 and home and really disconnect from 341 00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:15.100 that part of life and really, you know, 342 00:17:15.100 --> 00:17:17.700 immerse yourself in what Kelly has to offer. 343 00:17:22.900 --> 00:17:26.400 Great. Thanks to both of you for sharing about KFC. 344 00:17:25.300 --> 00:17:28.500 Um, I wanted 345 00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:31.000 to talk Lauren to talk a little bit more about some of the 346 00:17:31.700 --> 00:17:34.300 other in-person experiences. I know she's taken in full advantage of 347 00:17:34.300 --> 00:17:37.300 those throughout her time in the program. So Lauren, can 348 00:17:37.300 --> 00:17:40.500 you share a little bit about some of your experiences on immersions and 349 00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:43.300 maybe Kelly on location as well and even before 350 00:17:43.300 --> 00:17:46.300 take conference that you attended? Yes, and this is 351 00:17:46.300 --> 00:17:49.300 my favorite part of the program like I mentioned earlier. 352 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:53.800 In reasons why I did the program and I'm really lucky that I 353 00:17:53.800 --> 00:17:56.500 started the program when they started spitting up a lot of these programs 354 00:17:56.500 --> 00:17:56.700 again. 355 00:17:58.300 --> 00:18:01.800 So I've been International to Thailand 356 00:18:01.800 --> 00:18:05.800 with the global business class, which was amazing also 357 00:18:04.800 --> 00:18:07.800 with one of the domestic classes. I 358 00:18:07.800 --> 00:18:10.300 got to go to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las 359 00:18:10.300 --> 00:18:13.400 Vegas with my class and that was really unique because most 360 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:16.400 of the class was in Las Vegas, seeing all 361 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:20.200 the entrepreneurs and the Venture capitalists and doing assignments 362 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:23.700 within that. So that was unique very Hands-On like 363 00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:25.400 mentioned. I also got to 364 00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:28.300 go to Bloomington to start my program for Kelly on 365 00:18:28.300 --> 00:18:31.600 campus, which is where I met most of my really great friends that 366 00:18:31.600 --> 00:18:35.300 I've been friends with throughout the entirety of this program. And then 367 00:18:35.300 --> 00:18:38.500 at the exact one year mark, I got to go to Chicago for Kelly 368 00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:41.400 on location, which was amazing and 369 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:44.300 got really really windy the second to last day. 370 00:18:44.300 --> 00:18:46.700 So I got to experience what the windy city really is. 371 00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:50.300 And then my upcoming or my 372 00:18:50.300 --> 00:18:53.900 last semester this upcoming summer. I'm going to go do 373 00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:56.400 the public policy residency in Washington 374 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:59.100 DC. So I'm not sure how that will be yet, but I've 375 00:18:59.100 --> 00:19:02.600 heard it's great. So I've definitely wanted to take advantage of all the classes that 376 00:19:02.600 --> 00:19:05.700 had in-person components, especially because 377 00:19:05.700 --> 00:19:07.900 I also work remotely for school and work. 378 00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:11.300 So I don't get a lot of human interaction during the day. 379 00:19:11.300 --> 00:19:14.100 So these Pro these items during the program are what I 380 00:19:14.100 --> 00:19:14.700 really look forward to. 381 00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:16.700 and then some 382 00:19:17.300 --> 00:19:21.500 things that I've done that are gonna outside the classroom realm is 383 00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:24.200 Global Connect night, which is 384 00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:27.900 hosted through kdsla, which is the student leadership Association. 385 00:19:28.700 --> 00:19:31.400 So every quarter someone hosts 386 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:34.900 a in person happy hour dinner brunch 387 00:19:34.900 --> 00:19:37.400 in each City. So you get to meet local Kelly's 388 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:40.400 alumni and current students. So I've hosted and 389 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:43.900 attended also being 390 00:19:43.900 --> 00:19:46.400 on the kdsla board. We got 391 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:49.700 a few in-person opportunities to come 392 00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:52.700 back to Bloomington to talk to new students about the 393 00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:56.300 great things about this program just like this type of moment and 394 00:19:55.300 --> 00:19:58.100 I hold the PF Communications on 395 00:19:58.100 --> 00:20:03.100 that. So if you're ever interested in getting more involved definitely 396 00:20:01.100 --> 00:20:04.200 recommend being a part 397 00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:08.000 of the board you get to work with really great people like Abigail 398 00:20:07.300 --> 00:20:09.300 and help make change. 399 00:20:10.100 --> 00:20:14.000 And then I got to attend the Forte conference with Abigail. So 400 00:20:13.100 --> 00:20:16.400 I got to be Abigail in person. Luckily. I 401 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:19.300 live in LA in the Forte conference for last year was in 402 00:20:19.300 --> 00:20:24.000 LA. So I got to drive in and it was 403 00:20:24.200 --> 00:20:27.600 a two-day event really focusing on career path and 404 00:20:27.600 --> 00:20:30.600 values of being a woman in business. So 405 00:20:30.600 --> 00:20:33.400 it was really cool meeting different professionals from different companies 406 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:36.900 and listening to speaker series and again 407 00:20:36.900 --> 00:20:39.400 another great opportunity to just have that 408 00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:42.500 human interaction and be in person and meet faculty. 409 00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:45.600 So overall it's completely changed 410 00:20:45.600 --> 00:20:48.400 my experience and because of it. I do have a network 411 00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:51.400 that I'm walking away from that I have interacted in 412 00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:54.200 person with that actually know who I am in my personality. 413 00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:57.500 So definitely recommend taking advantage of 414 00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:57.800 everything. 415 00:20:59.300 --> 00:21:02.300 Great. Thanks for that Lauren. Does anyone also want 416 00:21:02.300 --> 00:21:05.900 to share anything about taking advantage of any of 417 00:21:05.900 --> 00:21:08.700 our optional sort of immersion experiences? 418 00:21:08.700 --> 00:21:11.500 I know I got to travel to Ireland with pre-ls Summer. 419 00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:13.600 She wanted to offer any insights to that experience. 420 00:21:14.600 --> 00:21:17.900 Yeah, of course. So as Lauren 421 00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:20.300 mentioned, right you're in these classes 422 00:21:20.300 --> 00:21:23.900 with your with your classmates and you 423 00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:26.000 know Kelly does kind of 424 00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:29.200 have a camera on attitude when it 425 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:32.400 comes to the live sessions, which is really great. You get to interact 426 00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:36.800 with your classmates and then being able to meet up 427 00:21:36.800 --> 00:21:39.800 in person intentionally. So I did 428 00:21:39.800 --> 00:21:43.200 get to go to Dublin for a week. We visited 429 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:45.700 a ton of multinational corporation. 430 00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:49.700 So Google meta we 431 00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:51.200 did get to visit a couple 432 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:54.500 of whiskey distilleries as well. So it's 433 00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:57.800 a good mix healthy mix of fun and 434 00:21:57.800 --> 00:21:58.400 professional. 435 00:21:59.300 --> 00:22:02.300 But it was just overall really great. Right? Like 436 00:22:02.300 --> 00:22:05.200 I did the global immersion towards 437 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:08.400 the end of my program. So I had been in some of these classes 438 00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:11.600 with some of my classmates for two 439 00:22:11.600 --> 00:22:14.800 years and then we got to all meet and spend a 440 00:22:14.800 --> 00:22:17.500 week together similar to Kelly on 441 00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:20.900 location and Kelly on campus being able to be there 442 00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:23.900 in in real time with with your classmates. 443 00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:26.700 It's hard to have kind 444 00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:29.600 of a substitute for that. But being 445 00:22:29.600 --> 00:22:33.200 able to take advantage of it was a really great part 446 00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:34.400 of Kelly Direct. 447 00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:40.000 Great. Thanks Priya. And I know that you 448 00:22:39.300 --> 00:22:42.300 know, one of the things that folks said about why they 449 00:22:42.300 --> 00:22:45.400 chose a program because of the flexibility those domestic and Global 450 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:48.200 immersions are optional. So, I don't know if anyone else had any 451 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:51.200 insight into maybe not choosing those 452 00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:54.600 in the flexibility that the program gave and how you found networking outside 453 00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:55.100 of that. 454 00:22:57.500 --> 00:23:00.700 I can speak to that a little bit as I 455 00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:04.400 mentioned, you know, I had my daughter just starting 456 00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:05.600 the program. So for me. 457 00:23:06.600 --> 00:23:09.300 As much as I wanted and would have loved to 458 00:23:09.300 --> 00:23:13.300 be able to travel. It just wasn't the right time and it 459 00:23:13.300 --> 00:23:16.200 it had no negative impact the fact 460 00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:19.400 that I couldn't there were still a lot of opportunities to 461 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:22.900 interact with classmates virtually and 462 00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:25.300 through the on campus 463 00:23:25.300 --> 00:23:28.000 options. I came in at a time 464 00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:31.100 where I actually never made it to campus for the second time because I 465 00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:34.400 was supposed to go and then covid hit and it was 466 00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:37.800 canceled and when it was rescheduled again with 467 00:23:37.800 --> 00:23:40.000 with work and things that didn't work out so I was able to 468 00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:43.800 select other course options to cover for that at that 469 00:23:43.800 --> 00:23:43.800 point. 470 00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:47.900 But I was still able to make connections virtually 471 00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:50.500 through everybody. That's the one thing I really liked 472 00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:53.400 about. The program is even though it's virtual. 473 00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:56.800 The classes are structured in a way that really still allows 474 00:23:56.800 --> 00:23:59.700 you to get to know people and so I still have 475 00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:03.000 friends like everybody else that maybe I've never 476 00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:05.700 met in person, but I still 477 00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:09.400 call on them when I have questions or you'll 478 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:11.200 work related or not. You know, 479 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:14.400 it still can build those relationships even without having that 480 00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:17.300 in person experience, which I think is is 481 00:24:17.300 --> 00:24:18.700 a really good thing that the program does. 482 00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:25.600 Great. Thanks for having that Insight came again. One 483 00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:28.100 of the things that was touched on already was sort of 484 00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:32.000 getting involved one the program so can Samantha and 485 00:24:31.300 --> 00:24:34.500 Anna talk a little bit about sort of the impact of getting involved 486 00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:37.100 while in the program and maybe the ways to 487 00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:37.300 do that. 488 00:24:39.600 --> 00:24:43.200 Yeah, I can go first. So I currently am 489 00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:45.500 the VP of allyship for Women 490 00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:49.800 Business for our Katie chapter and 491 00:24:48.800 --> 00:24:50.000 I think 492 00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:53.300 For me, it comes down to continuing to 493 00:24:53.300 --> 00:24:56.900 build that Community. It's very difficult. Sometimes when 494 00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:58.400 you don't get to see them in person and 495 00:24:59.100 --> 00:25:02.200 You're limited to maybe the class that you're taking that 496 00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:05.500 quarter and you're interacting with those same 497 00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:08.200 30 40 people in that class and it's 498 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:11.900 nice to bridge across classes Bridget class 499 00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:14.400 cohorts to work together 500 00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:16.100 on a committee. 501 00:25:17.800 --> 00:25:20.400 so be on the one on business, it's 502 00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:25.500 been an experience 503 00:25:28.600 --> 00:25:31.400 that I can really kind of point to and say, 504 00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:34.100 you know, we're empowering each other. We're putting together 505 00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:39.700 events that kind of highlight and like 506 00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:40.700 highlight mentorship 507 00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:43.800 or highlight. Advocacy towards like empowering women 508 00:25:43.800 --> 00:25:46.200 in other Industries. It's really 509 00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:49.500 interesting to highlight different senior speakers 510 00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:52.800 every quarter to talk about their experiences. 511 00:25:54.300 --> 00:25:57.300 throughout their own career Journeys 512 00:25:58.400 --> 00:26:02.100 So, yeah, it's just another way to build that Community within Kelly Direct. 513 00:26:03.800 --> 00:26:06.700 Yeah, I will agree. Well, I don't hold any leadership positions 514 00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:09.100 just because I juggle a lot 515 00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:12.500 like I mentioned I have two little ones at home. So sometimes like 516 00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:15.700 that's crazy and I would have wanted to 517 00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:19.000 be more involved. I'm a member of a lot of these groups. And 518 00:26:18.300 --> 00:26:21.400 so when I have the bandwidth and the time 519 00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:24.100 I will join and connect with fellow Kelly's which 520 00:26:24.100 --> 00:26:27.400 is nice. So one of the things that's awesome about Kelly 521 00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:30.300 direct is you make of it what you want. Right? So like 522 00:26:30.300 --> 00:26:33.300 it depends a lot on your schedule and your flexibility and what 523 00:26:33.300 --> 00:26:36.300 your interests are. So if you want to be a board member I 524 00:26:36.300 --> 00:26:39.400 have friends who are and have heard amazing things. If you 525 00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:42.200 don't have the band with and just want to participate in some of the events 526 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:45.900 you're always welcome and invited to join the events 527 00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:48.000 at the different groups. So it just gives you 528 00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:51.400 a lot of flexibility to connect with students based on your schedule and 529 00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:54.600 your availability and there's no pressure. Right? Like I've never 530 00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:57.000 felt pressure like, oh you need to be a board member you need to 531 00:26:57.100 --> 00:27:00.400 do business and this it really is up to your schedule and what you 532 00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:03.100 can handle and what you want to get out of program, which is 533 00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:03.400 really cool. 534 00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:08.200 Great things about the video. Does anyone else have any insights? They 535 00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:11.500 want to offer in terms of getting involved or taking advantage 536 00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:13.300 and events outside of the classroom. 537 00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:22.000 I will say that in attending a lot 538 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:25.300 of these events you end up meeting people from all across the world 539 00:27:25.300 --> 00:27:28.800 really but definitely across the US and I've 540 00:27:28.800 --> 00:27:31.200 had a lot of people come through La for work 541 00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:34.600 and I've gotten to get dinner and lunch with these classmates 542 00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:37.600 that otherwise wouldn't have seen in person. So 543 00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:40.300 it really adds another layer of connection that a lot 544 00:27:40.300 --> 00:27:43.200 of people don't think you would get through an online program. So that's 545 00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:46.200 why Katie really is unique because I know some other 546 00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:49.300 friends that are in different online programs and they do not get this kind 547 00:27:49.300 --> 00:27:50.400 of experience or connection. 548 00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:55.600 Great. Thank you Lauren. So I 549 00:27:55.600 --> 00:27:58.300 wanted to ask Maria and Katie 550 00:27:58.300 --> 00:28:01.900 to share a little bit about as alumni. What kind 551 00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:04.200 of impact did completing your MBA have 552 00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.900 on your career? 553 00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:13.000 Yeah, so I'll go ahead and jump in for me making 554 00:28:11.300 --> 00:28:15.000 that move from industry 555 00:28:14.300 --> 00:28:17.600 to Consulting and then also wanting 556 00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:20.900 to switch what I was doing from a 557 00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:23.400 day to day completing the MBA and 558 00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:27.300 being able to major in strategy and Leadership gave 559 00:28:26.300 --> 00:28:29.500 me a lot of tools that 560 00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:32.500 I use in my day-to-day work. I look 561 00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:35.500 at some of the problems that we face in a 562 00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:37.900 different way than I would have pre MBA. 563 00:28:38.800 --> 00:28:42.000 It also was like everyone's 564 00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:44.000 mentioned Kelly is such a 565 00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:48.300 name brand when it comes to MBA 566 00:28:47.300 --> 00:28:50.200 programs that having that on my 567 00:28:50.200 --> 00:28:53.500 resume when I was making that switch and you 568 00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:56.900 know switching companies was just overall very 569 00:28:56.900 --> 00:29:00.100 helpful for me and you 570 00:28:59.100 --> 00:29:02.700 know having those connections being able 571 00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:06.100 to reach out to Kelly Alum 572 00:29:05.100 --> 00:29:08.200 at different companies while I was 573 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:12.500 doing that job search was also how 574 00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:15.500 I used my MBA host post 575 00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:16.100 graduation. 576 00:29:19.300 --> 00:29:22.100 Yeah for me, it's similar but 577 00:29:22.100 --> 00:29:25.400 also a little different as I mentioned before I'm still 578 00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:29.300 in the same position that I was in when I started and when 579 00:29:28.300 --> 00:29:32.200 I first started that first time on 580 00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:34.600 campus I had a meeting with my 581 00:29:34.600 --> 00:29:35.400 career coach. 582 00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:39.400 And it was time a discussion of what my 583 00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:41.000 plan was and at the time. 584 00:29:42.300 --> 00:29:45.600 My plan wasn't to look to change jobs. My plan 585 00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:48.100 wasn't to you know, try to 586 00:29:48.100 --> 00:29:51.300 Pivot from where I was it was more of I wanted to be better at my current 587 00:29:51.300 --> 00:29:54.300 position and continue to move up in the role that 588 00:29:54.300 --> 00:29:54.900 I'm in right now. 589 00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:58.000 And Katie kind of 590 00:29:58.200 --> 00:30:01.800 has allowed me to do that. I have a greater connection 591 00:30:01.800 --> 00:30:04.300 with many of my clients because I work with 592 00:30:04.300 --> 00:30:07.200 clients who are more of a finance background, and I 593 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:10.100 personally my background my undergraduate degree is in 594 00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:10.700 engineering. 595 00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:14.700 So it allowed me to get that perspective 596 00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:17.300 to where I have a better understanding of what my clients 597 00:30:17.300 --> 00:30:20.100 need what they are thinking about some of 598 00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:23.200 the things that I may not have known before that being said 599 00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:26.500 Kelly does have The Graduate career services 600 00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:29.700 that like I mentioned I talk to a career 601 00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:32.000 coach and there's a lot of 602 00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:35.700 options even afterwards like job boards. So at this 603 00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:38.600 point, you know, I'm perfectly happy in my career and hoping 604 00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:41.600 to continue to progress but there's still 605 00:30:41.600 --> 00:30:44.600 those options there that I can use should I decide to 606 00:30:44.600 --> 00:30:47.700 you know, just see what's out there, you know 607 00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.400 Katie gives 608 00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:53.000 A lot of resources from the toolkits 609 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:57.300 that help with resume building and networking 610 00:30:55.300 --> 00:30:58.400 or you 611 00:30:58.400 --> 00:31:01.100 know, your personal branding to kind of help make sure 612 00:31:01.100 --> 00:31:04.500 that you have everything that you need in order to be successful 613 00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:07.000 whether it is in choosing that path that you're just 614 00:31:07.600 --> 00:31:10.800 getting better yourself and and moving where you are or 615 00:31:10.800 --> 00:31:13.900 completely switching and trying something something 616 00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:14.500 really brand new. 617 00:31:16.800 --> 00:31:20.000 Great. Thanks to both of you for sharing those stories to 618 00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:22.600 be mindful of time. We'll go ahead and start with 619 00:31:22.600 --> 00:31:25.200 sort of our graphical question. But if folks have things that they want 620 00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:28.300 to put in the Q&A, you can see if we can get to them I think 621 00:31:28.300 --> 00:31:31.200 for each panelists to kind of share and maybe we can go on 622 00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:34.700 the same order that we did introductions on maybe one 623 00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:37.400 of your Kelly moments as 624 00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:40.100 we call them. So something that sort of 625 00:31:40.100 --> 00:31:43.100 impacted you personally professionally in a major way that was sort of 626 00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:46.300 a highlight of your experience with Katie. 627 00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:53.300 Um, so for me was Kelly on campus 628 00:31:53.300 --> 00:31:55.100 pulling 629 00:31:55.800 --> 00:31:58.400 What was almost an all-nighter preparing for our case 630 00:31:58.400 --> 00:32:01.800 competition? Um, you know, it was really nice as the 631 00:32:01.800 --> 00:32:04.800 team to come together work really hard. We 632 00:32:04.800 --> 00:32:07.700 were running to CVS it our case 633 00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:10.100 competition was around posts the company so they do 634 00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:13.900 cereal so we were running there grabbing actual posterial 635 00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:16.700 putting together vision boards and putting in 636 00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:19.900 their slides and pitching it to our professors 637 00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:22.700 that we actually just had a class with so it's 638 00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:22.700 really 639 00:32:24.600 --> 00:32:27.600 It was just a really great team moment to realize like these 640 00:32:27.600 --> 00:32:30.600 are the people that I'm going to be going through the program with this is 641 00:32:30.600 --> 00:32:33.100 the professor that just taught my class and I just really 642 00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:36.300 felt like a sense of community. Like it all goes 643 00:32:36.300 --> 00:32:39.900 back to community and really feeling that like Kelly connection with my 644 00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:41.200 fellow students and professors. 645 00:32:45.300 --> 00:32:48.600 My Kelly moment was while on the global immersion in 646 00:32:48.600 --> 00:32:52.400 Thailand a group of us after our day 647 00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:54.400 of experiencing different companies went 648 00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:57.300 to a cooking class. And after you cook the 649 00:32:57.300 --> 00:33:00.400 whole meal you get to sit down as a family and eat it and a 650 00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:04.400 lot of us hadn't had classes together before together and everyone 651 00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:06.100 got very deep with getting to know 652 00:33:06.100 --> 00:33:09.600 each other and their backgrounds and where they come from and in 653 00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:12.100 that moment. I was like, well, I'm sitting in a room with a bunch 654 00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:15.500 of strangers and a foreign country that I've never been to before eating food 655 00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:18.000 that I can't pronounce and it was 656 00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:21.600 just such a raw experience. And now these 657 00:33:21.600 --> 00:33:24.700 are some of my closest friends so and everyone 658 00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:27.700 was in completely different age ranges. So it 659 00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:31.100 was it was a really unique experience that I 660 00:33:30.100 --> 00:33:31.700 will never forget. 661 00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:37.400 For me it has to be also on Kelly 662 00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:40.100 on campus a little bit different from Samantha. It's 663 00:33:40.100 --> 00:33:43.200 like what happened after the classes and you know, 664 00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:46.200 you got to go to dinner with friends and get to know 665 00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:49.300 people um and similar to Lauren like, 666 00:33:49.300 --> 00:33:52.300 you know, these are people that I haven't that I hadn't met in 667 00:33:52.300 --> 00:33:56.200 person. Right and we come from all different backgrounds different Industries. I 668 00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:58.400 think when you've been working for so long, you're almost 669 00:33:58.400 --> 00:34:01.800 like so laser focused like the same type minded 670 00:34:01.800 --> 00:34:04.200 people if that made sense and so we had some 671 00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:07.300 of the best conversations. I'm telling you into like 2 am in 672 00:34:07.300 --> 00:34:10.000 the lobby of the hotel just because we were so intrigued about 673 00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:13.000 like CEI in our backgrounds and our goals and 674 00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:16.600 our families and it was just something that's so enriching and 675 00:34:16.600 --> 00:34:20.100 like that just builds a connections with your 676 00:34:19.100 --> 00:34:22.100 fellow Kelly's that really, you know form those 677 00:34:22.100 --> 00:34:25.000 friendships and I'm looking forward to going in a couple 678 00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:28.900 weeks and having some more of those conversations and late 679 00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:31.000 nights. Just connect with the following. 680 00:34:34.200 --> 00:34:38.900 Similarly, mine was probably with our 681 00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:40.700 kickoff dinner in Dublin 682 00:34:40.700 --> 00:34:43.800 where we all you know, we it 683 00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:46.300 was the first time a lot of us had met in person. 684 00:34:47.200 --> 00:34:50.600 and we all had, you know traditional Irish meal and 685 00:34:50.600 --> 00:34:54.000 then there was also Irish music and dancing and 686 00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:56.600 at one point the band 687 00:34:56.600 --> 00:34:59.700 had classmates and professors 688 00:34:59.700 --> 00:35:02.800 just pulled them randomly to to the 689 00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:06.000 dance floor and had them do Irish 690 00:35:05.200 --> 00:35:07.300 dancing and it was just a very 691 00:35:10.200 --> 00:35:13.700 unstructured start to our week 692 00:35:13.700 --> 00:35:16.700 in Dublin, but it kind of really helped break 693 00:35:16.700 --> 00:35:19.300 the ice as well and a lot 694 00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:23.200 of us, you know, we we joke around about, you know 695 00:35:23.200 --> 00:35:26.900 all the volunteers but it really did help all of 696 00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:29.400 us kind of me and interact and and really 697 00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:32.700 build those those relationships for 698 00:35:32.700 --> 00:35:35.200 that week and then onwards 699 00:35:39.700 --> 00:35:42.600 For me, it's actually a little bit 700 00:35:42.600 --> 00:35:45.100 different because it's really hard to decide on just 701 00:35:45.100 --> 00:35:48.300 one moment because they really are so many but for me, 702 00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:51.700 I was really drawn to taking leadership classes. I was 703 00:35:51.700 --> 00:35:54.200 just so that something that I really enjoyed and 704 00:35:54.200 --> 00:35:57.600 I learned a lot from and being able to take 705 00:35:57.600 --> 00:36:00.100 truly some of the things that I was getting in those 706 00:36:00.100 --> 00:36:03.400 classes and then applying it to my team 707 00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:06.300 that I am working with on a day-to-day basis and they were 708 00:36:06.300 --> 00:36:09.100 well aware that this is stuff. I'm doing in my class 709 00:36:09.100 --> 00:36:12.700 because I kind of was testing the waters and kind of seeing like, okay 710 00:36:12.700 --> 00:36:15.300 we learn about this. How does it actually work, you know 711 00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:15.700 in 712 00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:20.700 Real life and I was kind of amazed like 713 00:36:20.700 --> 00:36:23.400 we we really were able to transform some of the things we 714 00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:26.800 were doing and I honestly think it's because I was able to kind of 715 00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:29.500 take in it was there were some leadership classes about 716 00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:32.500 more understanding yourself and the way that your leader 717 00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:35.400 and how you need to be a leader to other people that do 718 00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:38.100 things differently and so being able to take something that 719 00:36:38.100 --> 00:36:41.700 I learned and really apply it in my job and see that 720 00:36:41.700 --> 00:36:44.300 impact was really kind of meaningful to me. 721 00:36:48.600 --> 00:36:51.900 Awesome. Thank you so much for those insights 722 00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:54.200 into the impact that Kelly directed on your 723 00:36:54.200 --> 00:36:57.500 experience. It was lovely to have you 724 00:36:57.500 --> 00:37:00.900 all on the call today. Again. We are going 725 00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:03.300 to wrap up now just for time sake but if anyone 726 00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:06.100 has any questions or wants to talk more feel free to reach 727 00:37:06.100 --> 00:37:10.400 out to us at kdirect@indiana.edu and 728 00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:11.400 we can also 729 00:37:12.700 --> 00:37:15.100 Get some connections to these students to our current 730 00:37:15.100 --> 00:37:18.300 students and alumni and folks had specific things that were brought 731 00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:21.000 up that they wanted to follow up about. I imagine that 732 00:37:21.200 --> 00:37:24.400 they would be happy to connect with you as part 733 00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:27.200 of our great Kelley Network. So thanks everyone for being on the call today. 734 00:37:27.200 --> 00:37:29.700 We enjoyed having you. Bye.

