We wish to thank everyone who supported the Victors for Michigan campaign. This video is a vignette of the results of your support.
Transcript:
There are basically 3 important
ingredients leads to some success
in public service number one you
have to have a reputation for
total integrity were 2nd lay you
have to have a reputation for
hard work and the last the and it's very
important you have to have a capability
of getting good people to work
with you we can then the late
good people to serve in government I think
that's a great tribute to the school.
When I came here my job interview was so
impressed with how engaged the students
are they were engaged in the classroom
they're engaging the community
they're gauging the policy process and
it just energizes me to work with students
who want to go into the world and
make a positive difference I remember
coming to spring preview weekend after I
got accepted into Ford and just feeling so
excited because I had this feeling
of these are my people and this is where
I belong and this is the right fit for
me right now in the world of public policy
especially here in the United States
is messy and it's volatile and
we need leaders who not only understand
quantitative measures of policy but
who can communicate those ideas well and
the 4th school is a place where
you can learn to do those things
which in the public service sector it
is easier to achieve it when tackling.
Difficult public policy issues being part
of a cohort that's very supportive and
very inspiring helps me push on forward
and continue my dream that we do feel
like a community the students are really
engaged want to make the world a better
place our faculty are engaged in some
really interesting research and the staff
to help both the students and faculty make
their dreams come to the point school
submission is helping improve people's
lives and we do that by teaching.
Students a tool kit that is really
versatile and really powerful and so
it gives to the Fords will
enable young people to have
the skills to go out in the world and make
a difference seeing so many alumni and
fans of the school get excited about
helping students to be able to earn
their degrees was just wonderful and
really special part of the campaign.
You know I'm investing in future leaders
who are dedicated to him have the ability
to solve some of our world.
Has been really instrumental in the sense
as a state legislator I am currently
a scholar at Peking University in
Beijing China but while I was still at
the University of Michigan I co-founded
an organization called us and Jim could X.
guest allowed to host a conference this
fall which brought Bill Crystal and
Neera Tanden to the 4 schools campus and
we are excited to keep growing
with the help and support of the for
the wiser Family Fund has given for
school students chances to get
overseas an experience international
policy practice 1st hand through
internships through overseas courses and
other experiences that helped launch them
into careers in international affairs
the gifts that are given to
the Fords hole to help support and
learning go a long way to help us do some
really incredible things I think for
a lot of people they wouldn't be here
without them the rigor fellowship
let me go to Washington D.C.
for the 1st time and work for
something I didn't think I was going to
be able to do and help me to navigate my
way into a space where I've been wanting
to work for a long time turns out I'm very
passionate about it's really important to
me to have a life of public service and
to specifically support community so
receiving the Gerald R.
Ford fellowship has allowed me to really
maximize my academic experience here
I've been really lucky to not
have to worry about finances and
so I've been able to devote all of my
energy and attention to classes and
really get the most intellects.
Really out of my experience here so there
have been a fellowship I was able to deal
summer internship with the city Detroit's
planning and development department and
my work with the planning department
did a lot of outreach and
engagement with residents who are working
to create change in their neighborhood and
drives it to disinvest I really
hope to take the skills and
experiences that I've learned
here before at school to
work with disadvantaged communities to
make sure that they have equal access to
opportunity the experiences that I gained
through the fellowship program will
stay with me throughout my career and
I'm very grateful for having had those
opportunities the new wiser diplomacy
center is going to position you M.
to be the place in the central
United States to study diplomacy and
one of the leading centers for the study
and practice of diplomacy in the country.
Campaign to finish huge success for
the entire point for
me and it's enabled us to help our
students with fellowships internships
which expanded our
program that it got into
it too deep into our faculties ability
to engage in cutting edge research and
it's made us able to have a much bigger
impact in the world it's also setting
the stage for incredible growth and
opportunity for the forsworn here strong
working with our donors to really
bring a real privilege and certainty.
To been so successful and then there's
another working with us to make the world
better place i'm just do you really
want to thank you for your support
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