Family Programs

[Instrumental music begins.] 

[Photos of seven people. Presumably parents and students at move-in time.]

Text on screen: Engaged families, successful students.

[Webster University logo appears]

[Photo of a parent and a student next to a car.]

[Photo of two parents and a student next to a car.]

[Photo of a parent and a student next to another car.]

[Photo of two parents and a student in parking lot.]

[Photo of parents with a student.]

[Photo of parents with a student hugging.]

[Photo of parents and a student together.]

[Photo of 15 Webster student workers making “Ws” with their hands posing in front of an inflatable Gorlok in front of the student housing on campus.]

[A parent, Joey Timmer, sits in chair inside University Center lobby with a display case in the background.]

Joey Timmer, Webster parent: You're making a decision for probably the next four years — maybe more — of your life, and so you want it to be a home. You want it to feel like home.  Everyone was very inviting.  Everyone was willing to answer questions and as I took a tour of the campus, I was very impressed.

[Photo of several people on campus sitting, standing and walking around.]

[Photo of a classroom with six students talking and smiling with each other as a professor or worker writes on a white board in the background.]

[Drone aerial shot starting on Lockwood Avenue and flying over Webster, Loretto and Maria halls.]

[Drone aerial shot from Garden Avenue showing the East Academic Building, the Interdisciplinary Building, Pearson Hall, two parking lots full of cars, the Sisters of Loretto High School next door.]

[Photos of students working in science labs with goggles and gloves on with test tubes and beakers on tables.]

Timmer: For what my daughter wanted to do. The facilities they had and really the support they had.  

[Timmer talks to camera in University Lounge again.]

[Drone aerial shot of Edgar Road with Emerson Library on one side and the Loretto Hilton Center on the other and the housing building in the background.]

[Five students gather and talk and smile inside one of the academic buildings on campus.}

[A group of around 30 of students sitting at different tables in Sunnen Lounge, in the University Center, listening to a speaker at a podium in the front of the presentation room. Then another angle from the side of same room with students listing to speaker. A photo of a student talking to the speaker after the presentation is over.]

[Camera interviews Webster parent, Maxine Retzer, sitting in lobby area of University Center with display case in the background.]

Maxine Retzer, Webster parent: Our daughter has had a tremendous opportunity to collaborate with so many different individuals from faculty to students.  

[You see a person’s handwriting in a notebook, and other books are on tables. Another student is on the other side of the table with laptop open.]

Retzer: The diversity that is here has been great for her, and the opportunity just to experience college in a safe environment but then in a larger area.

[Two students sharing a laptop at table in an academic building on campus.]

[Photo of two Webster student workers hugging and smiling in Webster T-shirts. Photo of students in a classroom gathered around desks and laptops with a screen in background with information on it and a professor addressing the class.]

[Camera interviews Webster parent, Maxine Retzer, sitting in lobby area of University Center with display case in the background.]

[Five students walk along a campus sidewalk with spring crabapple trees in bloom.]

[Four students gather to talk outside on campus.]

Retzer: The St. Louis area has been tremendous. 

[Students walking downstairs on campus by Emerson Library.]

[Camera interviews Retzer, sitting in lobby area of University Center with display case in the background.]

Retzer: She's always so proud to show us campus and to share the greater St Louis area with us. To be able to go and see the arch. To be able to go and experience baseball games. 

[Drone aerial shot of campus coming down Big Bend Boulevard many trees. Drone aerial of the Interdisciplinary Building and its landscaping outside.]

[Drone aerial shot of downtown St. Louis with a park area and fountain in foreground and a courthouse and the St. Louis Gateway Arch in background with hotels and other office buildings along the skyline. Some people are walking around the park.]

[Drone aerial shot above the St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Busch Stadium.]

[Video of traffic rolling up and down a busy city street with outdoor lights strung across from the sidewalks.]

[Retzer, sitting in lobby area of University Center with display case in the background.]

