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[Music begins]
[Video: Close-up of spikes of wheat waving gently in the wind]
[Video: Legs of woman wearing blue jeans and tall blue rubber boots walking toward a vehicle parked in a grassy area]
[Video: Close-up of the back window of a truck travelling down the road with a blue sky and farm
in the distance]
[Video: View from a moving vehicle of a residential street lined with manicured grass on both sides and mature trees and partial view of homes in the background with sun rising behind a tree]
Narrator Meryl Streep: Imagine the world that this one
[Video: Young boy wearing a green shirt running in a field holding an orange kite with a long orange tail dragging behind him framed by a stand of tall trees in the background and a hazy blue sky]
Meryl Streep: could become.
[Video: Close-up of a baby’s head on soft white surface wearing a smocked, ruffled pink shirt staring into the camera]
Meryl Streep: The world that future generations might inherit.
[Video: Silhouette of young boy holding a basketball he’s about to bounce and a taller man standing next to him with a basketball goal in the distance and a twilight sky with a plane flying in
the distance]
[Video: Side-view silhouette of a person sitting next to a large picture window with a view of the tall buildings of downtown Indianapolis in the background]
Meryl Streep: Picture a world that’s safe,
[Video: Twilight view of the White River with the tall buildings of downtown Indianapolis in the background]
Meryl Streep: healthy,
[Video: Twilight view from the far banks of the White River with the tall buildings of downtown
Indianapolis in the far distance]
Meryl Streep: open.
[Video: Close-up view facing the entrance to the Indiana Government Center looking down the street to the Indiana State Capitol in the distance.]
Meryl Streep: Where leaders are conscientious
[Video: View from the street looking up at the pedestrian bridge linked to the IUPUI Student Center]
Meryl Streep: and able.
[Video: Close-up of young girl wearing red shirt lifting her head, deep in thought with blurred images of trees in the background]
Meryl Streep: Where dreamers can dream even bigger.
[Video: Young girl wearing an Indiana t-shirt, shorts, and running shoes sitting in the grass with her back propped-up against a tree trunk and her legs bent holding a notebook in her lap with tall
trees and street lights in the background staring out at the landscape deep in thought.]
Meryl Streep: What if we could make this world
[Video: Young girl wearing red Indiana t-shirt and shorts and a younger boy wearing a white tshirt and green shorts running by the Showalter Fountain with Venus and fish spouting water in
the background]
Meryl Streep: our world?
[Video: Young girl wearing a lose fitting pink shirt running and another young girl wearing a peach shirt and white shorts running behind her with a limestone building in the background}
Meryl Streep: What if you could start today? It starts right now.
[Video: Close-up of young boy with brown tightly curled ringlets sitting on the pavement at the edge of the fountain gazing with a look of joy and amazement and a young teen girl in red Indiana
shirt sitting near him in the background]
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[Video: Black and white close-up of a female student’s face with long straight hair smiling at the camera]
Meryl Streep: It starts with you.
Female student: And it starts with your support of Indiana University. You, you can create a brighter future for all.
[Video: Black and white image of male student wearing glasses stepping into the picture and standing next to the female student]
Male student: You will help us reach new heights of achievement.
[Video: Two male students brush hands in greeting as they pass through the Sample Gates going in opposite directions with male and female students strolling in the background]
Meryl Streep: You will make it possible for
[Video: Close-up of a male student with a white tassel hanging from his graduation cap smiling next to a blurred image of another student next to him.
Meryl Streep: the best,
[Video: Approximately 30 students with laptops open in a three-tiered theatre-style classroom focused on male professor lecturing in the front of the classroom]
Meryl Streep: brightest students to access
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Meryl Streep: the world-class education
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Meryl Streep: that IU provides.
[Video: Side close-up view of a woman’s arms and hands playing the violin with blurred images of violins and other orchestra members in the background]
Meryl Streep: You’ll empower
[Video: Two female students, one in the foreground bending over and one in the center sitting on a structure under construction, pounding nails with hammers and in the background, an IU banner on light pole and the “Indiana University” signage at the top of the football stadium.]
Meryl Streep: students to give back to their communities
[Video: Twenty-one students in hard hats raising a wall to form the side of a home under construction]
Meryl Streep: in meaningful, life-changing ways.
[Video: Close- up of a chin-bearded male student with two female students standing on either side of him]
Male student: You will create new generations of global leaders.
[Video: Female student smiling and interacting with woman wearing a blue sari and pale pink scarf on her head with an older adult male sitting in the background looking on]
Meryl Streep: With your support, our students will have
[Video: Close-up of the female student’s face looking knowingly to the far left with an acknowledging smile]
Meryl Streep: the global experiences that give them a sense
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Meryl Streep: of the world.
[Video: Close-up side view of a smiling female student with hair blowing in the wind on a boat with a canopy as it travels on water with blurred land images in the horizon]
Meryl Streep: And the ability to carve out their place in it.
