From first steps in Hodge Hall to a cross-campus trek, your experiences at Camp Kelley B-Town help you transition to life as a college student. Held on the IU campus, Camp Kelley B-Town offers a lineup of activities designed to spark connections for you and your Kelley classmates in the place you’ll call your new home.
Experiencing Camp Kelley B-town with your Kelley classmates sets you up for a smooth transition to life at IU. You’ll have an opportunity to:
2024 Camp Kelley B-Town Registration is closed.
Camp Kelley B-Town
August 18–21
Residence hall move-in on Sunday, August 18
Location: IU Bloomington
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Camp Kelly is a couple of days
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before welcome week starts, where you get together
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with a bunch of other Kelly direct admits
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and you explore campus
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and make friends and just have a lot of fun.
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Some of the activities we did throughout Camp Kelly included
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a case competition touring campus
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and just getting to know each other
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and doing some team building exercises.
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Probably my favorite activity that we did
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for the first time this year,
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we did a tour of assembly hall.
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Going to basketball games are highlights of coming to IU
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and being able to go into assembly
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hall and tour the locker rooms.
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Really, it's a great experience
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For me. My favorite part of
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Camp Kelly was the case competition.
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I think that that case competition really helped me prepare
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for classes like business presentations where I'm presenting
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to teachers and other instructors about
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issues in the real world.
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This is an opportunity for you as a student
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to learn a little bit more about yourself, like
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how do you see yourself growing
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as a student leader while in Kelley,
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it's also an opportunity for you to meet some
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of your lifelong friends throughout your time here at iu,
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but also at the Kelly School of
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Business. I created
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these great friends my first year at Camp Kelly,
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and they are in my classes this year,
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and we see each other all the time.
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We hang out. We just created this deep bond
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that I didn't even know was possible,
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but I created it at Camp Kelly.
K-Team leaders are a diverse group of experienced Kelley students spanning a variety of majors who are excited to welcome you to the Kelley family. You’ll join randomly selected peers to form a group led by two K-Team leaders. They’ll come alongside you in fun activities—a scavenger hunt, an Assembly Hall tour, and more—as well as lead you in small group conversations on topics that will ease your transition to college. Together with Kelley staff, they’ll offer three panels with advice on:
“Camp Kelley was the single best decision I’ve made in my time at Kelley. From the relationships you create, the insights shared, and the community you become a part of. There is simply no better way to start your time at Kelley.”
Aidan LymanBS’26 Activities Coordinator Camp Kelley B-Town
“I owe my entire college experience to Camp Kelley. I met some of my absolute best friends and mentors through the time spent at Camp Kelley and I could not imagine my time at Kelley without choosing to first go to Camp Kelley. Camp is a great introduction to best next four years at Kelley.”
Margaret Mizwicki BS’26Logistics Coordinator Camp Kelley B-Town
“My involvement in Camp Kelley as both a camper and as a K-Team Leader have been two of the most impactful experiences of my time at IU. As a camper, I gained great insight on what it took to succeed at Kelley both socially and academically. As a K-Team Leader, I took pride in sharing my experiences as a Kelley student and serving as a mentor to incoming Kelley freshman.”
Kyle Fowler BS’25Training Coordinator Camp Kelley B-Town
Assistant Director of Student Life, Kelley School of Business, Camp Kelley B-Town
Questions about Camp Kelley? Reach out to Dedric Dennist Jr at dennistd@iu.edu.
Yes. Registration is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Limiting capacity allows for meaningful, small-group interactions.
You will stay in the campus residence hall and room assigned to you for the 2024–25 academic year. Some meals are provided by the Kelley School. You may also take advantage of your meal plan at a variety of IU dining locations.
Camp Kelley B-Town participants move into IU on Sunday, August 18, a standard move-in date for the Bloomington campus. Please contact IU Residential Programs and Services with specific questions about moving in.
You’ll meet fellow incoming Kelley classmates, build relationships with students, faculty, and staff, and learn about resources and opportunities available to you at Kelley and IU.
No. Orientation for the Jellison Living Learning Center (JLLC) conflicts with the Camp Kelley schedule, so it is not possible to participate in both.
No. Intensive Freshman Seminar runs through mid-August and conflicts with the Camp Kelley schedule. It is not possible to participate in both.
Please note there are no refunds for Camp Kelley B-Town once your payment is complete. If you are no longer able to participate and need to cancel, there are no refunds. If the Kelley School of Business or Indiana University cancels Camp Kelley Lakeside for any reason, you will be refunded. If you are no longer planning to attend Camp Kelley Lakeside, please contact us at ksengage@iu.edu so that your spot can be used by another student.
Please contact the Kelley Undergraduate Program at ksengage@iu.edu with any additional questions.