Description of the video:

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All right. Welcome, everybody. We're going to go through some information for our international applicants. I do want to just remind everybody that this webinar is more for prospective students. If you are a current student, feel free to reach out directly to us with any questions just to get us started here. We are going to be hearing from Kylie Smith.

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She's our associate director of admissions and really focuses on international applicants. And then I am Drew Smith. I am the associate director of Interactive recruiting here for Kelley Direct. Hi. So I said, my name is Kylie and I work with our international applicants, and I wanted to start out with a quick explanation of who we consider to be an international applicant.

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So I u looks at citizenship when they decide who is considered international. So anyone who is not a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, so have a so having a green card is considered international. So that includes people who are living abroad. That also includes people who are living in the US on an H-1B. Anyone who does not actually have that permanent residency is an international student.

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So you'll mark yourself as that in the first part of the application and you'll also mark yourself of that in the grad school application, which is the second part of the application. Now, in terms of a basic breakdown, so Kelley Direct has about 20% of our students as international students, which is great. We currently have about 43 non-U.S. countries represented by citizenship.

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All right. Thank you so much, Kylie. I'm just going to go through a quick breakdown of both our MBA and our MS curriculums. As you can see here are MBA is broken down. It's 54 credit hours broken down into the integrated core courses and fundamentals and electives. Just so you are aware, the core courses are going to be broken down into core one, two and three.

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Each core ties is made up of six credit hours with two life class sessions per week. Life classes are going to start from either six, seven, 30 or 9 p.m. Eastern. I do want to really stress that the life class assumptions for both the core courses and fundamentals and electives are really important and they're highly engaged. And you definitely want to make sure that you are going to be available.

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You're always going to be looking at start times between six and 9 p.m. Eastern for those. All right. And then our MS curriculum is going to be made up of 30 credit hours. You are able to complete that anywhere between 15 months and three years. Similar to the MBA classes, though you are going to have live lectures or life class sessions.

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You're looking at one life class session per week per course. Also with start times between six and 9 p.m. Eastern. So one of the things that really sets Kelley direct apart is that in addition to the interaction you get from our live classes, we also have two residential components. So we have a Kelley on campus and we have a Kelley on location, and those residential components are only once a year.

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So you're not looking at huge travel commitments and they're typically maybe five days long or so. And that gives us a great opportunity to provide some really hands on experience in terms of working with clients on developing business strategy that may be in an area outside of your personal expertise. Also, there's an opportunity to really develop your leadership skills and strengthen those.

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So we students tend to really enjoy those opportunities and we're really happy to have a chance to have you get to do those hands on opportunities and meet with your fellow students and faculty face to face and get a chance to do some live networking. Now, as a quick note, so students who are already in the US on an H-1B or another visa can just travel on that visa.

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There's no separate visa needed. Anyone who's living outside of the US does need a visa to come in for those opportunities and that is something we can work with typically to help you get a temporary I-20 so that you can come in for the week that something will assist you with further along in your application process. But I do just want to make you aware that our Office of International Services, which we'll talk about later, does not recommend that you come in off of A, B one or B two tourist visa.

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Unknown
They do recommend that you get the I-20 and come in off of an at one visa, temporary F-1 visa, because you are coming in for that educational opportunity. Are you and Kelley direct you have the number one ranked graduate from our services and that is a really important opportunity for students to take advantage of. And the nice thing is that you have an opportunity to use it both as a students but also with an alumni.

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So even if you're not looking to make a change right now, maybe you're looking to make a career move three years down the road or five years down the road, and you still have an opportunity to use our great resources. Now we're equipped to help people in several different career paths, so we have some students who are looking to change industries or maybe just make a career move all together.

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We have students who really love where they are but are looking to move up in their current organization. And we also have students who are looking to make that leap into consulting. And those are all opportunities that we're able to assist with. I think the most important thing that we provide is that we provide one on one career coaching.

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So you will be assigned a career coach to help you. They can assist with several different things so they can help you if you're looking to make that career move and you don't know where you're going to kind of pick apart what are the parts of your job that you're really interested in? Maybe where can you go from there?

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Who can you maybe be networking with there? How really in terms of kind of figuring those things out for your next career move, they can help you practice salary, negotiation, those types of things. So in terms of job resources, one thing that we do also have available is that we're connected with companies all over the US, so we're able to provide jobs postings for companies that are really looking to hire Kelley graduates.

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Unknown
And that's a great resource for people who are looking inside of the US. Now. We don't want to only provide resources for students within the US because we are cognizant that some of our international students have no interest in coming here and would prefer to be elsewhere in the world. So we do also have job boards that are more focused on international applications.

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Unknown
So if you're looking to maybe look in a certain region, so you're looking in Europe or Central Asia or specific countries as well. So like Nigeria or Canada or other places that you're looking into now for those students who are looking to look in the US, one of the resources that we're really happy to provide is some H-1B preparation, as I'm sure you're all aware, if you're looking into that process, H-1Bs are very competitive and one of the things we want to do, if you're interested in going that route, it's really set you up for success because you need to have a good strategy in place.

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So what we do is we're able to help you figure out lists of companies that traditionally do actually sponsor H-1Bs. So who's hiring traditionally and sponsoring those? What types of jobs are they sponsoring? And so maybe they're sponsoring in cybersecurity, but not marketing. How do I set myself up for success to target those companies? So you really have to be strategic and knowing what companies you're targeting and your career coach, that will be very helpful in terms of helping you figure out what your unique value propositions are and figure out what are you going to be able to provide that company that they're looking for that's unique to you, that's going to set you apart

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from other applicants? So maybe it's your unique technical skills, maybe it's your language abilities, things like that. They're going to want to make them sponsor you. Now, I do want to be clear that we, of course, cannot provide visas ourselves. That is a U.S. government thing. But we are able, again, to really help you strategize on your career search to help you find those companies that are really hopefully going to want to sponsor you.

