Transcript
[Cymbals in rhythm music crescendo to opening of video.]
Text on screen: First-Year Success
[Image of Interdisciplinary Science Building, walkway and campus light pole flags
with Webster University logo.]
Text on screen: CB BROWN, ACTING MAJOR
[Brown is in University Center’s Sunnen Lounge, with windows along the side wall in
the background.]
Brown: Webster has been awesome for me this first year. It feels very welcoming. The size
feels very inclusive. It feels like a home.
[New students and Webster students in team shirts, helping with move-in days at beginning
of the semester. Big boxes full of dorm room supplies in bins being moved and carried
into the housing buildings.]
[Several images of smiling students outside on beautiful campus flash across screen.]
Text on screen: Very inclusive
[One student walking on sidewalk through the central quad area. Trees and grass very
green and thick. Student has a backpack on. There are Webster University flags on
the light pole fixtures along the walkway with the words: Go! Go! Gorloks.]
Text on Screen: There’s so much to do
[A professor and a student work together in one of the labs in Browning Hall. There
is a lot of equipment, beakers, measuring tools, plastic bags and plastic boxes full
of chemistry supplies on a long table. Both professor and student have on gloves while
handling their specimens. The walls are lined with windows, and a parking lot can
be seen through the glass.]
Text on Screen: Samantha
Text on Screen: International Relations
[Image of Samantha talking to the camera and smiling.]
Samantha: There's just so much to do on campus and so many classes going on, and just navigating
college life is such an exciting experience because you're really on your own but
that's the good part, right?
[Group of students sitting together outside listening to each other’s stories. Everyone
is smiling.]
[Two students walking and talking outside on campus.]
[Three students walking together outside Browning Hall.]
[Three students taking a selfie outside.]
[Two students talking at an outside orientation activity outside on campus.]
[Brown is again in Sunnen Lounge in the University Center.]
Brown: None of us know what we're doing. We're all kind of coming into this new world together
and as a first year, I feel, I feel like Webster's like the perfect freshman school.
It's small. It's easy to get used to.
Text on screen: It’s small
The food is pretty decent. Like even like the meal plan is good to learn how to budget.
[20 or more students enjoying meals and talking in one of the eateries on campus.]
[Samantha talking, while facing camera.]
Samantha: I originally wasn't planning on staying in town for college, but staying in St Louis
was probably the best decision that I could have made because I feel at home here. Webster's
a really great area for college because it's small.
[Footage of professor talking to a student at a little table in an academic building
hallway. Laptop is open on table.]
[Footage of student walking on campus with Webster University banners flying in the
wind and sunlight from the sun setting on one side.]
[A long line of students walk along the side of an academic building, talking and
looking at their cell phones.]
Text on screen: I feel at home here
[Aerial drone shot of campus facing southeast. Part of Loretto Hall, Webster Hall
and Maria Hall are in the foreground. Big Bend Boulevard and Edgar Road and a parking
lot are beyond them. Sverdrup Academic Building is seen across the street. The Loretto
Hilton Center, the Community Music School, the East Academic Building and the Interdisciplinary
Building can be seen next. Beyond that are Emerson Library, the University Center,
the student housing apartments and housing dorms, the student club house and the four-story
parking garage that houses Public Safety, the bookstore and other academic advising
offices, surrounded by a lot of trees and grass. Some trees are turning colors as
the fall season gets underway.
[Samantha is talking, while facing camera.]
[Three students walk to and from classes between the East Academic Building and the
Community Music School. More students are off in the distance, also walking across
campus.]
Samantha: There are a lot of like shops and restaurants around that you can walk to but also,
it's more of a quiet neighborhood.
[A student is swinging in a hammock. One student is sitting in the grass. Two students
are standing in the group as they all talk and visit outside. There are books, cell
phones, purses and bags on the ground around them.]
Brown: I've met some of the best people in my whole life here. Yeah, so my first-year experience
has been amazing.
Footage from the top of Emerson Library looks down on the quad area where more than
100 students have gathered to form a large “W” in the lawn. The Gorlok mascot stands
in front of them. They are all looking up at the camera cheering and waving.
[Applause rings out and gets louder.]
[Bouncy instrumental music plays as Webster logo appears.]
Text of Screen: Webster University
Text on screen: webster.edu
