Description of the video:
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It's been four years in the making,
so I'm excited to be done.
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Bittersweet,
though. It's been a wonderful experience.
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My time at the school philanthropy
has been pretty transformative.
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I feel like the doors have been opened
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to a world of possibilities
and exciting things for my future.
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today kind of marks a day
where I get to go out into the world
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and figure out how I can make it
a better place.
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I've just loved learning
more about the studies about philanthropy.
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Seeing some of the data
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and being challenged by the professors
at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
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The school has been so supportive
and wonderful to its students,
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the faculty staff connecting us
to the right corporations to partner with.
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If you're someone in a full time role
like this myself, it's
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its been pretty amazing
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I've developed a love for learning
that I didn't know that I had before.
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I'm excited for the adventures to come.
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two years ago when I started this program,
I didn't really know what philanthropy was.
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Philanthropy was a bunch of money
that rich people give to organizations.
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And in theory,
these organizations do good.
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But here at the school,
we learn to play to be so much more.
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Philanthropy is everything.
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As much as caring for your neighbor
all the way
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up to giving hundreds
of millions of dollars.
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And so what has been so transformational
about the experience here at the school
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is that it's broadened our horizons
for what it means to be philanthropic
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and how we can actually conduct
philanthropy in all of our different
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disciplines, all of our different career
paths and within our family life as well.
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It really helps us do our jobs better.
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I think this sector is vitally important to making the world a better place,
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and this school is helping us
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to be better at our jobs
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Everybody has one thing in common, they want to make a difference in the world.
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So it's really a privilege
to get to work here
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and celebrate all of our new graduates
and their families.
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it's one of our favorite days of the year.