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Unknown
Now, whether you're looking to do an H-1B or whether you're looking to look at jobs abroad, it's really important to network. And Kelley is blessed in that we are the largest alumni network of any business school. So we have 123,000 living business school alumni, and that's a great resource to take advantage of. Again, whether you're looking domestically or outside of the US, if you're looking to move into particular industries, looking to move into particular companies to really make some connections that will help you gain more information and just get kind of an insider perspective.

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Unknown
Now, as I mentioned previously, we do have an Office of International Services. This is because IU has enough international students here on campus that we really want to provide some great resources for students. And what they're able to do is they're able to provide assistance with admissions, they help process visas. So doing I-20 is helping students answer questions about the visa process.

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Unknown
For us, one of the most important things they do is they'll do a transcript evaluation, which we'll talk about here in a minute. They utilize a portal system called Atlas that's going to be very important for you, and that's going to be, if you're accepted, one of the first resources you should sign into. And what they do is those contain some essential steps that you really need to start out your program on the right foot.

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So they'll have a list of things that you need to be doing, including submitting documents that you may still need to submit. You might need to upload or upload passport information and other things that you may need to do to complete out your record with them. Now, in terms of admissions, our admissions process is largely the same for domestic and international students, but there are a few ways it's going to be a little bit different.

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Unknown
So one thing that I do want to point out is that IU requires that students have the equivalent of a four year bachelor's degree from the US. So we do have a great website on the office page that has equivalent degrees. So if you're looking for some does mind count does might not count. That's a great resource to look at.

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Unknown
And our Office of International Services does do the evaluation themselves. So that's a really great resource in terms of not having to pay to get a website evaluation or some other nations evaluation. We do have a transcript. Evaluators here on campus, they are able to do the evaluation. Now, typically what we'll do is we'll start with a copy of your documents because getting official documents from other countries can take a little while and our Office of International Services can start to do the evaluation off of those copies of records.

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Unknown
And once they're done with that, they can pass it on to our ambitions committee. Assuming all your other parts are in, we're able to make what's called a conditional admissions decision and let you know whether you're accepted so you're able to plan your next steps. Now, that being said, if you're accepted and you do decide to attend our program, we do require official records from anyone is actually a student at IU.

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Unknown
So then you would want to work with us at our Office of International Services to get your official transcripts and records. And now the other thing that is a little bit different is that if you're from a non U.S. speaking country, you are required to submit an English language exam. So we accept any of the following three we accept Duolingo English test, TOEFL and IELTS so that gives you a lot of opportunities to see are you wanting to test at a testing center?

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Unknown
Are you wanting to test at home? There's plenty of at home options that are great. And also look at what other schools are you applying to. If you're applying to other schools, there may be, Oh, we only accept emails or things like that. We personally, again, we take any of the three. We don't have a preference, although if you're looking to take one for the first time, I will say that Duolingo is a great option for people looking for easy testing at home.

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Unknown
So to continue while they're testing a little bit, we do require two different tests so all students are required to take the GMAT or GRC. We don't have a preference on either or and we take either at a testing center or online. There's online versions of both. Now to now there are potential waivers available to qualified candidates, and that's something that you can request to be considered for when you're filling out part one of the application.

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Unknown
There's a box that you would check that says, Yes, I'd like to be considered for a waiver. You would upload a current resume and typically after you do your interview, our admissions committee would review it to see if we're able to waive in your situation or if we still need a test score. In terms of the English proficiency exams.

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Unknown
We also do have some waivers to qualified candidates. If you have a bachelor's degree or higher that was taught in English, you are eligible to potentially be waived out of that requirement as well. So in terms of preparing for the application process and and potentially starting the program, there's a few things that you should be working on. So one is that you should be establishing your support network.

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Unknown
So talking to your family, talking to people who are going to be able to help make sure that, let's say if you have kids that the nights you have classes, maybe they're handling the kids bedtimes or talk to your boss about, hey, maybe if I'm in a time zone that requires me to take classes during my normal work hours, I can shut my office door, take a class, and then stay late or come in early to make up my class times.

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Unknown
So you need to really establish those support networks. And again, the live class sessions, as you said, are very important. And we do think you're missing out a lot if you're not there. So we really encourage you to figure out how that's going to fit in. What kind of time zone difference are you looking at? Is this going to be something you do before work, something you do after work?

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Unknown
Figure out just kind of where it fits into your schedule and how that's going to work for you to make sure that this is a good fit. And in terms of gathering documents. So you'll need for the second part of the application, which is the formal part of the application, you will need a current professional resume, you'll need a personal statement, and that'll go over your academic goals, your career goals, and why you think you're a good fit for the program.

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Unknown
You'll also submit contact information for three references, and those will be professional references. People who just know your work well and are able to talk about your professional abilities. We also do you require, again, official transcripts or other academic records, again, understanding that it is possible to go through a conditional admission first and start with copies if it's going to take a while for your official records to get here.

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Unknown
You also want to look at how are you going to pay for this program? You know, education is very important. We have a great return on investment. But look at, okay, how am I going to look at this? We do have merit based scholarships that all students are automatically considered for, and that certainly something that you can look into if you are offered one, it would be in your decision letter so you would know right away and be able to take that into account in your planning.

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Unknown
But what other options maybe can you use as well? So one option that many students use and is a nice thing that you'll want to talk to your h.r. Officer boss and see if that might be available for you. Is that does your employer provide any tuition assistance? That is great money that your employer can potentially help you with.

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Unknown
And i would never turn that down. I would always look into those options and try to see how you can reduce the cost as much as you can. So thank you so much. Kylie. You were great at providing a lot of the resources that are available to our international students just to move along with the webinar. We do have a current student and an alarm that we're able to kind of give us some insights within being in the program and their time after.

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Unknown
So we do have a couple of prerecorded videos here for you to check out. We're going to start with Livy. She is a current KD student. Hi Livy. I really appreciate you joining me on this call today and talking a little bit about your experience with Tele directs. Just to get started, do you want to tell me a little bit about yourself?

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Unknown
Yeah, I think it's a myself. It's very simple. And I'm from Shanghai, China, and I currently working daytime surveys in MasterCard. Yeah, the MasterCard the is the brand now your credit and debit card. Yeah. And though our department has both provided the loyalty solutions to banks and margins and I work as a program manager in the Iowa department.

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Unknown
Yeah and I have a four year old as a only one. So yeah. Well, I want to as well. I'm sure that going to the program with the child can be a little difficult at times, but also setting a really good example. Speaking of that, will you just kind of tell me a little bit about where you are in the program and kind of what your plan of study is?

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Unknown
Well, okay. So I enrolled in Kelley direct fall of 2020 and I’m going to take the course this spring. So my progress is a little bit too slow because I plan to finish the program in four years instead of two. And I also plan to do an extra year for the second degree. Yeah. Awesome. What degree are you doing?

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Unknown
Oh, the business analytics. Yeah. Well, that just is a really good point on how flexible the program is and it does allow you to kind of slow down a little bit and take it in four years rather than the two. That's the typical plan of study. Can you explain a little bit what it is like to complete the program?

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Unknown
in another time zone obviously is significantly ahead of us here in the Eastern Time Zone? Yeah, to be honest, it's very challenging, you know, So at first I need to get used to the different time zone. So in order to get to the live session time right. I set every course in my calendar. So. So that's why I couldn't know what is the time of the class, especially, you know, for US you have different so awesome.

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Unknown
Oh, a lot of my classmates, they are in different parts of the U.S. so they also have a lot of time zones themselves like Eastern Time, on those other Central Time and also the U.S. time. So has the wintertime and the summertime. Yeah, very, very complicated for me. So. So yeah. So the first thing I do is is gathered the calendar to help me.

00:20:05:21 - 00:20:31:24
Unknown
And the second thing is a lot of my class, especially the live session, they are in the early morning for me. Some classes are as early as 6 a.m. so you ordered. You should get myself a custom and shoot these to these early early morning courses before I know the program. I just just thought you are just a my bio clock.

00:20:32:01 - 00:20:51:24
Unknown
So for now, every day I get up at 6 a.m. and though for the days I don't have class, I would adjust plots before I go to work. Yeah. So this is how I get used to all of these. But, but this program is so good to see because it really gets me in the in the right bio clock.

00:20:51:24 - 00:21:21:06
Unknown
So when I need to sleep early so I put together by early. Yeah. And also for the whole program as they happens in the early mornings. So it will not have a lot of conflict with my working time but to be honest, there are a lot of readings and the videos you need to watch. So for international students, especially for me, the English is not the native language.

00:21:21:08 - 00:21:51:16
Unknown
So I need I need more time on finish all of these three class work. So in order to do this, I really need to make full use of the fragmented time. And for now, every day I need to take 2 hours every day, two or four full commute. So every so every week I have 10 hours. So all of these readings and the watching videos are done during during the commute.

00:21:51:18 - 00:22:16:17
Unknown
Yeah. So, so in this way I also have no conflict with my work and the family time. You have really provided a lot of really great information and I really appreciate it. One thing that I think will really help out some prospective students though, is just kind of understanding why you chose Kelley Direct. Yeah, I think that the reason why she was carried away way is very similar to others.

00:22:16:23 - 00:22:40:23
Unknown
So for us, I don't want to quit my full time job. So the full time mediator going to work for me and also for the part time MBA, I can't guarantee the time. So the only the only program with a B, the only choice for me. And after that I did a lot of research on the internet and I find that Kelley Direct is one of the top five programs globally.

00:22:41:00 - 00:23:04:02
Unknown
So these are the ranking by the Financial Times, the U.S., and also the U.S. News and World. And after that, I need to check the time zone. Yeah, again, the time zone is very important. So the Kelley Direct has the least a conflict of ways. My work and the rest are the sleeping time. So. So this is another reason why I chose Kelley.

00:23:04:02 - 00:23:37:20
Unknown
Right. And the after I browsed the information on on the Kelley website and I found that it's really a very perfect program because with an extra 12 credits, you're going to get a second master's degree. So it also can help save my time and money. Yeah, my time on the money, on the on the two degree. And also because of the flexibility, I could have finished one in four years.

00:23:37:22 - 00:24:16:04
Unknown
Actually, I'm very busy in my work work days, so if I could slow down my pace and it, it would be very helpful or it would be very stressful for me to do, even though it's all my program here, it's very stressful. Yeah. And I think the last reason, yeah, the last year is a that my I'm working on an international company and who's had had two careers in U.S. right so so I think you could have helped me to better understand the Western culture so they could help me to enhance my communication with my global team.

00:24:16:06 - 00:24:42:07
Unknown
Yeah. So this is the reason why I chose Kelley. Awesome. Well, again, I really appreciate all of the help that you've given me here and all of the great information, and I want to wish you luck throughout the rest of your program. This has been a really great conversation. Thank you so much, Larry. Yeah, thanks. Awesome. And now we are going to hear from Nicholas, who is a KD alum.

00:24:42:09 - 00:24:50:02
Unknown
He's going to give us some great information on his time on the program and his time after graduation.

00:24:50:04 - 00:25:16:09
Unknown
Hello, everyone. My name is Nicholas and Shame. And I want to share with you my experiences online MBA programs at the Kelley School of Business. Actually, I'm a Lebanese entrepreneur who managed 11 years ago to launch a firm active in the field of enterprises planning and the beginning of studying engineering in my country, Lebanon, and later on earned a master's in management from France.

00:25:16:11 - 00:25:43:24
Unknown
I was also interested to store an American degree because it will complement my profile while giving me more credentials at work. Of course, I could not disconnect from my work and duties, and that MBA program had to be studied in part through the online delivery option. A quick research led me to the Kelley School of Business. After looking at international ranking and program's reputation.

00:25:44:01 - 00:26:17:14
Unknown
That was my first experience in online studies, and my satisfaction was full for many reasons. At first, the program was structured in an optimal way and I was able to browse and search back all courses, content, communication, references and posts in a very smooth way. Any course would include theoretical content, online sessions, practical examples, group discussions, etc. making it flexible and very diversified.

00:26:17:16 - 00:26:48:19
Unknown
The content of the program was also very rich. As an IT guy, I was surprised to find many electives that relate to technology affecting businesses like the AI, machine learning, big data I.T, innovation and strategy and so on. All courses also included exercises, both asynchronous and asynchronous sessions was possibilities to communicate with teachers and get a quick support.

00:26:48:21 - 00:27:24:23
Unknown
The terms used for the program delivery was very efficient. For instance, I could browse a profile of people within the same class, read about you and your resume and groups along with the ability to launch online meetings with them through an automated tool. As a matter of fact, my learning greatly improved with the program and I was able to leverage the knowledge later on gained through the program in a focus area, which was the machine learning hands, I was able to launch a new entrepreneurship activity in a successful way.

00:27:25:00 - 00:27:53:23
Unknown
Finally, I wish you everybody the best in your educational plan. All right. So I want to thank highly again for all of the great information and resources that she provided about the program that's available to our international applicants. I'm going to just kind of briefly touch on some of our upcoming deadlines. So for the fall of 2022, you do have a priority application deadline of May 1st with the final application deadline of June 1st.

00:27:54:00 - 00:28:14:02
Unknown
The difference here is going to be a scholarship scholarship consideration. Like Kylie mentioned, we do have merit based scholarships that are available to our applicant, so I would highly suggest getting all of your materials in by May 1st and then your class start date is going to be August 22nd. And then just kind of a final slide here.

00:28:14:04 - 00:28:31:23
Unknown
You do have a link to phase one of the application. Phase one is free and only takes a few minutes to complete. Once you're able to get that done, that's actually where you'll hear back from Kylie, who will reach out to you to go ahead and set up an interview. I think I want to thank everybody again for attending.

00:28:32:00 - 00:28:49:11
Unknown
If you have any questions for us, you can email that to kdirect@iu.edu down in the bottom corner again, just thank you all for attending and I'd like to thank Kylie and our students and alumni panelist as well. Thanks. Have a great day.

