One of IU's most acknowledged student leaders, Nick Mattingly has a passion to serve. "I’ve always wanted to help people,” he says. "I’ve received a lot of help. I’ve been given so much—so many opportunities.” But he readily admits it was the hardships in his life that shaped and motivated him—including financial ones.

“Kelley is very good at understanding all the components of your MBA experience and executing them very well.” says Tara Feehan, who had her choice among the nation’s top MBA programs. She discusses her Kelley experience, and why she feels she's made the right decision.

“Theoretically, all humans are born with a divergent production system in the brain... where we come up with unusual-creative ideas. Everybody has a divergent production system, but some people have more of it than others,” says Smith, who teaches and researches creativity with his wife.

With an intense training schedule for international equestrian competitions, as well as demands from work and family life, Malhotra finds Kelley Direct’s flexibility invaluable. "Without it, I feel I would not have had the opportunity to earn an MBA from a world-class university," she says.

After graduation Khary Dickerson's former MBA colleagues adjusted to new jobs, new cities, and new paychecks, while Dickerson adjusted to life in Africa. He spent 15 months in the Sudan as an international business consultant with the MBA Enterprise Corps and says, “This consulting experience has been the best experience of my life... ”

”The foremost challenge for Chinese firms investing overseas is the shortage of human resource capacity. No, you did not read incorrectly. China, the most populated country in the world, is short of people,” says Li.