[Video: Head of an ancient sculpture]
Meryl Streep: You’ll help IU
[Video: Three female students, one with a scarf covering her head, and two male students, smiling at the camera as they pose for a group selfie]
Meryl Streep: strengthen its partnerships
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Meryl Streep: with academic, professional, and civic organizations around the world.
[Video: Night scene of a male and a female student smiling and clapping with blurred images of crowd in the background]
Meryl Streep: And you’ll give IU students,
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Meryl Streep: faculty, and alumni perspectives
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Meryl Streep: and the voice they need to solve global problems.
[Video: Close-up view of a female professor surrounded by three male faculty]
Female professor: You will help us teach and inspire the learners of tomorrow.
[Video: Close-up of cluster of students in a classroom with focus on one male student in the middle of the group speaking]
Meryl Streep: You’ll equip
[Video: Side/back view of a male professor lecturing a group of students who have their laptops open in a tiered lecture room]
Meryl Streep: IU faculty
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Meryl Streep: with the resources
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Meryl Streep: and spaces they need
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Meryl Streep: to prepare students
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Meryl Streep: to contribute
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Meryl Streep: to a stronger
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Meryl Streep: more vibrant society.
[Video: Male medical researcher in a suit and tie surrounded by three females and a male wearing white medical jackets with medical equipment in the background]
Male researcher: You will allow us to bring new hope to those who suffer.
Meryl Streep: Through your generosity
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Meryl Streep: Indiana University will
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Meryl Streep: give millions of people
[Video: Male in red IU medical scrubs taking an adult female’s blood pressure]
Meryl Streep: the opportunity to live
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Meryl Streep: longer lives
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Meryl Streep: free from the threat of debilitating diseases.
[Video: Front view of professionally dressed woman holding a model of two halves of a brain talking on a stage with the words “TED” in the background]
Meryl Streep: And expand what we know about
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Meryl Streep: human life and how it functions.
[Video: Middle-aged female community member wearing sleeveless black blouse with five men and women of various ages from a school-age child to an older mature adult woman with building blurred in the background]
Female community member: You will strengthen our communities.
[Video: Cheerleaders cheering and waving pom-poms in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall with NCAA basketball banners hanging in the distance and fans, a basketball goal, and shot clock in the background]
Meryl Streep: You will make it possible for students
[Video: Student wearing a backpack shaking hands with the Hermann B Wells statue on IU Bloomington campus]
Meryl Streep: from all over Indiana
[Video: Student sitting on ground studying next to the library fountain on the IUPUI campus]
Meryl Streep: to get an IU degree right in their home communities.
[Video: Close-up of female student and male student smiling in conversation]
Meryl Streep: You will enable IU’s eight campuses
[Video: Park bench with words “IU Southeast” with two students walking together outside a building on campus in the background]
Meryl Streep: to ensure our students continue
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Meryl Streep: to contribute to countless communities
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Meryl Streep: across Indiana
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Meryl Streep: and around the world.
[Video: Close-up of male professor/researcher wearing classes surrounded by five college-age male and female students]
Male professor/researcher: You will help us fulfill our promise for the future.
[Video: Female in pink shirt examining a plant in a greenhouse.]
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Meryl Streep: It’s because of you that we will drive the practical solutions
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Meryl Streep: that support
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Meryl Streep: the health of our environment.
[Video: Two middle-aged men looking at large robotic-like machine with wheels]
Meryl Streep: To tackle the problems of today
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Meryl Streep: and the grand challenges of tomorrow.
[Video: Close-up black and white image of female student]
Female student: It’s your gift that creates the resources
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Male student: that shift the thinking
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Professor: that equip the learners.
[Video: Black and white male researcher in a medical setting]
Male researcher #1: who become the leaders,
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Female community member: who bring the perspectives
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Male researcher #2: that open the opportunities
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Child: that create new possibilities
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Child: for all.
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Meryl Streep: For all
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Meryl Streep: we can imagine
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Meryl Streep: we can inspire.
[Video: Close-up of male student smiling]
[Video: Close-up of gray-bearded man smiling]
Meryl Streep: For all
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[Video: Close-up of female professor with IU Kelley School of Business logo in the background smiling]
Meryl Streep: we can make possible.
[Video: Male student smiling with the doors of a campus building in the background]
[Video: Female student smiles and winks]
Meryl Streep: For all who
[Video: Male student smiling]
[Video: Female artist with colorful sculpture in background]
Meryl Streep: shaped our first two hundred years.
[Video: Smiling female student]
Meryl Streep: For all who shape our next century.
[Video: Red flag waving in the background and words appear. IU logo and FOR All: The Indiana University Bicentennial Campaign; LEARN MORE AT FORALL.IU.EDU]
Meryl Streep: For All: The Indiana University Bicentennial Campaign
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