Kelley Institute for Social Impact

KISI is proud of everything this community has accomplished in the past 10 years, and we’d love to take a look back and celebrate our Decade of Difference. Looking forward to continuing to make an impact in our future! Thank you for being a part of it.

KISI is proud of everything this community has accomplished in the past 10 years, and we’d love to take a look back and celebrate our Decade of Difference. Looking forward to continuing to make an impact in our future! Thank you for being a part of it.

We caught up with Kelley senior Jackson Holforty who was part of last year‘s winning team for the 2020 Kelley Impact Competition.
Jackson says, “I am very glad I participated in the case competition this past year. It was a wonderful opportunity for my team and I to gain case experience together while making a real-world impact and supporting a great cause. I would definitely recommend participating in this annual competition!”

The application for the 2021 Impact Competition is open NOW! Grab three of your friends and had to the link in our bio to register your team before the window closes on February 21st.
For more info, check out our website or comment your questions below!
#KelleyImpactCompetition #CaseComp

Join us for the latest Conversations with KISI this upcoming Friday (1/29) at 12:30pm!
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Courtney Payne Taylor shares her experiences starting a nonprofit in the action sports industry focused on improving opportunities for and inspiring young girls! Please scan the QR code to register for this incredible event!

Join us for the latest Conversations with KISI this upcoming Friday (1/29) at 12:30pm!
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Courtney Payne Taylor shares her experiences starting a nonprofit in the action sports industry focused on improving opportunities for and inspiring young girls! Please scan the QR code to register for this incredible event!

Big news! We have extended our international internship application and will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis.

To better ensure the safety of our students, staff, and partners, we expect all of these internships to be offered virtually. While not being able to travel physically is unfortunate, we have no doubt that a virtual internship with an international partner will bring a host of impactful benefits, from global networking to a chance to make a difference for a community across the world. Apply fast, as we will only be reviewing applications on a rolling basis for a limited time. Access the application through the link in our bio!

KISI celebrates the life of the revered civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr., and encourages everyone to honor his legacy by engaging in service to help bring justice to communities worldwide.

KISI celebrates the life of the revered civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr., and encourages everyone to honor his legacy by engaging in service to help bring justice to communities worldwide.

As we approach the start of a new semester, we are excited to highlight one of our former international interns! Morgan Paul completed a KISI internship at Stellar Child Care Organization in Andong, Cambodia (on the outskirts of Phnom Penh). This organization focused on health, safety, and education for the surrounding village residents. On determining what made her internship impactful, Morgan remarks, "My internship was a valuable experience because it pushed me to problem solve while acknowledging that I had more to learn than I had to give SCCO. I learned how to be patient and yet persistent when looking at very broad social issues- all of which were not going to be resolved in the 8 weeks I had in Phnom Penh. My internship offered a balance of collaboration and autonomy so I never felt truly alone, but I was still pushed outside my comfort zone to grow and learn, and I am truly thankful for the experience." If you are looking for your own international internship opportunity, applications are OPEN for 2021 summer internships! Apply by January 19th here: gokelley.iu.edu/internwithpurpose

We are excited to announce this year’s annual Kelley Impact Competition! For 2021, we have partnered with the Community Justice and Mediation Center located here in Bloomington to tackle an important social issue and make REAL change.
We invite all IU undergraduate students to come together for a great cause and share your brilliant ideas. In addition to the $15,000 of monetary prizes, the community nonprofit partner and the winning team receive up to $10,000 in seed money to implement the idea and create lasting change in our community.
Thank you to each organization that makes this incredible event possible.
Registration opens at our website on January 18th. Visit our site (link in bio) or let us know if you have any questions!

The application for our 2021 International Internships is now LIVE! Through gaining international business experience to assisting global entrepreneurs, the benefits to an international internship are countless. Whether physical or virtual, these are opportunities you do not want to miss. Head to the link in our bio for more information on international internships and where to apply.

https://kelley.iu.edu/programs/undergrad/why-kelley/social-impact/internships/international-internships/index.cshtml?redirect=/faculty-research/centers-institutes/institute-for-social-impact/internships/international-internships/index.cshtml

Tomorrow, Friday, November 13th we are joined by Professor Dionne Nickerson for a conversation about modern Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). She is bringing her knowledge on the intersection of marketing and CSR, technology consulting, and teaching abroad — this is sure to be an incredible Conversation with KISI!!
Get the Zoom link by following the link in our bio. DM us with any questions!
See you tomorrow!

