“The work that IU Kokomo's faculty and staff have put into the KEY has been inspiring. In my 20 years of working in higher education, I have never seen anything else like it. We launched the KEY in 2016, and my colelagues just keep coming up with new, dynamic ways to enrich our students' educational experiences with trips, externships, retreats, and more. Students are raving about the places they are experiencing and the people they are meeting. The KEY is education the way it should be.”
- Mark Canada, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
The KEY (Kokomo Experience and You) program provides faculty with the opportunity to take students off campus for unique learning experiences. Here, Assistant Professor Beau Shine takes criminal justice students on a trip to Grissom Air Force Base, 2018. IU Kokomo 45446867692
Gloria Preece, Director of the MBA program, and Adam Smith, Assistant Professor of Management, lead students on tour of FCA plant during KEY trip to Poland, 2018. IU Kokomo 29762546008
Lina Rifai, Associate Professor of Vertebrate Biology, takes students on a KEY trip to the Indiana Raptor Center, 2018. IU Kokomo 44950861941
Paul Cook, Associate Professor of Writing, leads incoming first-year students on a tour of downtown Kokomo as part of the KEY Summer Institute, 2018. IU Kokomo 29077378817
“I've been here for a long, long time. It has been my life. It is my career. I grew up here...I think I can also say that I've made a difference in many, many people's lives. I've tried to help students find their direction and I've tried to help them move forward in whatever career they are interested in. I say to students at orientation every time I meet with them that what I hope for them is that they find something that they truly love to do. I did. Everyday I come to work. I love coming to work.”
- Susan Sciame-Giesecke, Chancellor
Hospitality & Tourism Management, Sociology and Criminal Justice faculty and students visit Disney World to learn about its operations and security, 2018. IU Kokomo 31864070948
