New Leader of Kelley House Hopes to Interact and Keep Students Involved
6/16/2009 (Kelley Indianapolis)
Students living in the Kelley House this fall semester can expect to see a familiar face around the apartments as the new resident assistant has big plans to create a Kelley community among the residents.
Ose Agho (pronounced oh-say ah-go) has been selected as the new resident assistant for Kelley House. Agho, 19, moved in to the building this week and is excited to soon begin getting to know her neighbors and fellow students at the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis.
“When I found out I was assigned to Kelley House, I was so excited,” she said. “You know, being a business student that will be a great opportunity to meet other students and get to interact with them and have them learn from me and the things I did my freshman year.”
Agho, who was born in Illinois and graduated high school in Michigan, made her way to Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis after her father accepted a job on campus. Dr. Augustine Agho is dean of the IU School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.
“After I started my freshman year here, I fell in love with the campus, and I’m glad I went to school here,” she said.
Agho went right to work getting involved in activities both on and off campus. She served on the Ball Residence Hall Council and other campus groups during her freshman year, which she hopes will give her an advantage when learning how to interact with students at the Kelley House.
“One of my goals is to make sure everyone feels they are part of the community. I want to help them get together and get to know each other and feel comfortable,” she said.
“I’m a friendly person and can talk to anybody,” Agho added. “I love meeting people and getting to know them. I’m very open and I respect privacy, so (the residents) should know they can trust me.”
She also enjoys participating in diverse activities from the many cultural groups on campus and hopes to bring a little of that diversity to the Kelley House. Her parents are from Nigeria. Her name translates to “beauty” in the Edo dialect in Nigeria.
Agho will serve as the resident assistant to the Kelley House and another building, both totaling more than 50 students. She looks forward to continuing her education at Kelley Indianapolis and later pursuing a career in public relations.
Agho also will become a regular blogger on the Kelley homepage, so her voice and face should become quite familiar to residents and those at the school.
For more information, please visit Kelley IUPUI or contact Dave Hosick, coordinator of communications and media relations with the IU Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, at 274.6856.