As we continue towards the end of the school year, we are excited to announce the 2021 KISI International Internships will begin accepting applications on December 1st! International Internships offer experience-based learning in a global environment, where students can contribute to the success of an international firm while interacting with and learning from local cultures. While the state of travel permissions is ongoing, these opportunities will all be offered virtually and are guaranteed to be a remarkable learning experience no matter the platform. Be sure to stay updated with the KISI website as we learn of ongoing travel developments, and mark your calendars - this is a date you don't want to miss!

Are jobs in business mutually exclusive from giving back to the world around you?
Is there such thing as a moral tobacco executive?
Find out TONIGHT at 6PM when we welcome Kelley Alum Lance Breitstein to talk to us about Selfish Altruism. We are so lucky to have him join us and can’t wait to hear his insight into aligning values with your business career. Thank you to @tedxindianauniversity and the Investment Banking Workshop for co-hosting this event with us.
To get the Zoom link, go to the event in the Kelley calendar through the URL, QR code, or link in our bio and register!
Let us know if you have any questions, and see you there!

On this World Mental Health Day, we want to highlight and recognize every person who has helped in shedding a light on mental health and the huge role it plays in our daily lives. The impact of mental health is indisputably important, and we have a full list of mental health related resources at IU here: https://www.indiana.edu/hoosier-life/health-wellness.html

Additionally, the Kelley School of Business is offering some free Headspace memberships. Headspace helps you take care of your mind, at work and at home. It’s meditation made simple with exercises that help you live a little calmer and clearer, with science-backed benefits like less stress and sharper focus. Email [email protected] to request a link.

Take some time for you today, give yourself some self check-ins, and realize that focusing on yourself is never a bad thing ❤️

Join us at 12pm on October 16th for a Conversations with KISI featuring Rob Smith, the Vice President of Collaborative Strategies at the Lilly Endowment. While with Lilly, Rob has lead the "Enhancing Opportunity" initiative in Indianapolis which assists residents in overcoming poverty and financial insecurity on their way to economic self-sufficiency. We are so excited to have Rob talk to us about the Lilly Endowment and the future of community impact in business! Link to register: https://iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8j3rXi8NcJ3kmln

Last Friday, we enjoyed our first Conversation with KISI! Brandon Luebbehusen shared incredible stories and insights about consulting full-time at Bain & Company and working with the city of Chicago through the COVID-19 crisis. Seeing how his experience with KISI has translated into his post-grad professional success and personal goals was inspiring. Thank you to Brandon for sharing his time with us, and thank you to all who attended!

Join us for our first Conversations with KISI of the 2020 school year with KISI alumni Brandon Luebbehusen! Brandon graduated from Indiana University in May 2018 with majors in finance and operations management. On campus, he was President of the Alternative Break Program his senior year and worked as a campus tour guide. Now, Brandon works in Chicago as an Associate Consultant at Bain & Company, through which he has had opportunities to support Chicago's COVID-19 recovery efforts and advise on fundraising strategy for a veterans-focused not-for-profit. We're excited for this one! Sign up here: https://iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8j3rXi8NcJ3kmln

Happy first day of classes! We hope everyone is having a safe & exciting return. We are happy to announce the KISI Open House is tomorrow at 7pm! Come learn about our amazing internship opportunities, student organizations, case competition, and everything else KISI does to help students create social impact in business. Join through the QR code attached or through this link: https://iu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vDWBecnITHOqSIltbaWpNg

Throwback to when KISI alumna Nellie Li decided to do more with her Spring Break by choosing to spend her days off from school with Alternative Break Program (ABP). Nellie participated in ABP from 2014 to 2018. Now, she is graduated and working at Deloitte as a Business Technology Analyst, but the impact she made at IU has not been forgotten!

“ABP was the common thread throughout my four years at IU. From translating storytelling videos for the Rich Coast Project in Costa Rica, building bottle schools with 7elements in the Dominican Republic, teaching English classes with International Rescue Committee in Atlanta, and creating a governance model for a sewing center for Dara in Cambodia, each of my experiences was surrounded by the wonderful students that make up KISI. The impact we were able to make in each community is made possible by the bright minds and caring hearts of KISI members.”

We want to send a big thank you to Nellie Li for her social impact as a student, helping to create KISI's legacy and Decade of Difference!

This summer, Sejal Gupta is working with the Bloomington Economic Development Corporation to grow their tech employment cluster and complete funding grants through the US EDA CARES Act in a virtual KISI internship. "I have learnt a lot from the BEDC and am thankful for the opportunity to work with them, even from hundreds of miles away."

