Why I'm Glad I Joined the KLLC

I remember doing the housing application for IU during the end of my senior year in high school and wondering if I should apply to the Kelley Living Learning Center.  I was worried that I might not fit in since I was not directly admitted into Kelley and that I wouldn’t like living around seemingly all business majors.  In the end, I decided to apply and I am SO happy I did!

One of the greatest things that I love about the KLLC is that you are around people who have common interests and you build a community that not a lot of other dorms have at IU.  I am not saying that everyone is a business major, (I’m a SPEA major), but everyone in the KLLC is hand selected to be here because of their passions and willingness to succeed in college.  Not only does everyone relate to one another in one way, but the KLLC really does give you a sense of family in a “home away from home” type of setting.  From the very first days of orientation, you bond with each other during activities that previous KLLC residents have put on.  Those events really helped me because before school started, I already had a network of friends who I could go to class with or eat dinner with.  They were simply people who I felt comfortable with and who helped me during those first scary weeks of school when you’re adjusting to living away from home.  I have really met some of my best friends here in the KLLC and that is something I will always cherish. 


Kimberly Chomyn

It seems embarrassing and almost impossible to say this now, but my first day in Bloomington consisted of lots of crying. I was thrilled to be at college, but was also scared. I could not imagine living in southern Indiana at all, let alone a long period of time. I met Karen Grant and she had an amazing talk with me. She was so compassionate and I felt so blessed to be a part of the KLLC. Within a few hours I met friends I will have forever (and this is really true!) and spent the entirety of the KLLC orientation with a huge smile on my face.

The Kelley Living Learning Center is an amazing opportunity. It allows you to be surrounded by passionate and interesting people all the time. And that’s not just the students! The people that work with the KLLC are also like this. Through my various X255 classes and trips with the LLC, I have found that the faculty consists of incredible people that I will definitely stay in touch with after I graduate. Next year I plan on being a mentor for the KLLC because I am so passionate about this!

Something the KLLC has definitely helped me out with is class. There are KLLC tutors that help you one-on-one with various challenging courses. Most TA’s have a room of 50+ at free help sessions, and the KLLC allows you to get individual attention with someone that has been through the same thing before. I know that the Kelley Living Learning Center’s mission is to help facilitate strong bonds between students interested in business, but the people are so fantastic that Kelley almost seems secondary because we all have so much in common besides business!

Jacqueline Birkel