"I Love NU" Advocacy Day
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03/27/2019
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Students, faculty, staff and alumni tell their University of Nebraska stories to state senators.
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- [00:00:00.086](uplifting acoustic music)
- [00:00:01.526](students talking)
- [00:00:05.970]We are heading up to the capital.
- [00:00:07.370]We're going to meet some students there
- [00:00:08.850]and spend the day advocating
- [00:00:10.140]for the University of Nebraska system.
- [00:00:12.150]So students from all four campuses will be there.
- [00:00:14.640]We're going to take time to talk to senators
- [00:00:16.240]and really convince them that the university
- [00:00:18.440]is a worthy investment for a state.
- [00:00:20.775](uplifting acoustic music)
- [00:00:22.999](man speaking)
- [00:00:25.049](uplifting acoustic music)
- [00:00:29.410]Being a first generation student,
- [00:00:31.040]I'm about to be the first person from my family
- [00:00:33.010]to graduate from college,.
- [00:00:34.070]And I really think that the university
- [00:00:35.660]has given me the opportunities
- [00:00:37.450]and the tools to get there,
- [00:00:38.520]and it's also going to continue
- [00:00:39.930]giving me those tools to be successful
- [00:00:43.160]for the rest of my life and my career,
- [00:00:44.610]whatever I want to go into.
- [00:00:45.910]We're here NU Advocacy Day,
- [00:00:47.450]so basically just to let everyone here
- [00:00:49.680]at the legislature know why it's important
- [00:00:52.300]to fund the university,
- [00:00:53.270]what that funding goes to.
- [00:00:54.180]Kind of give them real faces and real stories
- [00:00:57.170]about what's going on at the university.
- [00:00:59.090]I came out here today to represent my fellow students
- [00:01:01.510]and also to provide a positive example
- [00:01:03.740]of how students can engage
- [00:01:05.090]in the policy process in our state
- [00:01:07.290]and understand what kind of an impact they can have
- [00:01:09.150]on their personal lives and on the state as a whole.
- [00:01:11.910]Where there's such a strong sense of community.
- [00:01:14.780]And such a drive for excellence.
- [00:01:17.480]This university is truly one of a kind.
- [00:01:20.730]Right after graduation,
- [00:01:22.060]I went out to Washington D.C.
- [00:01:23.530]I hopped around the senate, the house,
- [00:01:25.593]worked for the Executive Office of the President.
- [00:01:27.870]And I can trace back every single one of those jobs
- [00:01:30.350]and trace it back to a course that I took
- [00:01:32.310]within the j school that helped me
- [00:01:33.670]get to where I am today
- [00:01:34.610]and helped me take advantage
- [00:01:35.720]of all of those great opportunities.
- [00:01:37.560]University of Nebraska has impacted my life
- [00:01:39.510]by giving me the opportunities and confidence
- [00:01:42.230]to be able to make an impact on my state and on the world.
- [00:01:45.853]It's really important for students
- [00:01:46.970]to go and put that human face on it
- [00:01:48.910]and really tell their story
- [00:01:50.060]about why the university matters to them
- [00:01:51.760]and why it's an important investment.
- [00:01:53.595](uplifting acoustic music)
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