Retzer: To be able to take in all of the art and culture that St Louis area has to offer has been a just a blessing.  

[Webster parent, Yvonne Buhlinger, sits in lobby area of University Center with display case in the background.]

Yvonne Buhlinger, Webster parent: One of the things that is amazing about Webster University is that it offers a way for parents to connect.

[Several videos of parents from different angles in a parent meeting in Sunnen Lounge in University Center. They all have gift bags, paper, pens, drinks, bags and cell phones in front of them as they listen to a speaker off camera.]

[Fourteen people comprised of parents in Webster parent T-shirts and Webster staff and orientation leaders.]

[Webster parents with Webster staff and the Gorlok mascot outside on campus.]

[Webster parents talk around a table in an academic building at a parent meeting on campus.]

Retzer: Being involved with the Family Association has been great especially with our daughter being our first child going off to college.

[Photo of student move-in day with Webster student volunteers helping move large boxes of housing items and furniture in the dorms on wheeled dollies. Photo of two Webster student volunteers smiling and giving thumbs up signal moving a new student’s dorm room box into the housing unit. There are balloons tied to a lamppost in background. New photo of five student workers smiling and hugging as they greet people coming on campus.]

[Retzer, sits in lobby area of University Center with display case in the background.]

Retzer: With us living away from the area, the Family Association has brought a lot of knowledge to us. Things as simple as the battery is dead in her car. Where can she go, and I've been able to reach out to other parents to get her additional support. 

[Large photo of student housing with cars and people all around as move-in day takes place. Photos of information tent and student workers smiling. Photos of more Webster student workers moving a large box of household items into the student housing building.]

[Dan Retzer, sits in lobby area of University Center with display case in the background.]

Dan Retzer: We're all sort of struggling with a lot of the same questions and some of the same concerns and having a community in which we can all meet and talk about it and support each other is absolutely paramount.

[Several photos of parents talking and smiling in Sunnen Lounge during a parent meeting at orientation.]

[Buhlinger sits in lobby area of University Center with display case in the background.]

Buhlinger: So we know the university strives for academic excellence and the fact that it's a mid-sized University that is nestled in this beautiful setting of Webster Groves that still feels like family.

[Students approaches the desk in the Reeg Academic Resource Center where a student worker is sitting on duty.]

Video shows the Webster University logo and the name REEG ACADEMIC RESOURCE CENTER in the background. A sign also hangs to the side that says: The students of Webster University thank Robert and Cynthia Reeg for their generosity.

[A student works at a desk writing in a notebook and laptop.]

[Another student works at a different desk writing in a notebook and a laptop.]

[Video of the front of Webster Hall and the one-way drive in front of it. There is one car parked out front. Some of the flags that fly outside can also be seen. A shot of the street signs: E. Lockwood Ave. and Mason Ave. are shown.]

[Six students cross at a cross walk on Edgar Road between the University Center, Emerson Library, the student housing and the Loretto-Hilton Center.]

[Drone aerial shot of most of the campus from the east end of Garden Avenue facing west. Parts of Webster Groves High School and their baseball diamond can also be seen in the distance. A different angle drone shot shows the parking garage.]

[A parent and a student hug outside their car on campus during move-in day.]

[Two parents and their students gather behind their car and smile for camera on move-in day.]

[A parent and student smile for camera on the side of their car during move-in day.]

[A student hugs one parent and the other parent peeks from behind next to their car in parking lot during move-in day.]

[A parent and two students make “Ws” with their fingers for the camera while smiling.]

[Several fast photos of students and parents smiling, hugging and posing for the camera on campus during move-in days.]

[Photo of 15 Webster student workers making “Ws” with their hands posing in front of an inflatable Gorlok in front of the student housing on campus.]

[Webster University logo appears.]

[Photo of the front of the East Academic Building on campus. A graphic appears with text: LEARN MORE AT WEBSTER.EDU]

[Instrumental music ends.]