[Fade to close up of student]
[Soft piano music playing in background]
Katie: I would say 100% my mom helped me get to...
Katie laughing:...Commencement Day. I wouldn’t be where I am without her.
Moving shot of drone footage of Brandeis campus with animated text graphics read: "The class of 2018 says 'Thanks, Mom'".
White transition to new student speaking on screen.
Vineet: I think the biggest influence for me coming to Brandeis was actually my mother.
[large color text "MY MOTHER" on screen]
[techno music starts playing in background]
Herlyne: My mom had a huge influence on me going to Brandeis.
[large color text "INFLUENCE" on screen]
Noa: My parents actually met at Brandeis.
Katie: She came with me from LA to Boston.
[large color text "LA" on screen]
[large color text "BOSTON" on screen]
Joelle: My mother was super excited when I got into Brandeis.
[large color text "SUPER EXCITED" on screen]
Emily F: The email that had the confetti in it...
Amber: ...and I remember jumping up and down with her.
[large color text "JUMPING UP & DOWN" on screen]
Ben: My grandparents also went here, and also met at Brandeis, so...
Noa: She just got very excited and said you're a Brandeisian like me!
[large color text "BRANDEISIAN" on screen]
Julie: I could see like, the pride in her face which was just, a really special moment.
[large color text "SPECIAL" on screen]
Daniel: My mom came to this country at around the same age I started college.
[large color text "CAME TO THIS COUNTRY"]
Emily L: I do think we'd be friends, if she went here.
[large color text of "FRIENDS" on screen.]
Noa: She's a big part of who I am and I'm, just, really grateful for her.
[large color text of "ME" on screen.]
Sonja:She had known Brandeis was gonna be the school for me.
Alex: ...and I can't thank her enough for that.
[Music fades out]
[New music, soft and heartfelt]
[Fade to shot of the Brandeis University sign on campus]
[Fade to time-lapse of clouds and Leonard Bernstein statue]
[Fade to new student on screen talking]
Deena: My mom gives me all the advice.
[large color text "ADVICE" on screen]
Anwesha: She's always encouraged that I don't lose hope in myself.
Daniel: She's just sort of always taught us that anything we put our minds to, we can, we can accomplish.
Julie: ...has encouraged me to follow my dreams.
Vineesh: I'd say she had a pretty big part in helping me realize what I wanted to study.
Sonja: ...letting me explore and figure out what I wanted to do.
[large color text "EXPLORE" on screen]
Alex: It's a long journey - there's gonna be times like this.
[large color text "JOURNEY" on screen]
Sarah: ...stay very true to myself.
[large color text "TRUE" on screen]
Alvin: ...to never quit.
[large color text "NEVER QUIT" on screen]
Eric: Working hard and doing what feels right.
Philip: Making sure I'm asking people for help when I need help.
Isidora: Knowing that she'll always support me but knowing she'll always be real with me.
Joelle: It was really through her love and support that I was able to get through these past four years.
[large color text SUPPORT on screen]
Sonja: It's all thanks to my mom.
Anwesha: She's such a strong woman.
Danielle: This day really could not have happened without you.
Eric: Happy Mother's Day mom!
Isadora: Срећан осми март
[Happy Mother's Day in Serbian]
Daniel: Happy Mother's Day!
Alvin: Mu Qin Jie Kuai Le
[母親節快樂 - Happy Mother's day in Chinese]
Herlyne: I love you with all my heart.
[Fades to drone footage of campus with text "Happy Mother's Day"]
[Fades to different drone shot with text "Congratulations Graduates"]
[Music fades out]
[Fades to black to student on camera]
Julie: Mom, who's watching this right now probably, and crying, I see you. [points to camera]
[Techno Music fades back in]
[Fades to black to slow motion of pond and lily pads with scrolling credits listing the students who were featured in the video - text on screen reads:
"IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
KATIE KEST
VINEET VISHWANATH
HERLYNE DAS
NOA CARDIN
JOELLE ROBINSON
EMILY FARBMAN
AMBER ABERNATHY
BEN ROSENFIELD
JULIE JOSEPH
DANIEL SHPILSKY
EMILY LEVINE
SONJA UNICA
ALEX MCGLUE
DEENA FISCH
ANWESHA GHOSH
SARAH DUBLIN
ALVIN LIU
ERIC DANOWSKI
PHILIP COOPER
ISADORA FILIPOVAC
DANIELLE GASKIN
PRODUCED BY:
TARAH LLEWELLYN"]
[Fades to white background with text reading: "Brandeis.edu"]
[Fades to black ending the video.]