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WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:03.500 And again, thanks for being here today. We'll just go to introduce 2 00:00:03.500 --> 00:00:06.600 sort of who's gonna be on the webinar. And before 3 00:00:06.600 --> 00:00:09.500 we jump into the content from our Center for veterans 4 00:00:09.500 --> 00:00:13.000 and military services. So, I'm Julia ales I 5 00:00:12.500 --> 00:00:15.400 Ann our senior associate director of enrollment management. 6 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:18.300 That means I manage our admissions team here in Kelley Direct and 7 00:00:18.300 --> 00:00:21.700 I have two other great books on the call with me today you go 8 00:00:21.700 --> 00:00:22.800 ahead Chrisley can go first. 9 00:00:25.200 --> 00:00:28.300 Sure. Hi everybody. My name is Crystal Hempstead. I'm 10 00:00:28.300 --> 00:00:31.900 in charge of the Outreach and support portion of 11 00:00:31.900 --> 00:00:34.700 the center for veteran and a military students. I am 12 00:00:34.700 --> 00:00:37.200 a veteran a dependent and have been 13 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:40.200 a spouse. So all these benefits that I'm talking about on this 14 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:43.300 webinar. I've either used myself or I know somebody that 15 00:00:43.300 --> 00:00:43.900 has so. 16 00:00:48.400 --> 00:00:52.800 Go ahead Kyle introduce yourself and maybe share when 17 00:00:51.800 --> 00:00:54.900 what you're currently doing right now, 18 00:00:54.900 --> 00:00:56.700 and then we can learn a little bit more about you later in. 19 00:00:57.300 --> 00:01:00.300 Webinar sure and thank you for having me. Um, so I'm a Navy 20 00:01:00.300 --> 00:01:03.400 veteran about 10 years on active duty my last 21 00:01:03.400 --> 00:01:06.200 but say two two and a half years on active duty. 22 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:09.300 I was enrolled with Kelley Direct. So the big part 23 00:01:09.300 --> 00:01:12.500 of my transition plan as well currently worked 24 00:01:12.500 --> 00:01:15.300 for a financial technology company by the 25 00:01:15.300 --> 00:01:18.100 name of FIS and it's probably one of 26 00:01:18.100 --> 00:01:22.100 the largest companies you've never heard of we have about 60,000 employees and 27 00:01:21.100 --> 00:01:23.200 I currently for 28 00:01:24.700 --> 00:01:27.600 Core banking Solutions in that 29 00:01:27.600 --> 00:01:29.000 space. I'm glad to be here. 30 00:01:31.100 --> 00:01:34.400 Great. Thanks to both of you. So we're just gonna start registering the 31 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:37.500 briefest of snapshots about our program. And if 32 00:01:37.500 --> 00:01:40.200 you're someone that's new to the learning about Kelley Direct, we 33 00:01:40.200 --> 00:01:43.300 would encourage you to just get a little call with us or 34 00:01:43.300 --> 00:01:46.300 attendant info session to learn a little bit more. So we have two degree options within 35 00:01:46.300 --> 00:01:49.500 Kelly direct one is our master's in 36 00:01:49.500 --> 00:01:52.700 Business Administration to the 54 credit hour degree 37 00:01:52.700 --> 00:01:55.600 that takes approximately two to four years to completely also 38 00:01:55.600 --> 00:01:58.400 offer three Ms. Degrees, which 39 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:01.400 are 30 credit hours internshipally five 15 months 40 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:02.500 to three years to complete. 41 00:02:03.800 --> 00:02:06.700 Go to the next Factor great. So the MBA 42 00:02:06.700 --> 00:02:10.300 curriculum is what we'll focus on here just with a little bit more detail. We 43 00:02:09.300 --> 00:02:12.600 are excited to offer live class sessions 44 00:02:12.600 --> 00:02:15.200 as part of our program and you have up to 45 00:02:15.200 --> 00:02:18.600 two live classes a week depending on how many courses you're taking per term. 46 00:02:18.600 --> 00:02:21.300 I'm gonna start times could vary so they'd be between the 47 00:02:21.300 --> 00:02:25.100 6PM and 9 pm eastern time and we 48 00:02:24.100 --> 00:02:27.200 want to just highlight a few things about our program that we 49 00:02:27.200 --> 00:02:30.400 think are exciting. So we have three core terms 50 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:33.500 where we taking three courses that 51 00:02:33.500 --> 00:02:36.500 are integrated together that's going to be a great opportunity to 52 00:02:36.500 --> 00:02:39.800 both network with your classmates and your faculty members and 53 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:42.300 that's gonna be part of our structured cohort model where you're 54 00:02:42.300 --> 00:02:45.800 gonna move through the program with a group of your peers as 55 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:48.700 well. And again have that great networking 56 00:02:48.700 --> 00:02:52.100 that we like to offer Kelley. Um, and your 57 00:02:52.100 --> 00:02:55.900 first year typically you're gonna be taking six credit hours or quarter because 58 00:02:55.900 --> 00:02:58.200 of those course sequences as 59 00:02:58.200 --> 00:03:01.100 well. And your second year is when you might be 60 00:03:01.100 --> 00:03:03.500 able to add a little bit more flexibility to your program. 61 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:06.200 So we offer 50% electives as 62 00:03:06.200 --> 00:03:09.200 part of our curriculum and in your second year. That's when you 63 00:03:09.200 --> 00:03:12.400 can have more flexibility eventually take fewer courses per 64 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:15.400 term some of our electives include things like our Global 65 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:19.200 and domestic immersions which students get really excited about as well 66 00:03:19.200 --> 00:03:22.900 as know that our program does have two required residencies. We're wanting 67 00:03:22.900 --> 00:03:25.100 to travel to beautiful Wilmington Indiana like my 68 00:03:25.100 --> 00:03:28.500 backdrop here, which we're really excited about on the other is an 69 00:03:28.500 --> 00:03:30.200 online location and a major US city. 70 00:03:31.100 --> 00:03:34.500 So before we get into our content from 71 00:03:34.500 --> 00:03:37.700 Crystal when I just hear a little bit from Kyle about sort 72 00:03:37.700 --> 00:03:40.600 of maybe why he chose Kelley Direct and and 73 00:03:40.600 --> 00:03:43.200 how that helped him in his 74 00:03:43.200 --> 00:03:46.400 career. You're absolutely um, so I 75 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:50.300 get to help the little context so when 76 00:03:49.300 --> 00:03:52.000 I decided to start looking into 77 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:56.400 Pursuing a map to degree. I just completed my 78 00:03:56.400 --> 00:03:59.100 c tour. So for the people who are 79 00:03:59.100 --> 00:04:02.800 in the Navy essentially what that means was I completed just been 80 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:05.400 about three and a half years in the squad or flying missions the big 81 00:04:05.400 --> 00:04:09.400 multiple deployment and it's kind of connect phase 82 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:11.400 the next set of ores we call our shore tour. 83 00:04:11.400 --> 00:04:13.700 It's essentially it's time to really kind of 84 00:04:14.600 --> 00:04:17.600 catch your breath if you will, um, you know, 85 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:20.000 I'd recently gotten married and my wife had and we've been 86 00:04:20.100 --> 00:04:23.600 dating for a number of years and and so the military 87 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:26.200 lifestyle really wasn't something that she was looking 88 00:04:26.200 --> 00:04:30.000 to continue to be a part of so with 89 00:04:29.200 --> 00:04:32.400 that in mind of you know, how am I 90 00:04:32.400 --> 00:04:35.000 you know, what is transitioning gonna look like, how am I 91 00:04:35.200 --> 00:04:38.100 going to start a new career? I mean, how am I gonna pivot? Um, 92 00:04:38.100 --> 00:04:42.400 I don't want to go fly commercially for the airline and 93 00:04:44.400 --> 00:04:47.300 The kind of a goofy undergrad if you will the history 94 00:04:47.300 --> 00:04:50.300 major who ended up going flying airplanes. I'm like, 95 00:04:50.300 --> 00:04:53.500 well, what do I want to do? So really that 96 00:04:53.500 --> 00:04:56.700 was kind of I was like, well, I think an NBA is a right route for me. So I 97 00:04:56.700 --> 00:04:59.200 started going up that route to learn about business and I started 98 00:04:59.200 --> 00:05:02.600 doing research into you know, how can I best position myself? 99 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:07.600 To as I begin my career transition and so 100 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:10.100 I started doing some research. I knew I didn't 101 00:05:10.100 --> 00:05:10.600 want to do. 102 00:05:12.500 --> 00:05:15.100 Kind of I basically wanted to get 103 00:05:15.100 --> 00:05:18.200 in the most prestigious school that I could that would I could 104 00:05:18.200 --> 00:05:21.600 I could find and so that's really how I I came across Kelly and 105 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:24.500 Kelly direct and that's really how I ended up in the 106 00:05:24.500 --> 00:05:24.600 program. 107 00:05:26.500 --> 00:05:28.500 And then what second party question I'm sorry. 108 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:32.800 That's okay. Thanks for sharing a little bit about your background. Kyle. Maybe 109 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:36.300 just share with us briefly sort of since you're 110 00:05:36.300 --> 00:05:39.200 an alumni now how Kelley Direct is sort of helps 111 00:05:39.200 --> 00:05:42.100 you get to where you are in your career today. Um, so 112 00:05:43.700 --> 00:05:46.800 I think Kelley was absolutely 113 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:50.000 wonderful for me. I I really did in and 114 00:05:49.300 --> 00:05:52.400 I'd be lying about that. I didn't it was very if I 115 00:05:52.400 --> 00:05:55.500 didn't say it wasn't rigorous. I'm just been a lot of time studying in 116 00:05:55.500 --> 00:05:58.400 but in hindsight like I valued that because I 117 00:05:58.400 --> 00:06:00.500 believe I truly did learn the material. 118 00:06:02.400 --> 00:06:05.300 And really I think you know, I have a much better. I did 119 00:06:05.300 --> 00:06:09.200 the NBA and the MF the finance matters 120 00:06:08.200 --> 00:06:11.100 and finance. And so I really feel like I 121 00:06:11.100 --> 00:06:14.400 had a strong background in knowledge and it basically 122 00:06:14.400 --> 00:06:17.100 all areas of business as able to leverage and really kind of 123 00:06:17.100 --> 00:06:19.800 help stand out on my resume applying for jobs. 124 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:24.200 So since leaving active duty, I I have worked a 125 00:06:24.200 --> 00:06:27.700 couple different companies. I've worked for a public accounting firm. 126 00:06:27.700 --> 00:06:31.100 So I got my start it was there for a couple years before 127 00:06:30.100 --> 00:06:33.600 transition to Boeing and ultimately transition 128 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:36.200 to my current role. But I say 129 00:06:36.200 --> 00:06:39.500 pretty much everything, you know, there's been elements that of everything 130 00:06:39.500 --> 00:06:39.700 that 131 00:06:40.600 --> 00:06:43.700 I learned it. Um, well at 132 00:06:43.700 --> 00:06:46.500 Kelly could I have used professionally, um 133 00:06:46.500 --> 00:06:49.300 and it and ironically enough 134 00:06:49.300 --> 00:06:49.600 and 135 00:06:50.500 --> 00:06:53.100 this was not planned and I'm sorry ever going off camera. 136 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:56.200 But I still have my textbook and I 137 00:06:56.200 --> 00:07:00.200 was literally using a data analytic textbook the other day to work 138 00:06:59.200 --> 00:07:02.600 through a problem that I had at work. So 139 00:07:02.600 --> 00:07:05.200 it's all relevant you and I still use 140 00:07:05.200 --> 00:07:08.000 a lot of it the skills that I learned each and every day. 141 00:07:10.400 --> 00:07:11.700 Right. Thanks Kyle. You're not the 142 00:07:14.300 --> 00:07:14.800 first local out of text 143 00:07:14.900 --> 00:07:17.400 So hear that, that's a common 144 00:07:17.400 --> 00:07:20.600 experience. I'll ask a little bit to hear a little bit more from Kyle and as 145 00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:23.500 we go through the webinar, but I'll turn it over to Crystal now to show 146 00:07:23.500 --> 00:07:24.500 some more information with that. 147 00:07:25.400 --> 00:07:28.300 Alrighty, thank you so much, Julia and thank you for sharing 148 00:07:28.300 --> 00:07:29.800 with us Kyle. That's fantastic. 149 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:33.600 So who is military connected 150 00:07:33.600 --> 00:07:37.200 here at IU? We get that question actually pretty frequently and 151 00:07:36.200 --> 00:07:39.400 who does the center for veteran and Military students 152 00:07:39.400 --> 00:07:43.300 cover? That's everyone connected which 153 00:07:43.300 --> 00:07:46.300 is your veterans active duty National Guard 154 00:07:46.300 --> 00:07:50.100 Reserves spouses and children or we 155 00:07:49.100 --> 00:07:51.400 also use the term dependent. 156 00:07:53.700 --> 00:07:56.500 So the center is there for everybody and there's obviously, you 157 00:07:56.500 --> 00:07:59.200 know GI Bill and other resources that is 158 00:07:59.200 --> 00:08:03.100 there for everyone as well. So we 159 00:08:03.100 --> 00:08:04.400 encourage that use 160 00:08:05.100 --> 00:08:06.000 Next slide please. 161 00:08:08.200 --> 00:08:11.800 Now the military connected population in Kelly direct specifically 162 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:14.300 is actually pretty large. So 163 00:08:14.300 --> 00:08:17.700 approximately 11% of Kelly direct students were 164 00:08:17.700 --> 00:08:21.300 military connected when we did this in 2021. 165 00:08:20.300 --> 00:08:24.900 I guarantee you it's more now it 166 00:08:23.900 --> 00:08:26.500 kind of seems like once the 167 00:08:26.500 --> 00:08:29.200 military folks are hearing about how great the MBA program 168 00:08:29.200 --> 00:08:32.400 is and that things like your post 9/11 169 00:08:32.400 --> 00:08:35.300 can cover all of it. They 170 00:08:35.800 --> 00:08:38.800 They have kind of you know, just been coming out in droves. 171 00:08:38.800 --> 00:08:41.700 So 102 of those were veterans three 172 00:08:41.700 --> 00:08:44.500 were reserves and then there were five that were 173 00:08:44.500 --> 00:08:47.800 spouses and children. So predominantly veterans in 174 00:08:47.800 --> 00:08:49.600 that group Next slide, please. 175 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:55.900 A quick snapshot of benefits. We 176 00:08:55.900 --> 00:08:58.600 have IU Bloomington 177 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:01.500 offers a veteran Family Support Grant 178 00:09:01.500 --> 00:09:04.000 and it pays a thousand in the 179 00:09:04.100 --> 00:09:07.800 spring a thousand in the fall to be eligible for that Grant. You 180 00:09:07.800 --> 00:09:10.200 just need to be a full-time student and 181 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:13.500 be supporting at least one child 182 00:09:13.500 --> 00:09:16.500 18 years of age or younger. So 183 00:09:16.500 --> 00:09:19.800 we paid out 23,000 and I 184 00:09:19.800 --> 00:09:22.500 know that that was probably double this year when we 185 00:09:22.500 --> 00:09:26.100 paid it out and then for tuition assistance 186 00:09:25.100 --> 00:09:28.700 about 7,000 we honestly 187 00:09:28.700 --> 00:09:31.900 don't see a ton of tuition assistance specifically 188 00:09:31.900 --> 00:09:34.400 in Kelly direct. It kind of seems like most folks use 189 00:09:34.400 --> 00:09:37.200 the chapter 33, but that 190 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:38.500 is still an option there. 191 00:09:39.700 --> 00:09:40.500 Next slide please. 192 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:46.100 Commonly use benefits that we see in the program chapter 33 193 00:09:45.100 --> 00:09:48.700 or post 9/11 chapter 31, 194 00:09:48.700 --> 00:09:51.700 which is our what used to be called Voc Rehab 195 00:09:51.700 --> 00:09:54.100 now, it's vrne. We have 196 00:09:54.100 --> 00:09:57.300 Chapter 30, which is your active duty Montgomery GI Bill 197 00:09:57.300 --> 00:10:00.300 chapter 35, that's for 198 00:10:00.300 --> 00:10:01.000 dependence. 199 00:10:02.200 --> 00:10:06.500 And then chapter 1606 which is your reservist. We 200 00:10:05.500 --> 00:10:08.500 also see Federal tuition assistance 201 00:10:08.500 --> 00:10:12.100 or tuition assistance the Indiana 202 00:10:11.100 --> 00:10:14.700 tuition and fee remission or child of 203 00:10:14.700 --> 00:10:17.500 a disabled vet benefit, which we'll talk about later. Our 204 00:10:17.500 --> 00:10:20.100 office doesn't actually handle that one, but we do see it a lot 205 00:10:20.100 --> 00:10:23.300 and then the same thing with the National Guard 206 00:10:23.300 --> 00:10:24.200 supplemental Grant. 207 00:10:26.700 --> 00:10:27.500 Next slide please. 208 00:10:30.400 --> 00:10:33.500 So as I mentioned the two benefits that our 209 00:10:33.500 --> 00:10:36.700 office does not process are the Indiana 210 00:10:36.700 --> 00:10:39.800 tuition and fever Mission and the National Guard supplemental grant. 211 00:10:39.800 --> 00:10:42.200 Our office does Federal benefits. So 212 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:45.700 that's where your GI Bill comes in and like the 213 00:10:45.700 --> 00:10:48.800 CBO program there that's a state benefit. So 214 00:10:48.800 --> 00:10:51.400 we are aware of it. You'll need 215 00:10:51.400 --> 00:10:54.400 to reach out to student Central for that one. And we've included the number 216 00:10:54.400 --> 00:10:57.500 there just be very intentional with your language. 217 00:10:57.500 --> 00:11:01.000 When you call student Central you will have to say the Indiana tuition 218 00:11:00.300 --> 00:11:03.400 and few remission. Otherwise, they'll kind 219 00:11:03.400 --> 00:11:06.000 of plant you over to us and then we'll be like we don't do that 220 00:11:06.200 --> 00:11:09.100 go back that way, you know, so just to save you some 221 00:11:09.100 --> 00:11:09.300 time. 222 00:11:11.400 --> 00:11:14.800 And then yes, we do have that listed. Okay, so next slide, 223 00:11:14.800 --> 00:11:14.900 please. 224 00:11:17.800 --> 00:11:20.200 And a breakdown of benefits. This is the 225 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:23.700 fun part. So as I mentioned the majority of the 226 00:11:23.700 --> 00:11:26.700 Kelly direct population uses the chapter 227 00:11:26.700 --> 00:11:29.800 33 or post 9/11 GI Bill the VA 228 00:11:29.800 --> 00:11:33.100 is going to pay you directly for your books 229 00:11:32.100 --> 00:11:36.700 and supplies next slide, 230 00:11:36.700 --> 00:11:36.800 please. 231 00:11:40.500 --> 00:11:43.500 And then all of this math is basically telling you 232 00:11:43.500 --> 00:11:46.700 that the VA is also going to pay you directly the 233 00:11:46.700 --> 00:11:49.700 housing allowance portion. They're going 234 00:11:49.700 --> 00:11:52.700 to go off of the Bloomington rate and then they 235 00:11:52.700 --> 00:11:55.300 compute all this math and it comes to you. 236 00:11:55.300 --> 00:11:58.700 I will just let you 237 00:11:58.700 --> 00:12:01.500 all know that any money's paid from the VA to 238 00:12:01.500 --> 00:12:04.400 you directly our office cannot see so while 239 00:12:04.400 --> 00:12:07.800 I would love to say, hey, you're gonna make x amount. 240 00:12:07.800 --> 00:12:10.400 Unfortunately our office can't see that we just see what the 241 00:12:10.400 --> 00:12:13.300 school pays and Kyle correct 242 00:12:13.300 --> 00:12:16.600 me if I'm wrong. This is the benefit that you used as well, right it 243 00:12:16.600 --> 00:12:18.900 is and just a 244 00:12:20.600 --> 00:12:23.600 something to point out that since I completed my 245 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:26.500 MBA while still on active duty. I 246 00:12:26.500 --> 00:12:29.500 was not eligible for the monthly housing allowance. 247 00:12:31.100 --> 00:12:34.300 But but all in all it's very simple process. 248 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:38.500 It's very very easy to work with 249 00:12:38.500 --> 00:12:41.200 the VA on this once you get your letter eligibility. 250 00:12:42.800 --> 00:12:45.900 Okay. Awesome. Thank you. Kyle next slide. 