Self Proclamations

I am a fiercely proud and loyal 2011 graduate of DePauw University where I majored in Communication and minored in English Literature. Had I been on a 5 or 6 year plan, I would have tackled a minor in Art History as well.

I was accepted into the Orr Entrepreneurial Fellowship to work in Sales and Marketing at DyKnow, a high-growth technology start-up in Indianapolis.

The best parts of my job thus far include the tasks and challenges that morph daily, as well as being immersed into a culture about which I knew little(technology in education).

The best parts of living in Indianapolis include the ease of access to our rich and diverse visual and performing arts community, as well as fantastic restaurants and the most generous hospiality to be found anywhere.


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Fellows + Community

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 by Abbey Wilson
 Tomorrow is certain be a gloomy day. In addition to the fact that local meteorologists are predicting rain and stoms, it also happens to be the day DePauw University begins classes for the 2011-2012 (wait, 2012!?) school year. While many friends (including my younger sister) enter the historic halls of Abury and the bright, welcoming rooms of Julian, I'll be at my desk weeping silently for the past 4 years that passed all too quickly and have left me counting PTO days for the rest of my life.

Perhaps I'm being too dramatic. Because alas, after graduating and being placed at a high-growth startup, I have something many of my DPU peers do not: The Orr Fellowship. This past weekend 40 of us "roughed it" in the deep woods of Martinsville, gathering to solve important issues with exercises such as capture the flag and campus golf. Oh, we had bonfires and smores, too.

I got to know many of the Fellows better during our stay in the middle of nowhere (no disrespect), and I continue to admire and appreciate each Fellow's unique talents and experiences. Each Fellow is so unlike the next, yet the group of us shares many key characteristics that defines our interest in high-growth Indianapolis companies, entrepreneurship careers and post-graduate networking.

This weekend showcased an ever-present human element to the Fellowship: accomplished, smart people with great ideas who also happen to be friends that get along, dance and cook together very well. Hearing this Fellowship community existed sold me on applying last Fall and now I'm experiencing it first-hand.

We can't wait to meet new faces interested in technology and business jobs in Indianapolis, because we're partners with some of the best places to work in Indiana, and because we're looking for more fun people to do fun things with :-)

Email me at abbey.wilson@orrfellowship.org or follow me on Twitter if you want to know more!