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This video, titled “If I Could Take Something from Elon into My Next Chapter,” was produced in March of 2017 by University Communications. The prompt that Elon students responded to was, “If I had to pick something that I am taking from Elon and bringing into my next chapter in life.”   Future graduates responded in a variety of statements, which included: Person 1: “I want to take the can-do mentally, I don’t think the world needs another person talking about how many problems we have. The world needs people who are going to go out there and do something about them.” Person 2: People are so anxious now-a days, everything is buzzing, and people are on edge just because every second beeps are going off with emails, notifications, but people still want to talk. Person 3: It is about sharing your stories and having someone to listen. Person 4: You look up one day and you are saying, ‘This is not where I started.’ I do not know when that happened. Or when that line was- when I stopped being a student and I started being a professional. Elon students are driven. They know what they want. They know what they have to do to get there and they are willing to take risks. Person 5:  Where I am going to end up after Elon, I am not sure. Location really does not matter to me. Wherever I am is where I AM. How can I use the skills and attributes that I have to make people’s lives around me, better. It is really not proving anything. It is more so about advocating my own voice. Person 6: Everyone’s story is different. Elon is really the place that forces you to really think about matching things that you are good at and passionate about. You can tell when someone has fallen into something by chance or if it is something that they willing to risk everything for because they think it is worth it. Person 7: Over the course of four years, Elon makes you realize it is possible to build a life that is all the things that you love. Person 8: There are a lot of ways to make a difference. Person 9:  It goes by so quick. Person 10. I want people to know that I did not wait around. The visuals included: students in a classroom, students writing on a board, students dressed in maroon and gold – cheering on the women’s basketball Phoenix, the Center of the Arts at dusk with the glass ceiling and chandlers sparkling, a student walking by McCrary Theatre, students working on a news production in a studio, students in an apartment talking at a table, the United States – White House Briefing Room, Al Drago in his White House Press office working for The New York Times as a Photographer, Drago walking pass the exterior of the White House (inside the gates), a person walking down a city (unknown) street, a train view riding on the tracks, an unknown international city, a plane taking off, and an Elon flag blowing in the breeze on a winter day. Some names included: Tyson Glover, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Kellcee Batchelor

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