251 00:12:47.900 --> 00:12:50.100 Okay. Now what the VA is going 252 00:12:50.100 --> 00:12:53.600 to pay us are your tuition and fees? So this 253 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:56.700 is actually really neat Kelly direct makes this insanely easy 254 00:12:56.700 --> 00:12:59.700 for you all there's like one charge on 255 00:12:59.700 --> 00:13:03.300 your account and it's the tuition for the 256 00:13:02.300 --> 00:13:05.900 program there if you 257 00:13:05.900 --> 00:13:08.700 did your undergrad and you've used any of these with IU, 258 00:13:08.700 --> 00:13:11.100 there's normally like a million different things the way 259 00:13:11.100 --> 00:13:14.200 they break down undergrad Kelly direct is not 260 00:13:14.200 --> 00:13:18.200 it's you know, you get your tuition charge on there. Our 261 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:20.700 office will process those benefits for you. And 262 00:13:20.700 --> 00:13:23.300 then the Bursar will put an estimated credit on 263 00:13:23.300 --> 00:13:27.400 your account so that you're not showing as delinquent because 264 00:13:26.400 --> 00:13:28.000 they will 265 00:13:29.100 --> 00:13:32.300 bill for the semester prior to the semester. So you'll 266 00:13:32.300 --> 00:13:35.200 be you'll see a bill show up by the time you're starting class. You will have that 267 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:38.300 full Bill there, but you should have a zero balance 268 00:13:38.300 --> 00:13:41.300 shortly after if not right there at the beginning from that 269 00:13:41.300 --> 00:13:44.800 estimated credit. So Kelly and 270 00:13:44.800 --> 00:13:47.300 our office worked very very well together with this one. 271 00:13:47.300 --> 00:13:49.600 Was that your experience as well Kyle. 272 00:13:51.100 --> 00:13:52.800 Okay, great. Kyle's not. 273 00:13:53.800 --> 00:13:55.000 All right next slide, please. 274 00:13:56.900 --> 00:13:59.100 Chapter 31 vr&e. This one's 275 00:13:59.100 --> 00:14:02.600 phenomenal. I do want to take a second to point this 276 00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:05.100 this out because we do not have a lot 277 00:14:05.100 --> 00:14:08.800 of chapters 31 bets but it is absolutely there 278 00:14:08.800 --> 00:14:11.600 for you. So if you have a disability rating of 20% or 279 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:14.600 higher, you could do chapter 31 280 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:17.600 and they pay for everything very similar to post 9/11. 281 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:20.800 It's also a benefit where let's say you exhausted your 282 00:14:20.800 --> 00:14:24.400 post 911 and then you decide that you're going to apply 283 00:14:23.400 --> 00:14:26.700 for the vr&e program. You can 284 00:14:26.700 --> 00:14:29.700 do that. I will caution you it is an employment 285 00:14:29.700 --> 00:14:32.800 program. So you would have to be able to justify why 286 00:14:32.800 --> 00:14:34.900 you know, you needed to go to school. 287 00:14:37.300 --> 00:14:38.400 To be able to get a job. 288 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:42.300 With your disability but it is 289 00:14:42.300 --> 00:14:46.600 not a horrendous process and it is absolutely underutilized. 290 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:48.200 So I always like to point that out because we do 291 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:51.500 have chapter 31 vets that are in the Kelly direct 292 00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:51.800 program. 293 00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:53.800 Next slide please. 294 00:14:55.300 --> 00:14:58.500 Chapter 30 active duty as it lists 295 00:14:58.500 --> 00:15:01.900 here. You have to at least serve two years on active duty a 296 00:15:01.900 --> 00:15:04.300 monthly stipend is sent to you tuition is not 297 00:15:04.300 --> 00:15:04.500 covered. 298 00:15:06.100 --> 00:15:06.900 next slide 299 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:11.100 1606 same thing except it's for 300 00:15:11.100 --> 00:15:14.200 your garden reserves. That's a monthly stipend that's sent to 301 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:17.800 you and your tuition is not covered. You can use tuition assistance 302 00:15:17.800 --> 00:15:21.200 and ngsg with 1606. I 303 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:23.800 do not see this benefit widely used 304 00:15:23.800 --> 00:15:26.500 for Kelly direct but it 305 00:15:26.500 --> 00:15:29.600 is still an option for you and I'd be happy to answer questions if 306 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:31.300 you're somebody who's currently in the guard. 307 00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:33.200 Next please. 308 00:15:34.400 --> 00:15:37.700 Yellow ribbon our school is a yellow ribbon school, but our 309 00:15:37.700 --> 00:15:40.800 school also has such fantastic policies 310 00:15:40.800 --> 00:15:43.500 embedded with NIU that take care 311 00:15:43.500 --> 00:15:47.100 of our veteran veterans good gracious that you 312 00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:49.400 will not really even need to invoke this 313 00:15:49.400 --> 00:15:52.500 yellow ribbon program. So the purpose of yellow ribbon 314 00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:55.700 is you're 100% post 9/11 GI 315 00:15:55.700 --> 00:15:59.300 Bill eligible. It'll cover the out-of-state charges 316 00:15:58.300 --> 00:16:01.200 and then it'll it'll kind of weigh the 317 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:04.500 it'll get you to the point where you're covered as if you're an 318 00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:07.100 in-state student, but IU has 319 00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:14.100 like I mentioned before you can look up policy uss08 and 320 00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:15.900 that shows how 321 00:16:15.900 --> 00:16:18.300 we can give you in-state rate as a service member. 322 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:22.500 And we pretty much give it to the majority of our service members 323 00:16:22.500 --> 00:16:25.300 that like I said if you break through the policy, so we 324 00:16:25.300 --> 00:16:28.200 we very rarely have to enact this 325 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:31.200 yellow ribbon because our other stuff takes 326 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:31.700 care of you. 327 00:16:32.700 --> 00:16:33.500 Next slide please. 328 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:41.100 Okay. 329 00:16:43.200 --> 00:16:46.600 If you are an army person then you already know all about this, but 330 00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:50.000 the Army has changed their Federal tuition assistance 331 00:16:49.900 --> 00:16:53.400 processes and they've gone to version 2.0 332 00:16:52.400 --> 00:16:55.600 up their website. It's still Army 333 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:58.200 ignited, but I believe 334 00:16:58.200 --> 00:17:01.800 it was like August 29th, they left the original 335 00:17:01.800 --> 00:17:04.200 website. And this is a snippet of 336 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:07.200 the new website that's actually mine because I'm 337 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:10.700 currently a student but you still have 338 00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:14.100 to have an ignited account you have to log in with your cat. You 339 00:17:13.100 --> 00:17:16.700 have to request an education goal and then 340 00:17:16.700 --> 00:17:19.600 you're able to go in there if anybody remembers Go 341 00:17:19.600 --> 00:17:22.400 Army Ed very similar you're able 342 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:25.400 to go in there and find your courses and request your ta through 343 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:29.000 there. So that's Army. If you're Marine Corps 344 00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:31.500 Air Force or navy and 345 00:17:31.500 --> 00:17:34.500 you're wanting to use ta you would go through one that I 346 00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:37.700 you and you send your voucher in and our office doesn't even mess with 347 00:17:37.700 --> 00:17:39.700 it. We submit great for you, but that's about it. 348 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:45.500 And then if you need a point of contact for the Indiana Ed office, 349 00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:46.600 it is included here. 350 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:49.200 Next slide please. 351 00:17:51.100 --> 00:17:54.600 Okay. Yep. I got ahead of myself. So here uploading 352 00:17:54.600 --> 00:17:57.100 your voucher if you and I miss the Coast 353 00:17:57.100 --> 00:18:00.700 Guard sorry Coast Guard if you are any of those you're 354 00:18:00.700 --> 00:18:03.300 gonna upload that to one.iu and we just 355 00:18:03.300 --> 00:18:06.700 report grades. So Tas pretty simple 356 00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:10.300 except for the Army. They had to make it complicated. So next 357 00:18:09.300 --> 00:18:10.900 slide, please. 358 00:18:13.800 --> 00:18:16.700 Okay. So while I 359 00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:19.300 am always available and happy to answer anybody's questions 360 00:18:19.300 --> 00:18:23.200 when it comes to education benefits any of 361 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:26.400 those kind of things the subject matter expert in 362 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:29.300 the person that actually spearheads that for our office. His name 363 00:18:29.300 --> 00:18:32.500 is DJ O'Neill and you can reach him at the phone number listed here 364 00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:35.500 on the slide eight. One two, eight five six 365 00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:38.400 nineteen eighty five. He's just coming 366 00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:41.800 back to us from an active duty tour. So he still, you 367 00:18:41.800 --> 00:18:44.400 know getting back into the office and processing but he 368 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:47.300 is available and he is a fantastic resource or you 369 00:18:47.300 --> 00:18:50.800 can ask for me crystal Hempstead. Either of us can help you our 370 00:18:50.800 --> 00:18:54.400 directors name is Kim Bloodgood, and 371 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:56.400 she's naturally around to help 372 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:57.200 as well. 373 00:18:58.900 --> 00:19:01.700 I think I will turn it back over to Julia. 374 00:19:02.600 --> 00:19:05.300 Great. Thanks Crystal for all of that helpful information. 375 00:19:05.300 --> 00:19:08.300 I know I even learned something about some scholarships that 376 00:19:08.300 --> 00:19:12.200 I can now share with our applicants. So feel 377 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:14.900 free. If you're on the call to also write a 378 00:19:14.900 --> 00:19:16.300 question in the Q&A if you have one. 379 00:19:16.800 --> 00:19:19.100 but while we wait for questions to come and I'd love to hear a little 380 00:19:19.100 --> 00:19:22.200 bit more from Kyle maybe if you can share with 381 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:22.800 us a little bit about 382 00:19:23.800 --> 00:19:26.800 while you were a student in the program on what 383 00:19:26.800 --> 00:19:29.800 that was like for you specifically since you were active duty if 384 00:19:29.800 --> 00:19:32.100 you navigated sort of any uncertainty from that 385 00:19:32.100 --> 00:19:35.400 related to your service as well as sort of how to do apply what 386 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:38.000 you were learning in the program and to work that you were 387 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:38.200 doing. 388 00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:41.400 um sure so I think 389 00:19:43.800 --> 00:19:48.000 You know everyone's situation to be a little unique different, um 390 00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:51.600 for me because it was on a short tour is a little less. Um, 391 00:19:51.600 --> 00:19:55.800 I'll take stressful of a tour and because 392 00:19:55.800 --> 00:19:58.600 I was located an essential 393 00:19:58.600 --> 00:20:01.500 time zone attending classes at night wasn't issue 394 00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:04.300 for me. If there were conflicts, you know is very 395 00:20:04.300 --> 00:20:09.000 easy to watch recording that that was never an issue for me as 396 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:10.400 for applying what 397 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:13.200 I learned in the program. It was 398 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:16.600 actually really neat to some of them at the time. I was working it 399 00:20:16.600 --> 00:20:19.800 Navy recruiting in their 400 00:20:19.800 --> 00:20:22.500 advertising marketing department. So we were doing a lot of you know 401 00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:26.200 TV commercials brand management those types 402 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:29.200 of items and working hand in hand with um, 403 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:33.300 I'm multinational advertising agency. So taking 404 00:20:32.300 --> 00:20:35.300 the marketing course is um, 405 00:20:35.300 --> 00:20:38.800 while supporting recruiting it 406 00:20:38.800 --> 00:20:41.100 was kind of like applying to principle of what's being in real time. 407 00:20:41.100 --> 00:20:43.500 So it's really need to kind of go through that and I think 408 00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:47.300 be you know much more effective at doing 409 00:20:46.300 --> 00:20:49.800 my job because I had to contact and I 410 00:20:49.800 --> 00:20:52.200 mean like the lack of better mystery behind 411 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:55.400 what we were trying to trying to do. Um, 412 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:59.000 so it was great and then so, you know, I felt more 413 00:20:58.400 --> 00:21:02.300 prepared. I felt like I knew it, you know more I 414 00:21:01.300 --> 00:21:03.700 had that, you know basis of knowledge. 415 00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:09.300 You know to do that role more effectively. So 416 00:21:08.300 --> 00:21:11.100 overall the great I was able to 417 00:21:11.100 --> 00:21:13.900 use it pretty much each and every day. 418 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:19.300 Awesome. Thanks for sharing. That was us Kyle. Is there 419 00:21:19.100 --> 00:21:22.200 um, you know run out for the opportunity for you 420 00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:25.600 to share sort of any program highlights any Favorite 421 00:21:25.600 --> 00:21:28.300 Things, um something that take away that you 422 00:21:28.300 --> 00:21:31.300 remember that you want to share with folks that maybe considering our program. 423 00:21:32.100 --> 00:21:33.500 Yeah, I thought the in. 424 00:21:35.100 --> 00:21:38.500 Person, uh weeks, um 425 00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:41.400 prior to the first some year and 426 00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:44.400 also in between years were great. I'm also 427 00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:47.200 about the career services and I took advantage of those 428 00:21:47.100 --> 00:21:50.800 um from resume work to you 429 00:21:50.800 --> 00:21:53.100 know, the job board and also Kelly's got 430 00:21:53.100 --> 00:21:56.700 some massive and strong Network. I use 431 00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:59.300 that to really kind of, you know go out on LinkedIn. I find 432 00:21:59.300 --> 00:22:02.200 people who are Kelly alumni, um, and and 433 00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:05.200 reach out and say Hey, you know guys just put up 434 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:08.300 an informational interview to learn more about you know your company and what you 435 00:22:08.300 --> 00:22:10.900 do when I was looking at transition and 436 00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:15.100 leaving even and even post, you know when I'm just looking 437 00:22:15.100 --> 00:22:18.400 when I was looking for, you know to switch 438 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:21.200 jobs or positions and and so that's been 439 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:22.700 fantastic and even 440 00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:26.700 I guess the last week I spoke with she 441 00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:29.700 wasn't a veteran but you know alumni if 442 00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:32.000 they believe Kelly Direct on the she was applying to 443 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:35.100 the company which occur and she's interviewing the company. I currently work for she just 444 00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:36.600 wanted to get some insight information. So 445 00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:41.300 and we were connected via. I believe the alumni office or career 446 00:22:41.300 --> 00:22:45.100 services. So there's a ton of services available 447 00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:47.900 through Kelly and you 448 00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:50.300 know, I like to and off the 449 00:22:50.300 --> 00:22:53.300 volunteer to help out when I can because I 450 00:22:53.300 --> 00:22:57.200 feel very strongly about the value of the program and you know, 451 00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:59.300 and I've also leveraged the same resources as well. 452 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:04.400 Great. Thanks. Those were some great highlights of Kyle talked about and R 453 00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:06.100 Kelly on campus experience where folks who 454 00:23:06.100 --> 00:23:09.800 to come to Bloomington. It's definitely a program highlight for sure. We also 455 00:23:09.800 --> 00:23:12.600 have a really great graduate Career Services office 456 00:23:12.600 --> 00:23:15.400 that helps our students kind of figure out what they 457 00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:18.100 want to do after their MBA as well 458 00:23:18.100 --> 00:23:21.300 as the networking, you know kill the Kelley School business has the largest 459 00:23:21.300 --> 00:23:25.200 global living Alumni network of any business school. And 460 00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:27.400 then we really want to we really are excited to 461 00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:31.600 leverage that Network both with our current students alumni 462 00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:34.100 as well as our faculty and our 463 00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:36.800 students are back to hosting in-person networking nights 464 00:23:36.800 --> 00:23:40.400 around the country as well in their 465 00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:42.600 various cities around the globe. 466 00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:45.200 So we're really excited about all of those things that 467 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:48.500 Kyle shared so glad that and what we think is great as also a 468 00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:52.000 cloud that was great from his experience as a student. It doesn't 469 00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:53.000 look like there's any questions 470 00:23:54.100 --> 00:23:57.100 in the chat. So Kyle if you have anything 471 00:23:57.100 --> 00:24:00.300 else that you'd like to share about your experience or any advice would love 472 00:24:00.300 --> 00:24:03.100 to hear it, but if not, that's totally fine. 473 00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:05.800 I mean, I think the only thing I can add is. 474 00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:10.700 I thought it was a great program and I was challenged 475 00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:13.200 during the program and I know there's a 476 00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:16.400 reason for accomplishment at completion of the program. So 477 00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:20.000 again, I I couldn't be more pleased 478 00:24:19.100 --> 00:24:21.000 with my experience with Kelly. 479 00:24:22.300 --> 00:24:25.200 Great. Thank you so much for that and thanks to Crystal for being here and 480 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:28.700 sharing gutter about our great military benefits. So Crystal's 481 00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:31.400 contact information is up there for her office 482 00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:34.100 as well as if you have questions about Kelly director want to learn more 483 00:24:34.100 --> 00:24:38.600 you can email us at caterect at im.edu of 484 00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:40.500 everyone has a great day. Thanks for 485 00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:40.800 being here.

