The Kelley School of Business is committed to helping you achieve balance—as a student and throughout your life as a business professional.
During the academic year, you’ll find programs and resources that will develop your ability to manage stress, build resiliency, and cope with challenges.
Offerings include:
Balance at Kelley is a student organization dedicated to reducing the stigma surrounding mental health by raising awareness, supplementing education, providing campus-wide resources, and simply starting the conversation.
Held the week before final exams, Balance Week encourages Kelley students to take a break from end-of-the-semester stress. Check the website to find ways to manage stress and stay balanced during this challenging time away from campus.
Caroline Pontius, undergraduate student:
I would say the first time I failed I definitely felt inadequate. Once I kind of looked around and saw that other people were struggling just like I was, I realized that it's just a difficult environment and I was going to have to learn to adjust so I reached out to professors and I reached out to peers to see what they were doing that was making them successful at Kelley and I started following those steps that they had laid out, things like going to office hours and getting peer tutors and doing study group with your friends. It's better to reach out before you have a problem rather than after the problem occurs. So building relationships earlier on can really help you out in the long run because if a problem comes up or there's a concept you don't understand, you already have the relationship to go reach out before it escalates and you don't do well on a test or you feel like you're beginning to struggle in the class and aren't understanding concepts building off of each other. Reaching out for help was definitely one of the biggest things that helped me overcome failure. If I had dealt with any sort of failure on my own, I wouldn't have had the tools that I needed to ultimately succeed. It's more rewarding having failed a lot than having never failed at all because overcoming difficult circumstances and failures through your years at Kelley makes it that much sweeter when you do succeed because you know you've overcome a lot to get there. Pressure to succeed can be great, but I have strengths and weaknesses just like everybody else and my weaknesses don't define me.Your Kelley and IU community is committed to helping you thrive. Across campus, a wide variety of skilled professionals provide services that help you navigate student life.
The Kelley Undergraduate Advising Office assists students in exploring their interests, choosing a path of study, and finding success at Kelley and beyond.
Want to make more informed financial decisions? Find workshops, courses, and more from the Office of Financial Wellness and Education.
Thanks to a gift from the Brian and Sheila Jellison Family Foundation, IU students can audit an edX course in money management at no cost.
Student Legal Services provides free, confidential legal advice and services for IU Bloomington students.
The Accessible Educational Services (812-855-7578) is dedicated to ensuring that students with disabilities have equal access and reasonable accommodations. They provide tools, support services, and resources that enable students to be successful at IU.
The Kelley School is taking an active role in developing innovative programming focused on mentoring, maintaining balance, and making healthy choices. These lifelong skills will allow our students to stand apart from those at other business schools and allow our students to have a significant positive impact on the organizations they join.
Idalene “Idie” Kesner, Dean Emeritus, Kelley School of Business
The counselors at Counseling and Psychological Services offer support for students who want to talk through problems with someone they can trust. From stress and time management to anxiety and relationships, CAPS counseling services help thousands of IU Bloomington students each year. For questions or to make an appointment, call 812-855-5711.