Video opens with Shoshana facing the camera with a decorated light blue wall behind her. A lamp is to the left of the screen and a plant is to the right.
As Shoshana begins to talk “Shoshana S.” in white text appears to the right of the screen and in white text below that it reads “Biology & Health: Science, Society, & Policy” and on the line below that it reads “Livingston, NJ” on a blue box.
“Brandeis makes me happy because I feel like I'm at home here. I really feel like I belong. Since I first walked on campus my first day as a freshman…”
Footage of orientation leaders performing one of their choreographed dances appears on screen.
“I really felt like this was a place where”
Footage of students with their faces painted and laughing with one another appears on screen. One student is holding a stuffed animal.
“ I could be myself and I was able to freely be me”
Footage of a professor speaking to their class appears on screen.
“and I was able to take classes I was interested in.”
Footage of several students sitting next to each other outside appears on screen.
“I was able to make friends with people I wanted to be friends with. I could join clubs that interested me.”
Footage of students interacting with each other and reading in class appears on screen.
“I never felt that there was some barrier, some glass ceiling.”
Someone taking a book off of a library shelf appears on screen.
“And because of my HSSP major, so”
Someone putting on blue gloves in a lab is shown on screen.
“that's a public health/health policy sort of major”
Someone in a lab wearing a lab coat and a face mask is shown.
“so the Jewish value of ‘tikkun olam,’ Sort of ‘repairing the world,’ is”
Footage of someone at a computer looking at data in a lab appears on screen.
“a big theme of that major”
Footage of someone pouring liquid into tubes in the lab is shown.
“and a lot of the classes that I take are heavily focused”
Shoshana is seen talking to the camera.
“towards how the world can be repaired and the different ways that health inequality and inequity affect how people live.”
Footage of students looking at their computers in a classroom is seen on screen as Shoshana continues.
“There's always been an undertone, even if it's never explicitly stated in class…”
A professor speaking in front of the class is shown.
“that we take these classes, we learn these topics, and we discuss these subjects.”
Shoshana is seen on screen as she continues.
“because it's for the betterment of the world and because we should, hopefully, be able to take all the information and all of the skills…”
Footage of someone in a lab looking at equipment is seen on screen.
“that we're getting from these classes and actually be able to contribute to the world.”
Footage of someone using tools in a robotics room on campus is shown.
“Because of that, I really feel like I've been able to really accomplish a lot at Brandeis
Shoshana is seen talking to the camera.
“and also take in so much more than I ever could've possibly imagined and because of that, I'm really happy that I chose Brandeis.”
Video fades to white and the Brandeis logo appears in the center of the screen.
Ends.