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WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.400 --> 00:00:04.300 Okay, welcome go ahead and get started as people 2 00:00:04.300 --> 00:00:07.300 continue to join us. We're so excited 3 00:00:07.300 --> 00:00:10.500 to share a little bit with folks today about our Global 4 00:00:10.500 --> 00:00:13.700 and Domestic Immersions, which is really a signature experience 5 00:00:13.700 --> 00:00:16.700 as part of our curriculum. I'm Julia Ailes 6 00:00:16.700 --> 00:00:19.300 I'm our senior associate director of enrollment management, 7 00:00:20.700 --> 00:00:23.700 which means I get the pleasure of leading our admissions 8 00:00:23.700 --> 00:00:26.500 team and working with some 9 00:00:26.500 --> 00:00:30.300 of our wonderful students who are excited to have on the call today. We're really 10 00:00:30.300 --> 00:00:33.400 looking forward to sharing about these signature immersions with 11 00:00:33.400 --> 00:00:36.400 you, and have the pleasure of having four of 12 00:00:36.400 --> 00:00:39.100 our students on the call who've experience many of these 13 00:00:39.100 --> 00:00:42.900 different trips over the past year, and we'll 14 00:00:42.900 --> 00:00:45.300 introduce them in a little bit. But before we do that, we 15 00:00:45.300 --> 00:00:48.600 want to share a little bit about our program as well as where 16 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:51.300 immersions fit into our program of study. And if 17 00:00:51.300 --> 00:00:54.400 you've not really explored Kelley Direct in depth previously, we'd certainly 18 00:00:54.400 --> 00:00:58.300 encourage you to reach out to us after the webinar and/or explore 19 00:00:57.300 --> 00:00:59.200 our website for more information. 20 00:01:00.400 --> 00:01:03.400 And as we go if you're on the call, I'm go 21 00:01:03.400 --> 00:01:06.200 ahead and look at the bottom of your screen. If you have a question, you can feel 22 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:09.500 free to use that Q&A function to ask questions of us 23 00:01:09.500 --> 00:01:12.400 or the student panelists and we might answer 24 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:15.300 the question in the Q&A if it's quick or we might ask for a 25 00:01:15.300 --> 00:01:16.900 panelist answer as we go. 26 00:01:18.500 --> 00:01:21.400 Um, so as I mentioned our immersions are really part 27 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:24.500 of our what makes us so special and we're really 28 00:01:24.500 --> 00:01:27.200 proud to share that Kelley Direct is ranked number one 29 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:30.700 as an online MBA across three major ranking bodies. 30 00:01:30.700 --> 00:01:33.500 And our in-person experiences, including 31 00:01:33.500 --> 00:01:36.400 our immersions, are a major part of why Kelley Direct is 32 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:39.700 so special. And we wanted to share a little bit about what 33 00:01:39.700 --> 00:01:42.700 else makes us special and what sets us apart from other programs. 34 00:01:43.500 --> 00:01:46.500 So in Kelley Direct and you learn from the best with the 35 00:01:46.500 --> 00:01:49.200 best and we have some of the best people on the call today with us 36 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:52.200 Our current students. We also are lucky to have a 37 00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:55.200 125 full-time Kelley School of Business faculty that 38 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:58.300 teach our curriculum and our curriculum consists of 39 00:01:58.300 --> 00:02:01.600 our signature integrated course sequences along with the opportunity to 40 00:02:01.600 --> 00:02:04.700 have 50% of your credits and electives with 41 00:02:04.700 --> 00:02:07.100 seven majors to choose from as well. And the 42 00:02:07.100 --> 00:02:10.800 opportunity to network with both peers and faculty at 43 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:13.900 are both required in-person experiences 44 00:02:13.900 --> 00:02:16.200 and our optional immersions, which we're talking 45 00:02:16.200 --> 00:02:19.200 about today, really deepen those connections that you make in our 46 00:02:19.200 --> 00:02:20.200 live class sessions. 47 00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:25.200 Um, and so I want to share before we get further 48 00:02:24.200 --> 00:02:27.400 along a brief video that highlights two 49 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:30.700 of our immersions from last summer that went to Ireland 50 00:02:30.700 --> 00:02:31.400 and Greece. 51 00:02:35.900 --> 00:02:40.700 Great. 52 00:03:11.300 --> 00:03:14.200 Well, we love that video. Hopefully just gets a 53 00:03:14.200 --> 00:03:17.300 little enthusiasm and excitement for the types 54 00:03:17.300 --> 00:03:20.100 of experiences that folks can have with each other 55 00:03:20.100 --> 00:03:21.800 on these exciting trips. 56 00:03:22.500 --> 00:03:25.200 And so you might be thinking well, where does 57 00:03:25.200 --> 00:03:29.000 immersion fit into the plan of study? Our curriculum 58 00:03:28.200 --> 00:03:31.300 can be completed as quickly as two years, but you do 59 00:03:31.300 --> 00:03:34.800 have up to four years to finish and immersions count as electives 60 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:38.200 in our program, and so it's pretty flexible as 61 00:03:37.200 --> 00:03:40.800 to where they can fit in the program of study. You can 62 00:03:40.800 --> 00:03:43.600 even do more than one if space allows and 63 00:03:43.600 --> 00:03:46.600 you'll hear from some of our students who have taken full advantage 64 00:03:46.600 --> 00:03:47.800 of these opportunities. 65 00:03:49.500 --> 00:03:52.300 Um, so without further ado, I think we should just jump right in to hearing from 66 00:03:52.300 --> 00:03:55.200 our panelists. We're excited to welcome them 67 00:03:55.200 --> 00:03:58.400 today and hear a little bit about why they chose 68 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:01.600 Kelley Direct as well as the different types of immersions they 69 00:04:01.600 --> 00:04:04.100 went on and how what did they gain from 70 00:04:04.100 --> 00:04:07.400 those experiences? Um, so we 71 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:10.300 can go ahead and start with introductions. If you just 72 00:04:10.300 --> 00:04:13.300 want to go kind of in order of how 73 00:04:13.300 --> 00:04:17.100 you are on the slide, maybe a clockwise if 74 00:04:16.100 --> 00:04:19.700 everybody can just introduce yourself. Maybe you're 75 00:04:19.700 --> 00:04:23.000 current roller company and tell 76 00:04:22.100 --> 00:04:25.300 us a little bit about why you chose Kelley Direct for your 77 00:04:25.300 --> 00:04:26.300 online MBA. 78 00:04:29.100 --> 00:04:32.500 Okay, guys, I'll kick it out. Hi everyone. My name is Keoni Antolin. 79 00:04:32.500 --> 00:04:36.100 I work as a defense contractor for M1 Support Services out 80 00:04:35.100 --> 00:04:38.500 here in Las Vegas, Nevada. I chose 81 00:04:38.500 --> 00:04:41.300 Kelley Direct because I needed a program that was 82 00:04:41.300 --> 00:04:42.300 uh, very flexible, 83 00:04:43.200 --> 00:04:46.000 that was high ranking, that was gonna be 84 00:04:46.300 --> 00:04:50.500 very immersive, with both with the you know, students and 85 00:04:50.500 --> 00:04:53.400 faculty and allowed me the flexibility to you know, conduct my 86 00:04:53.400 --> 00:04:56.400 curriculum wherever I was at because I do travel a 87 00:04:56.400 --> 00:05:00.100 lot. One of the, one of 88 00:05:00.100 --> 00:05:03.900 the reasons why I chose to go on the immersion. I went on the Brazil 89 00:05:03.900 --> 00:05:06.900 Rio de Janeiro immersion for winter 90 00:05:06.900 --> 00:05:07.800 of last year. 91 00:05:08.500 --> 00:05:11.000 I really wanted to get an international perspective 92 00:05:12.100 --> 00:05:15.600 on international business landscape and 93 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:18.800 Jenni and Belle also joined 94 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:21.600 me on on that immersion, and we 95 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:22.500 saw a lot of 96 00:05:23.700 --> 00:05:27.000 different type of companies of functioning internationally, 97 00:05:26.200 --> 00:05:29.200 but we're located in Brazil from 98 00:05:30.100 --> 00:05:33.800 what's called from gas petroleum, Healthcare, 99 00:05:34.900 --> 00:05:37.600 And oh and and Inbev, one 100 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:37.800 of the largest uh, 101 00:05:39.700 --> 00:05:42.300 beverage companies in the world, adult beverage companies. So it 102 00:05:42.300 --> 00:05:46.200 was it was really interesting to learn how you know, they communicate not 103 00:05:45.200 --> 00:05:49.000 only in their domestic market but their international markets, 104 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:51.200 and some of the the interesting problems 105 00:05:51.200 --> 00:05:54.200 that they face and on the global landscape. So if 106 00:05:54.200 --> 00:05:57.400 you're interested in maybe working internationally it 107 00:05:57.400 --> 00:05:58.000 is definitely, 108 00:05:59.200 --> 00:06:02.200 definitely, I recommend taking one 109 00:06:02.200 --> 00:06:05.100 of the immersions. So after that, thank 110 00:06:05.100 --> 00:06:07.900 you so much. I'll kick it off to to Jenni, Jenni. 111 00:06:10.400 --> 00:06:13.400 Hi everyone. My name is Jenni Autry. I work in healthcare marketing for 112 00:06:13.400 --> 00:06:16.400 Susan G, Komen, which is a Breast Cancer Foundation. And I chose 113 00:06:16.400 --> 00:06:19.500 Kelley of course because of the number one ranking and also so 114 00:06:19.500 --> 00:06:22.200 that I could major in marketing which is really important 115 00:06:22.200 --> 00:06:25.600 to me. And I also really wanted an experiential learning 116 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:28.500 opportunity for my MBA. And so I really did look 117 00:06:28.500 --> 00:06:31.800 at Kelley because of the global immersion courses. So it 118 00:06:31.800 --> 00:06:34.200 was a huge part of my decision to come and I 119 00:06:34.200 --> 00:06:37.700 have done two so far: Thailand and Brazil, 120 00:06:37.700 --> 00:06:40.800 and I'm signed up for a third in Italy this coming 121 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:43.700 summer. So I know we'll dive more into that and I'm 122 00:06:43.700 --> 00:06:46.200 excited to talk to you more about why I think you all should sign 123 00:06:46.200 --> 00:06:49.300 up for a global immersion as we dive more into these questions. So next. 124 00:06:49.300 --> 00:06:50.600 I'll kick it over to Mackie. 125 00:06:52.700 --> 00:06:55.000 Hey everyone. Thank you so much for joining. My name is 126 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:57.800 Maggie Beck, and I'm an assistant brand manager at Reckitt. 127 00:06:58.400 --> 00:07:01.500 I have a more untraditional path for 128 00:07:01.500 --> 00:07:05.000 Kelley direct. I actually was working 129 00:07:04.200 --> 00:07:07.600 for the university and really wanted 130 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:10.700 to get a second degree and I was 131 00:07:10.700 --> 00:07:13.400 able to meet some full-time Kelley's during my 132 00:07:13.400 --> 00:07:14.500 time in Bloomington, 133 00:07:15.400 --> 00:07:18.900 and they really encouraged me to look into KD 134 00:07:18.900 --> 00:07:21.700 because of that number one ranking. And, what made 135 00:07:21.700 --> 00:07:24.500 it step like stand out to me was that we had 136 00:07:24.500 --> 00:07:28.200 this same professor. So the full-time students and the 137 00:07:27.200 --> 00:07:30.500 online students us as KD's we 138 00:07:30.500 --> 00:07:33.100 have the same teachers and we really get the same 139 00:07:33.100 --> 00:07:36.300 experience except for that into person connection. 140 00:07:36.300 --> 00:07:39.200 And that's for me what was really important about going on 141 00:07:39.200 --> 00:07:41.100 to all these immersions is to 142 00:07:42.200 --> 00:07:45.100 have a chance to build the connections that you have on the 143 00:07:45.100 --> 00:07:48.400 screen and through emails with your classmates but to strengthen them. 144 00:07:48.400 --> 00:07:51.400 So I also went to well no 145 00:07:51.400 --> 00:07:54.500 one's mentioned they went to Ireland, but Belle and I went to Ireland and that 146 00:07:54.500 --> 00:07:56.600 one week I felt like I connected with students 147 00:07:57.500 --> 00:08:00.100 in a deeper level where I don't think I would have 148 00:08:00.100 --> 00:08:04.300 gotten that connection if we stayed online for all of my program. And 149 00:08:03.300 --> 00:08:07.300 I also did a domestic trip to 150 00:08:07.300 --> 00:08:10.500 Las Vegas for CS which we'll dive into and that 151 00:08:10.500 --> 00:08:13.400 was mostly again just to deepen my 152 00:08:13.400 --> 00:08:16.200 relationships with all of my classmates and the professors. I think 153 00:08:16.200 --> 00:08:19.700 the professors are huge draw of Kelley like they're really 154 00:08:19.700 --> 00:08:22.400 high-end, top professors. So 155 00:08:22.400 --> 00:08:25.400 those are the main reasons why I chose KD and I really wanted 156 00:08:25.400 --> 00:08:26.700 to do the immersions in my program. 157 00:08:28.300 --> 00:08:31.600 Okay, last up, Belle. All right. Hi all. 158 00:08:32.100 --> 00:08:35.900 I'm Belle Chou and I'm the president of Shen Wei USA 159 00:08:35.900 --> 00:08:38.800 Inc. and SW Sustainability Solutions. 160 00:08:38.800 --> 00:08:41.700 And we're in the manufacturing of PPE 161 00:08:41.700 --> 00:08:42.000 products. 162 00:08:42.900 --> 00:08:45.600 Well, the main reason I attended Kelley is because 163 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:48.600 you know, it ranks number one. Yeah, for 164 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:51.500 sure. And then also the faculty's the 165 00:08:51.500 --> 00:08:55.700 same just like Mackie, you know mentioned. I've got 166 00:08:55.700 --> 00:08:58.500 so excited about their Global Immersion Program because 167 00:08:58.500 --> 00:09:01.700 I had two expectations um, that 168 00:09:01.700 --> 00:09:05.200 I wanted to get out of the program. Um, you know 169 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:08.800 is to visit local businesses to learn 170 00:09:08.800 --> 00:09:11.600 about the climate, the culture, the customs, 171 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:13.900 or my companies global expansion. 172 00:09:14.500 --> 00:09:17.300 And a second reason was you have to build a good 173 00:09:17.300 --> 00:09:20.400 network with my peers and I think I'd achieved you 174 00:09:20.400 --> 00:09:23.500 know, all that. So I went 175 00:09:23.500 --> 00:09:27.400 to you know, Ireland was Mackie and 176 00:09:26.400 --> 00:09:29.900 then we study about high performance 177 00:09:29.900 --> 00:09:32.300 organizations. Then, you 178 00:09:32.300 --> 00:09:35.600 know, went out to Thailand and that was a wonderful 179 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:38.700 experience, you know with Jenni where, you 180 00:09:38.700 --> 00:09:41.900 know, we study sustainability and ESG 181 00:09:41.900 --> 00:09:45.000 programs in many of these multinational companies. 182 00:09:44.300 --> 00:09:47.800 That was very, you know, impressive experience 183 00:09:47.800 --> 00:09:51.000 there. Then, you know went on 184 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:53.600 to Brazil and that's about 185 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:56.600 cross-culture management and you 186 00:09:56.600 --> 00:09:59.300 know truthfully with that experience that was 187 00:09:59.300 --> 00:10:02.600 able to bring back to my companies and now 188 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:05.600 we have a totally new perspective of how 189 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:08.800 we should work with our international team members 190 00:10:08.800 --> 00:10:12.100 and we are also changing, you 191 00:10:11.100 --> 00:10:14.400 know, the criteria and allowing more 192 00:10:14.500 --> 00:10:17.900 of a hybrid culture in the foreign operations. So 193 00:10:17.900 --> 00:10:21.200 it was really really, you know, very enriched 194 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:23.200 program and I totally encourage all of 195 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:26.600 you consider if, you know, you have to time, you know 196 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:29.500 try to do at least one of these, you 197 00:10:29.500 --> 00:10:31.900 know, Global Immersion Program. Thank you. 198 00:10:35.100 --> 00:10:38.400 Great. Thanks everyone for sharing just a little bit about yourselves and 199 00:10:38.400 --> 00:10:42.800 a sneak peek of your immersion experience. As 200 00:10:41.800 --> 00:10:44.800 folks touched on the different types of experience. 201 00:10:44.800 --> 00:10:47.400 If you can go to the next slide, we'll just 202 00:10:47.400 --> 00:10:50.900 share briefly a little bit about the different types of immersions we 203 00:10:50.900 --> 00:10:53.700 offer who can kind of make sense as our 204 00:10:53.700 --> 00:10:56.200 students are talking. So we offer two different 205 00:10:56.200 --> 00:11:00.100 types Global and Domestic Immersions and they're 206 00:10:59.100 --> 00:11:02.300 really though gonna very in format based upon 207 00:11:02.300 --> 00:11:05.300 the class and the faculty member that are teaching 208 00:11:06.400 --> 00:11:09.300 As you may have heard mentioned the trip to 209 00:11:09.300 --> 00:11:12.900 Ireland last summer, for example, was about designing high-performing organizations. 210 00:11:12.900 --> 00:11:15.300 I was fortunate to travel 211 00:11:15.300 --> 00:11:18.600 with students there. We visited the businesses like 212 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:21.700 Google and Meta that were more global but 213 00:11:21.700 --> 00:11:24.900 we also visited a lot of local businesses 214 00:11:24.900 --> 00:11:29.200 including MacHale Football Stadium, International 215 00:11:27.200 --> 00:11:30.600 Business Development within 216 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:33.500 Ireland, the Parliament, and that was really exciting, 217 00:11:33.500 --> 00:11:37.000 you know to talk about culture of those 218 00:11:36.500 --> 00:11:39.600 specific organizations unique to in the 219 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:42.500 context of Ireland. Um, And then domestic 220 00:11:42.500 --> 00:11:44.300 experiences are also an option 221 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:48.700 Um, Mackie can talk a little bit more about her experience going 222 00:11:48.700 --> 00:11:51.400 to the Consumer Electronics Show 223 00:11:51.400 --> 00:11:54.600 in Las Vegas. students have also traveled to Los Angeles, 224 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:58.300 Silicon Valley, and we typically 225 00:11:57.300 --> 00:12:01.300 offer six to eight immersions per 226 00:12:01.300 --> 00:12:04.300 year and they're very popular with their students, and we're 227 00:12:04.300 --> 00:12:07.200 continuing to work with faculty on some new and exciting 228 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:10.300 ideas. And if you go to the next slide, we 229 00:12:10.300 --> 00:12:13.400 can see some of the different locations that we've 230 00:12:13.400 --> 00:12:16.300 been able to go to and or have 231 00:12:16.300 --> 00:12:17.900 on deck for the future. 