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WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.280 --> 00:00:03.790 - I've never felt more comfortable 2 00:00:03.790 --> 00:00:06.400 in an academic setting than I have at Kelly. 3 00:00:06.400 --> 00:00:08.500 Whether I'm walking into my professor's offices 4 00:00:08.500 --> 00:00:12.080 having lunch with them, hanging out with my peers 5 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:13.970 before or after class. 6 00:00:13.970 --> 00:00:16.120 - Kelly does a good job of matching you with mentors, 7 00:00:16.120 --> 00:00:18.400 they help you plan your schedule, they help you know 8 00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:21.430 which professors you should take classes with. 9 00:00:21.430 --> 00:00:24.690 - Kelly professors push us both academically and personally. 10 00:00:24.690 --> 00:00:28.050 They push us to go beyond what we were before so that 11 00:00:28.050 --> 00:00:30.060 you can succeed in the future. 12 00:00:30.060 --> 00:00:32.280 - What I like to do is tell the students their strengths 13 00:00:32.280 --> 00:00:34.710 and their weaknesses but I like to give their 14 00:00:34.710 --> 00:00:37.520 weaknesses very straight, so straight talk to me is 15 00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:39.990 being very critical but also constructive make sure 16 00:00:39.990 --> 00:00:42.120 that there is an end result that says here's why 17 00:00:42.120 --> 00:00:43.430 I'm telling you this. 18 00:00:43.430 --> 00:00:45.650 - I think first of all it's giving honest feedback. 19 00:00:45.650 --> 00:00:48.220 Talking about what things are really a result of 20 00:00:48.220 --> 00:00:50.550 a lack of understanding of the material and what things 21 00:00:50.550 --> 00:00:51.940 might be a result of effort. 22 00:00:51.940 --> 00:00:54.170 - So that it's not looking backwards it's more 23 00:00:54.170 --> 00:00:57.130 looking forwards and so the next time that you face 24 00:00:57.130 --> 00:01:00.450 these issues, you have some better perspective. 25 00:01:00.450 --> 00:01:03.140 - I think that along with straight talk comes the idea 26 00:01:03.140 --> 00:01:05.700 of an open door policy and I can't count how many 27 00:01:05.700 --> 00:01:08.380 times I've walked into my professors offices 28 00:01:08.380 --> 00:01:10.140 whether it was their office hours or not 29 00:01:10.140 --> 00:01:12.450 and had conversations about career plans, 30 00:01:12.450 --> 00:01:16.570 about coursework about research anything. 31 00:01:16.570 --> 00:01:20.310 - The other faculty here are really really good 32 00:01:20.310 --> 00:01:23.650 they're very committed they're highly motivated 33 00:01:23.650 --> 00:01:25.300 and they're very dynamic. 34 00:01:25.300 --> 00:01:28.480 So from the beginning I've been awed that Kelly 35 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:32.460 is a place where you really have to bring your A game. 36 00:01:32.460 --> 00:01:35.030 - I sort of follow the philosophy that says too much 37 00:01:35.030 --> 00:01:37.370 of one thing for too long is ineffective. 38 00:01:37.370 --> 00:01:40.910 And so we will have some videos, they might be serious 39 00:01:40.910 --> 00:01:43.310 corporate examples or they might be Saturday Night Live. 40 00:01:43.310 --> 00:01:45.500 We'll follow that up with some hands on activity 41 00:01:45.500 --> 00:01:48.120 where I challenge students to say here's the theory 42 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:50.070 how would you now put it into practice. 43 00:01:50.070 --> 00:01:51.880 - So when I got to Kelly and I looked out and I had 44 00:01:51.880 --> 00:01:53.890 a big class of students I wanted to make sure 45 00:01:53.890 --> 00:01:56.450 that I kept that energy high, well inevitably 46 00:01:56.450 --> 00:01:58.570 somebody's phone went off that first week. 47 00:01:58.570 --> 00:02:00.750 And I just thought it'd be funny to make them dance, 48 00:02:00.750 --> 00:02:03.180 I thought this isn't so bad, this isn't so taxing 49 00:02:03.180 --> 00:02:05.170 it gets a little but of an entertainment value 50 00:02:05.170 --> 00:02:07.480 in the class and I think that's the energy 51 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:08.760 that I try to create in the classroom 52 00:02:08.760 --> 00:02:10.340 is what's gonna happen next. 53 00:02:10.340 --> 00:02:13.990 - The way I engage students is first of all to be interested 54 00:02:13.990 --> 00:02:18.020 in who they are, guiding students is about 55 00:02:18.020 --> 00:02:21.960 being very open to what they really want to do. 56 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:24.240 - I think we help students prepare at Kelly in a couple 57 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:27.780 of ways, first is obviously we academically prepare them. 58 00:02:27.780 --> 00:02:30.700 But I think we go one step further and that is instilling 59 00:02:30.700 --> 00:02:33.070 a work ethic, there's a new study out that says 60 00:02:33.070 --> 00:02:35.660 that we can judge how engaged people will be at work 61 00:02:35.660 --> 00:02:38.660 by how engaged they were while in school. 62 00:02:38.660 --> 00:02:41.620 - In a few words I would call the experience world class. 63 00:02:41.620 --> 00:02:44.270 - Everyone knows you have all the critical skills 64 00:02:44.270 --> 00:02:47.950 you have the intelligence you have all the technical skills 65 00:02:47.950 --> 00:02:50.110 but it's really making those personal connections 66 00:02:50.110 --> 00:02:52.400 with people that will set you apart. 67 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:55.060 - The professors provided tools and the resources that you 68 00:02:55.060 --> 00:02:57.080 need but I think that the best thing they've taught me 69 00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:00.320 is just how to stand on my own, how to use tools 70 00:03:00.320 --> 00:03:02.330 professional and personally.
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