We are proud of Sejal and all our other interns for staying busy and working hard for the Bloomington community! Bloomington Economic Development Corporation

We want to shout-out our amazing community partner Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County and the volunteers that have begun working on a pilot container home project, an idea born out of the Kelley Impact Competition in 2019. We are proud of our #Kelleys for crafting such an impactful idea for their local community! Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County, IN

The KISI team is proud to join the Kelley Undergraduate Program staff in its journey to support Black lives and dismantle white supremacy. We can no longer ignore the systematic bias within our institutions, and fully commit to using our platform to center Black voices and change the inequitable systems put in place to silence them.

Bloomington is built on the success of small businesses, and these are just a few of the many Black-owned businesses doing amazing work in the Bloomington community. Support these and the many more listed in this IDS article: https://www.idsnews.com/article/2020/06/support-a-black-owned-businesses-in-bloomington

For our #socialimpactsummer series, we'll highlight how businesses are using their platforms and resources to give back to the communities around them.

Beyond Meat, founded in 2009, is donating over 1 million Beyond Burgers to food banks, hospitals, and community organizations around the country. With nominations through their employees and partnered ambassadors, they have donated to Houston Food Bank, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, and the Ali Forney Center to offset food insecurity caused by the COVID-19 crisis.

“Our goal has always been to use food as a vehicle for change and we’re fortunate to be in a position to put that into action now like never before. Our hope is that this donation will help make lives easier and contribute to the strong sense of community that is so vitally important during these unprecedented times.”

Learn more about Beyond’s efforts here: https://www.beyondmeat.com/whats-new/feed-a-million/

As a school, as a community, and as individuals, we need to do our part to stand up against racism and injustice. As we mourn the recent deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and so many others, we encourage everyone to educate themselves and take action against racism and hatred. If you're looking for a place to start, Kelley Student Government has put together a list of some resources and action steps. The fight is ongoing. We must all do better, together. Kelley Student Government (KSG)

Throwback to when KISI alumna Mia Kinder joined KISI through a variety of avenues, giving her many opportunities to connect with the people that would inspire her future. Among many KISI clubs and events, Mia participated in a trip to Costa Rica with ABP to support the Rich Coast Project in 2017. Now she has graduated and is currently working at Deloitte as a Consultant for Strategy & Operations, but her impact that helped build KISI's Legacy is still remembered today!

“ABP was the common thread throughout my four years at IU. From translating storytelling videos for the Rich Coast Project in Costa Rica, building bottle schools with 7elements in the Dominican Republic, teaching English classes with International Rescue Committee in Atlanta, and creating a governance model for a sewing center for Dara in Cambodia, each of my experiences was surrounded by the wonderful students that make up KISI. The impact we were able to make in each community is made possible by the bright minds and caring hearts of KISI members.”

We want to send a big thank you to Mia Kinder for her social impact as a student, helping to create KISI's legacy and Decade of Difference!

This semester will certainly look different than anyone planned, but it also presents unique opportunities to help our communities. Every day this week, we’ll share virtual volunteer opportunities, donation funds, or a business's positive response to the pandemic.

Shalom Center, Wheeler Mission, Middle Way House and New Hope Family Shelter have worked collaboratively to establish a self-isolation shelter for people experiencing homelessness. Read about their efforts and find out what supplies you can donate here: https://www.hoosiertimes.com/herald_times_online/news/local/agencies-unite-to-establish-isolation-shelter-for-homeless/article

Indiana University

We wish we could see everyone back on campus this semester, but more importantly we want everyone to be healthy. Let's all do our part to protect each other.

Flatten the curve by practicing social distancing. The more we stay at home, the faster we can all see each other again.

As members of a local community, it is the responsibility of those who are able to provide a voice for the underrepresented. Everyone deserves advocates that truly represent their best interests. This belief applies to all people regardless of age, color, gender, sexual orientation, etc. Thus, we are proud to continue promoting the work of Monroe County CASA.

CASA or Court Appointed Special Advocates is a volunteer program that "provides representation in juvenile court for child victims of abuse and neglect." Through their comprehensive volunteer program, CASA is able to provide representation for children who become abruptly placed in the overburdened foster care system.

Beyond legal representation and advocacy, CASA volunteers also become consistent adult presences of support. This is exemplified by Sarah's story, in which she states "I've had several case workers...but my CASA was the only one who continued to be here for me during these years."

If you want to learn about ways to help support their mission, please visit https://monroecountycasa.org/

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