232 00:12:19.700 --> 00:12:22.800 Um, so Ireland, Greece, Las Vegas, Thailand, Brazil. 233 00:12:22.800 --> 00:12:25.300 Um, in the future, this summer, we've 234 00:12:25.300 --> 00:12:28.200 got Italy and Germany, and we just know that 235 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:31.300 our students are so excited about these opportunities and we really 236 00:12:31.300 --> 00:12:34.300 think it's one of the greatest things about our program. 237 00:12:34.300 --> 00:12:37.900 So we are continuing to be committed to offering 238 00:12:37.900 --> 00:12:40.200 as many of these as we can so students can, 239 00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:43.300 like our panelists, take advantage of multiple opportunities as 240 00:12:43.300 --> 00:12:44.600 space allows. 241 00:12:45.300 --> 00:12:48.800 So enough of me talking. We want to go back to our students to kind 242 00:12:48.800 --> 00:12:49.600 of hear a little bit more about 243 00:12:50.400 --> 00:12:53.300 your experiences. So some of you already touched 244 00:12:53.300 --> 00:12:56.600 a little bit on sort of why you applied for an 245 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:59.900 immersion, but if you didn't feel free to to include that and 246 00:12:59.900 --> 00:13:02.600 as you talk about why you applied share with 247 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:05.400 us, you know, what trips you went on, if you want on multiple 248 00:13:05.400 --> 00:13:09.000 and what you gained from that experience. We can 249 00:13:09.300 --> 00:13:10.400 start with Jenni this time. 250 00:13:12.500 --> 00:13:15.700 So, like I said, I was already super interested in 251 00:13:15.700 --> 00:13:18.700 the Global Immersion Program before I even applied to Kelley. So 252 00:13:18.700 --> 00:13:21.200 it was really on my radar to try to 253 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:24.500 take as many of these classes as I can for a 254 00:13:24.500 --> 00:13:27.500 couple reasons. One is that I love travel in general, but two, I 255 00:13:27.500 --> 00:13:30.200 think a global perspective is so important, not just 256 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:33.100 in business, but from a personal standpoint as well. I think 257 00:13:33.100 --> 00:13:37.600 we live in an increasingly global world where we're working with coworkers from 258 00:13:36.600 --> 00:13:39.800 all around the world because we can be connected by 259 00:13:39.800 --> 00:13:42.900 screen just like we are today. And, it's so 260 00:13:42.900 --> 00:13:45.700 vital to be able to understand those cultural 261 00:13:45.700 --> 00:13:48.400 differences, cultural norms, so that we can build strong 262 00:13:48.400 --> 00:13:52.000 partnerships and work together in the best way possible. So, 263 00:13:51.100 --> 00:13:54.500 I think going to Thailand was 264 00:13:54.500 --> 00:13:57.800 fascinating. I chose that because sustainability is 265 00:13:57.800 --> 00:14:00.200 only going to become more and more important as we all 266 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:03.400 grow through our careers no matter which industry we're in. And so 267 00:14:03.400 --> 00:14:06.200 I really wanted to be able to gain a global perspective on that and see 268 00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:10.000 how some of these large multi-national corporations were addressing 269 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:12.200 sustainability issues as they all are starting 270 00:14:12.400 --> 00:14:15.600 scale and expand. And as far as Brazil, 271 00:14:16.400 --> 00:14:19.300 from across cultural management standpoint., like I said, I really wanted 272 00:14:19.300 --> 00:14:22.600 to be able to apply some of what we'd read in a 273 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:25.400 book called The Culture Map by Erin Meyer, which I 274 00:14:25.400 --> 00:14:28.000 would highly recommend reading if you're considering going on one of 275 00:14:28.100 --> 00:14:31.200 these Global Immersions. I think it will help you to understand why it's so important. 276 00:14:32.100 --> 00:14:35.200 And for example, I've been able to apply what we 277 00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:39.100 learned as far as the fact that Brazil is more relationship-based, um 278 00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:41.700 as far as how they build relationships and 279 00:14:41.700 --> 00:14:44.700 build trust with coworkers, and I was 280 00:14:44.700 --> 00:14:47.100 able to apply that actually today I was talking to a new 281 00:14:47.100 --> 00:14:50.400 vendor from Mexico and I knew from the that scale 282 00:14:50.400 --> 00:14:53.500 that Mexico skews more towards a relationship-based side 283 00:14:53.500 --> 00:14:56.100 as opposed to Americans, we're more task-based and how we 284 00:14:56.100 --> 00:14:59.300 approach trust. So, I was able to start the call with 285 00:14:59.300 --> 00:15:03.000 talking about just more personal matters and 286 00:15:02.100 --> 00:15:05.500 able to build a rapport right off the bat and I 287 00:15:05.500 --> 00:15:08.800 feel like I was able to set that vendor relationship up from 288 00:15:08.800 --> 00:15:11.200 a stronger place straight out of the gate because of 289 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:14.700 understanding more about how important it is to respect 290 00:15:14.700 --> 00:15:17.500 other cultures and their norms. So that's a 291 00:15:17.500 --> 00:15:20.900 little bit about why I think it's so important and I'm excited 292 00:15:20.900 --> 00:15:23.300 to go to Italy this summer to learn more about 293 00:15:23.300 --> 00:15:26.200 female entrepreneurship and of course to drink 294 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:26.500 Prosecco. 295 00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:32.100 Things Jenni, that's a great example of applying what 296 00:15:32.100 --> 00:15:35.500 you've learned in real time. Does anyone else want to 297 00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:37.800 have thoughts they'd like to share next? 298 00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:43.600 I'm happy to share and I will say Jenni actually 299 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:46.500 taught me that Brazilians are relationship-based when 300 00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:49.100 we spoke. So, I now learned that as 301 00:15:49.100 --> 00:15:52.000 well so fun fact. Um, 302 00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:56.400 so the reason I wanted to apply was to 303 00:15:56.400 --> 00:15:59.100 two-fold for the Global Immersion is, um, 304 00:15:59.100 --> 00:16:03.000 similar to Jenni I think travel is really important especially with being 305 00:16:02.300 --> 00:16:05.400 in business and global business in Belle being 306 00:16:05.400 --> 00:16:08.300 an international business woman. So I've lived 307 00:16:08.300 --> 00:16:11.600 overseas, but I really wanted to understand more about how to 308 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:14.100 run a business in different cultures and really 309 00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:18.400 how do you adopt that culture, but keep 310 00:16:18.400 --> 00:16:21.500 like the home culture and understanding a lot 311 00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:21.700 about 312 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:26.500 the different like there's so many things that go involved into 313 00:16:26.500 --> 00:16:30.000 global business and what I really like to learn about Ireland was 314 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:32.200 that a lot of people think people go to 315 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:35.500 Ireland because they have great taxes, but that has changed but 316 00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:38.200 there's a ton of other reasons why companies are 317 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:42.200 going to Ireland. One, they're an English-speaking EU company, 318 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:45.300 or country. So there 319 00:16:44.300 --> 00:16:47.400 were over 500 fortune or 320 00:16:47.400 --> 00:16:48.000 over. 321 00:16:48.900 --> 00:16:52.400 Well, maybe I was correct me but there's like over 500 322 00:16:51.400 --> 00:16:54.500 businesses located in Ireland that 323 00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:57.400 are US-based and they use that as their EU 324 00:16:57.400 --> 00:17:00.700 headquarters. So I was shocked to see medical companies, 325 00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:03.000 tech companies, small companies that I 326 00:17:03.400 --> 00:17:07.500 had like just heard of but they also have a headquarters in Ireland. So 327 00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:09.300 I think that was one of the main reasons I wanted 328 00:17:09.300 --> 00:17:12.600 to go and secondly is Will Geoghegan 329 00:17:12.600 --> 00:17:15.600 was one of the professors and he is the head of the program and 330 00:17:15.600 --> 00:17:18.500 so selfishly, I wanted to really build that relationship 331 00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:21.900 with that professor and so 332 00:17:21.900 --> 00:17:24.400 he was a huge draw to wanting to 333 00:17:24.400 --> 00:17:25.500 do that program as well. 334 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:29.500 But the other one that I applied for was 335 00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:32.400 CES, which was located in Las Vegas. 336 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:33.900 It's a Consumer Electronics Show. 337 00:17:34.900 --> 00:17:37.300 And the reason I really wanted to apply to that is because 338 00:17:37.300 --> 00:17:41.000 it's an invite-only event, but going through Kelley 339 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:43.300 you were all you're invited. So 340 00:17:43.300 --> 00:17:46.200 it was a nice way to just be involved in an industry that 341 00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:49.100 I'm not really in. I'm not really in technology, but I was 342 00:17:49.100 --> 00:17:52.100 able to have like a bird's-eye view and have the 343 00:17:52.100 --> 00:17:55.500 excuse of being like oh, I'm a student. I'm just trying to learn. And you 344 00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:58.200 got to see like tech startups from like, they just founded their 345 00:17:58.200 --> 00:18:01.200 company last week, or they're year two and they're trying 346 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:04.100 to get funding, or they're Microsoft and they're 347 00:18:04.100 --> 00:18:07.400 there launching their new products. So there's a whole gamut of different companies 348 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:10.700 that you got to interact with and using the 349 00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:14.900 Kelley network, we got to meet with different financial institutions, 350 00:18:13.900 --> 00:18:16.400 so investors, and they 351 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:19.600 told us like, oh I wouldn't invest with them because XYZ, and 352 00:18:19.600 --> 00:18:22.300 they kind of gave you a new lens of like how investors look 353 00:18:22.300 --> 00:18:25.200 at companies and myself wanting to hopefully be 354 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:27.300 an entrepreneur one day, it was really good to see 355 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:31.000 what the company is and then what the investors mindset is and so 356 00:18:31.100 --> 00:18:34.100 I can kind of keep that as a learning and put that in my back pocket for later. 357 00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:42.200 Yeah, Mackie great insight. Guys, I wanted to add one more 358 00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:45.300 thing. Um, you know to our guests 359 00:18:45.300 --> 00:18:46.700 that are considering an immersion, 360 00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:50.300 our professor, oh and this is for Brazil in 361 00:18:50.300 --> 00:18:53.200 particular, but I'm pretty sure it applies right across the 362 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:56.500 board, our professor Erica Kovacs and 363 00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:59.600 our assistant professors Drew 364 00:18:59.600 --> 00:19:03.100 and Amy they were out there were phenomenal. They 365 00:19:02.100 --> 00:19:06.500 helped us with every step of the way as 366 00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:09.500 far as organizing events, organizing experiences, 367 00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:11.000 and like the, you know, 368 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:16.400 the seamless transition between like panels, lunch, 369 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:18.500 dinners, activities. So if 370 00:19:18.500 --> 00:19:21.400 you guys are worried about how logistically this is all gonna 371 00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:24.200 work out, don't worry about it. Do it. You guys 372 00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:27.400 are gonna have a blast no matter what immersion you 373 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:28.300 guys decide on. 374 00:19:30.300 --> 00:19:33.200 And you know, I I guess I will add a few 375 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:36.700 more of my you know, kind of personal experiences, you 376 00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:39.300 know about my career as well 377 00:19:39.300 --> 00:19:43.200 as you know from these valuable Global Immersion 378 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:45.600 experiences. Um, you know, I travel 379 00:19:45.600 --> 00:19:49.000 a bit, you know for the last 30 years for 380 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:51.500 my job and we have you 381 00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:56.400 know, quite a few teams that are in EU, Asia, 382 00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:58.600 but, you know compares to 383 00:19:58.600 --> 00:20:02.000 the experiences that the 384 00:20:01.100 --> 00:20:03.600 school offers, you know with these programs. 385 00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:07.400 it really takes you to you know, 386 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:10.100 an array of different companies, a great 387 00:20:10.100 --> 00:20:13.600 diversity and that is not something that 388 00:20:13.600 --> 00:20:17.600 from my own business experience and industries that 389 00:20:16.600 --> 00:20:19.600 will allow me to visit and have 390 00:20:19.600 --> 00:20:23.100 these communication exchange of 391 00:20:22.100 --> 00:20:25.500 information, you know with the local business people 392 00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:29.000 and I find it to be so invaluable and 393 00:20:28.600 --> 00:20:31.800 that also allows me to do something 394 00:20:31.800 --> 00:20:34.700 more adventurous, you know, 395 00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:37.600 kind of out of the regular 396 00:20:37.600 --> 00:20:41.100 comfort zone. And you know, very decided 397 00:20:40.100 --> 00:20:43.600 to initiate new 398 00:20:43.600 --> 00:20:46.400 programs with our employees and you 399 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:50.200 know accelerate out pays and doing the sustainability 400 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:52.200 because the entire land 401 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:55.900 you would have imagined that you know, they're starting to 402 00:20:55.900 --> 00:20:58.500 do these but actually they are 403 00:20:58.500 --> 00:21:01.100 pretty in far advanced in many 404 00:21:01.100 --> 00:21:03.700 of the programs that they're doing and, you know, 405 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:08.200 ahead of that the regulatory measurements 406 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:10.300 as well. So you know 407 00:21:10.300 --> 00:21:14.300 with these you can really apply and of 408 00:21:13.300 --> 00:21:16.000 course I I guess 409 00:21:16.300 --> 00:21:19.800 I have, you know wanted to cover something as well is that 410 00:21:19.800 --> 00:21:22.800 in class before the trip, you 411 00:21:22.800 --> 00:21:25.300 get to learn so much about you know, 412 00:21:25.300 --> 00:21:28.900 the countries that you'll be visiting. The culture 413 00:21:28.900 --> 00:21:31.400 the customs, the history. So it's not that 414 00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:35.300 you are just you know, start drawing your packing list 415 00:21:34.300 --> 00:21:37.400 what you need to bring but 416 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:40.600 is a lot of good study and then 417 00:21:40.600 --> 00:21:43.500 one other thing I would like to add is that, you 418 00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:46.600 know, the trips, the immersions really 419 00:21:46.600 --> 00:21:49.400 allow you to you know bond with 420 00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:52.300 your peers because this is online program. 421 00:21:52.300 --> 00:21:56.000 We do have you know, good assignments they 422 00:21:55.100 --> 00:21:58.600 get to collaborate with your team members, 423 00:21:58.600 --> 00:22:01.200 but you know the fact that you will be 424 00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:03.600 spending at least a week with them. 425 00:22:04.300 --> 00:22:07.100 You know from morning till the evening 426 00:22:07.100 --> 00:22:11.100 from busy activities and then 427 00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:13.500 maybe consultancy, you know case studies 428 00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:16.000 to after you know, 429 00:22:16.800 --> 00:22:20.200 kind of work hours, you know getting together. I 430 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:22.800 think it's really wonderful and don't miss 431 00:22:22.800 --> 00:22:22.900 it. 432 00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:23.900 Thank you. 433 00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:29.700 Awesome. Thanks everyone for sharing those insights 434 00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.900 with our audience. 435 00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:34.500 I think everyone touched a 436 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:37.700 little bit on how you apply what you've 437 00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:40.500 learned and so as we 438 00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:43.400 sort of are mindful of time. I love 439 00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:47.200 for everybody to share sort of any maybe one 440 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:49.500 highlight if you've gone on multiple, feel free 441 00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:52.700 to share highlight from each trip, but what 442 00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:55.100 was a highlight from your immersion experience that you 443 00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:58.500 want to share with everyone today. We can 444 00:22:58.500 --> 00:23:01.200 start with Belle this time. 445 00:23:04.600 --> 00:23:07.100 Thank you, Julia. Um, you know, 446 00:23:07.100 --> 00:23:11.600 I I really was very 447 00:23:10.600 --> 00:23:13.100 kind of 448 00:23:13.100 --> 00:23:16.500 touched when I went to the EPIC Immigration 449 00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:18.400 Museum in Dublin. 450 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:22.400 In fact, I revisited after the 451 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:22.700 program. 452 00:23:23.600 --> 00:23:27.400 And that was not something officially included 453 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:30.700 in, you know, the must 454 00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:32.700 go and you know company tour. 455 00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:35.500 It was really the extra activity 456 00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:38.200 that you're free to sign up 457 00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:41.800 for and which I did. And that 458 00:23:41.800 --> 00:23:43.100 was something that you know 459 00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:47.900 I had you know borrowed experience 460 00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:50.400 of what I saw what how 461 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:54.200 I felt in, you know, creating and 462 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:56.400 instilling a progress of doing that 463 00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:59.300 of experience lab for my 464 00:23:59.300 --> 00:24:00.300 products in Las Vegas. 465 00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:04.800 And then that is you know again when you 466 00:24:04.800 --> 00:24:06.100 are outside of the classroom, 467 00:24:07.600 --> 00:24:10.400 away from your laptop, all your senses, 468 00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:13.300 you know, really open up and then 469 00:24:13.300 --> 00:24:17.100 you've you feel the things, you know that you 470 00:24:16.100 --> 00:24:19.100 know with your eyes and then you know, 471 00:24:19.100 --> 00:24:22.100 you see and then, you know especially with 472 00:24:22.100 --> 00:24:23.000 the local people there. 473 00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:27.100 So I, you know wanted to have 474 00:24:27.100 --> 00:24:30.500 my experience lab hopefully done before end 475 00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:34.400 of the year, which we started, you know, right after, 476 00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:38.000 you know my trip back from Dublin, 477 00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:40.500 and it's being in the work since 478 00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:43.400 January of this year. So we are 479 00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:46.300 all very excited about that. Nothing has been done like 480 00:24:46.300 --> 00:24:49.300 that in our industry, and I hope to 481 00:24:49.300 --> 00:24:52.400 you know, bring some changes and again, I would 482 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:55.200 not have done it not with the, you know 483 00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:59.100 idea not with the determination if 484 00:24:58.100 --> 00:25:01.700 I had not gone to these, you know trips. Thank you. 485 00:25:08.100 --> 00:25:11.600 I can go next. So as others have reiterated one 486 00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:14.100 of the best parts of the global immersions is being 487 00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:15.400 able to be with your 488 00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:19.400 fellow students who are going to become your dearest friends on 489 00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:22.600 these trips and in Brazil one of 490 00:25:22.600 --> 00:25:25.100 my highlights was our very first day 491 00:25:25.100 --> 00:25:28.300 when we were there before the program officially started we had 492 00:25:28.300 --> 00:25:31.200 some students who would come in early and I really wanted to go 493 00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:34.900 paragliding. I'm a bit of an adrenaline junkie, and I 494 00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:37.400 convinced maybe 10 people to 495 00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:41.800 jump off of a mountain including Keoni whether 496 00:25:40.800 --> 00:25:43.400 they say bonding through shared trauma, but 497 00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:47.200 it was such a fun way to start the trip and it 498 00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:49.400 just really captured the energy and vibrance of 499 00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:52.100 Rio, too. So, I think that's one thing to 500 00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:55.900 consider is yes, you're going to be going to these incredible companies 501 00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:58.500 and learning from their senior leadership and you're 502 00:25:58.500 --> 00:26:01.300 gonna take all that back and apply it to your career. But it's also 503 00:26:01.300 --> 00:26:04.800 a lot of fun and a great way to be able to expand your 504 00:26:04.800 --> 00:26:08.200 network outside of the Zoom screen through experiences 505 00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:10.800 like jumping off the mountain, so highly recommend 506 00:26:10.800 --> 00:26:11.900 it for the fun aspect as well. 507 00:26:15.900 --> 00:26:18.100 Yeah, I agree with Jenni. I 508 00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:20.400 think the main reason 509 00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:25.400 I wanted to go on these trips was the experiences with the people and 510 00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:28.100 so both of my favorite highlights of 511 00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:31.100 the trip involve people. And so for 512 00:26:31.100 --> 00:26:34.900 Ireland, we had a non-official pub 513 00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:37.900 crawl because drinking is really popular within 514 00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:40.400 the Irish culture, which we did learn in 515 00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:43.100 class. So but yeah, so I thought that was 516 00:26:43.100 --> 00:26:46.500 really really fun. And so we just got to walk around everywhere and 517 00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.900 play a new game called 518 00:26:50.100 --> 00:26:53.900 Guinness Golf and it's like where you have to drink the Guinness and 519 00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:57.000 if you stop it at the right point you like 520 00:26:56.300 --> 00:26:59.300 score point and if you don't then you have to try again 521 00:26:59.300 --> 00:27:02.700 and get another beer. So I thought that was super fun. And I've 522 00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:05.100 actually played it recently at an Irish bar here 523 00:27:05.100 --> 00:27:08.400 for Saint Patrick's day. So I gotta take that home. That's how 524 00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:11.600 I Implement what I learned overseas and then 525 00:27:11.600 --> 00:27:14.400 in at CES, if 526 00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:17.100 you can imagine a four-day conference in 527 00:27:17.100 --> 00:27:20.500 Las Vegas at the end you're extremely tired and so 528 00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:24.200 my group we found a massage chair 529 00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:26.500 like booth and we literally 530 00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:29.300 went through it like three times and then they had to kick 531 00:27:29.300 --> 00:27:32.300 us out because we kept going like back in line to just get like 532 00:27:32.300 --> 00:27:35.200 these massage chairs and well, I'm 533 00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:38.400 sure in Vegas you can imagine we had other fun experiences, but that 534 00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:41.100 one I think was just really fun because it was 535 00:27:41.100 --> 00:27:44.300 like, it's kind of a shared moment like Jenni mentioned, except it wasn't 536 00:27:44.300 --> 00:27:47.800 traumatizing, it was more like, oh my gosh our bodies hurt so bad from 537 00:27:47.800 --> 00:27:50.000 walking the floor for four days straight, so now 538 00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:53.300 we get to get a massage. But yeah, I think those are my favorite 539 00:27:53.300 --> 00:27:53.900 experiences. 540 00:27:59.200 --> 00:28:02.700 Yeah, guys. Thanks man. I'll add a close-up for 541 00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:05.100 that. It's a I'm terrified of heights by the 542 00:28:05.100 --> 00:28:08.300 way, so doing that with all my classmates was definitely 543 00:28:08.300 --> 00:28:10.600 an experience. It was it was a great time and 544 00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:14.400 the only place in the world, you know in Brazil 545 00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:17.500 where you have two beautiful mountains that you're flying through and 546 00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:20.300 that you're about to land on the beach of 547 00:28:20.300 --> 00:28:24.100 Ipanema and overseeing the other beach, Copacabana, 548 00:28:23.100 --> 00:28:26.700 it's it's a life-changing experience. Definitely don't 549 00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:29.300 have like views like that, you know in most places in the 550 00:28:29.300 --> 00:28:32.300 world, but you know, like Jenni and 551 00:28:32.300 --> 00:28:35.300 Mackie were saying, you know, just to connecting 552 00:28:35.300 --> 00:28:39.100 with our classmates that we see normally through Zoom and seeing 553 00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:41.400 them in the flesh and getting to know them, you know 554 00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:44.500 really quickly because we only have about seven 555 00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:47.300 to nine days. So it was we definitely 556 00:28:47.300 --> 00:28:50.600 you know in the thick of it together and these are 557 00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:53.300 one of the only type of experiences where you can, you know, 558 00:28:53.300 --> 00:28:56.200 boat load coursework, directly apply it, 559 00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:59.800 you know on-site, and continue 560 00:28:59.800 --> 00:29:02.700 the you know, extended networking after. So, you 561 00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:05.300 know, I I looked at it as a little bit of a vacation 562 00:29:05.300 --> 00:29:09.000 and a little bit of study. So it was it's definitely a wonderful experience. So 563 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:10.000 if you guys are on the fence 564 00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:13.200 I'm pretty sure we would all recommend it. 565 00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:18.600 Awesome. Thanks everybody for sharing all of those great highlights 566 00:29:18.600 --> 00:29:21.300 of your trips. And we want 567 00:29:21.300 --> 00:29:24.300 to just talk a little bit about before we wrap up how you 568 00:29:24.300 --> 00:29:27.600 might if you join our program, apply to 569 00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:29.800 participate in one of these immersions. 570 00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:34.700 So it would be an application process and 571 00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:37.300 you wouldn't do it right away when you start the program because you 572 00:29:37.300 --> 00:29:41.800 do have to complete some of our required core classes first, 573 00:29:40.800 --> 00:29:43.500 but we'll 574 00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:46.400 send out an application and depending on 575 00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:50.100 the timing of the year for the summer. We offer multiple immersions 576 00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:53.300 so you could rank those experiences 577 00:29:52.300 --> 00:29:54.500 and 578 00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:58.300 And sort of a letter of interest about why you're wanting 579 00:29:58.300 --> 00:30:01.400 to go. At some times of the year there might just be one, so be more specific 580 00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:06.100 application for that particular trip. There was 581 00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:08.300 a question about space. So yes, the space 582 00:30:08.300 --> 00:30:12.100 would be limited logistically based upon the location and it's 583 00:30:11.100 --> 00:30:14.500 gonna vary typically the trips 584 00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:17.500 are between 20 and 30 students. But depending on 585 00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:20.400 the number of faculty involved and this 586 00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:23.600 the location, for example, the Ireland 587 00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:26.200 trip has the capacity to go up to the closer to 588 00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:29.300 50 students and we actually added a second 589 00:30:29.300 --> 00:30:32.500 week in Italy this summer to accommodate the 590 00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:35.200 interest of the students. So we're working hard to make 591 00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:38.300 sure that we have that space available and if we 592 00:30:38.300 --> 00:30:41.400 do have the space available, that's what gives us the opportunity to 593 00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:44.200 also allow folks to attend and participate in 594 00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:47.100 multiple immersions as you've heard here from the students, 595 00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:50.300 but certainly we would want to prioritize folks that have never gotten to go 596 00:30:50.300 --> 00:30:53.600 on an immersion before allowing folks like 597 00:30:53.600 --> 00:30:55.000 our lovely panelists to get to do two or 598 00:30:55.300 --> 00:30:59.000 even three experiences. And these 599 00:30:58.100 --> 00:31:01.100 are going to come up throughout all times of the year. 600 00:31:01.100 --> 00:31:04.700 So as you've heard we've got summer, fall, and even winter, and it'll change 601 00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:08.000 a little bit. Some of our locations we do repeat based upon 602 00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:11.200 the great connections we have like with Will Geoghegan in 603 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:14.200 Ireland but we're also working with faculty to get new 604 00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:17.400 locations as we go. I'm just also to 605 00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:20.100 let you know some estimated cost. It is a class, you do pay 606 00:31:20.100 --> 00:31:23.200 for that class component, and there will 607 00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:26.300 be class sessions prior to the trip and typically at 608 00:31:26.300 --> 00:31:29.400 least one kind of wrap-up or debrief session after 609 00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:31.400 the trip that you'll do with your group. 610 00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:35.300 Because our students are all over the place 611 00:31:35.300 --> 00:31:38.400 you're responsible for your own travel getting to 612 00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:41.500 and from your destination. Um, and depending on 613 00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:44.500 the location we might provide some meals but that 614 00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:47.800 class may also be on your own kind of 615 00:31:47.800 --> 00:31:50.300 depends on the size of the group and the city what what makes 616 00:31:50.300 --> 00:31:53.200 the most sense as we plan. There'll also be a program 617 00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:57.000 fee and that really is to cover the hotel accommodations. 618 00:31:56.400 --> 00:32:00.000 Typically that's between $1500 619 00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:02.500 to $2,000. And as 620 00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:05.500 was mentioned for the global trips, typically it's 621 00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:09.500 about a week and the domestic trips 622 00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:12.100 might be a little shorter. So the cost may 623 00:32:12.100 --> 00:32:16.700 be different maybe just three or four days right for that domestic experience, 624 00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:19.400 but you would know kind of up front what 625 00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:22.300 the costs were before applying to 626 00:32:22.300 --> 00:32:22.900 that experience. 627 00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:27.300 Um, but yeah, so we if you joined the program we 628 00:32:27.300 --> 00:32:30.700 would hope that you would see these experiences a great 629 00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:33.900 addition to you, um, learning opportunities and 630 00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:37.000 hopefully that you felt inspired by 631 00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:39.500 the great stories that folks were shared about how what 632 00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:42.100 they experience and how they also applied what they've learned. 633 00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:47.500 And we would love to hear from you. If you have any further questions, 634 00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:50.700 I don't think that there's any really in 635 00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:53.600 the Q&A that we need to answer. So we'll 636 00:32:53.600 --> 00:32:56.100 go ahead and say our goodbyes, but we'd 637 00:32:56.100 --> 00:33:00.400 love to hear from you can email us at kdirect@indiana.edu. Again, 638 00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:04.000 a big thank you to our panelists for being here today and have 639 00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:04.500 a great day everyone.