Wellesley Holiday Video 2018

[video on screen]: Three female students walk up to the door of a building, carrying bags and talking, laughing.

[video on screen]: Student slides swipe card to open door.

[video on screen]: Students walk through door labeled ÒKitchen.Ó

[audio]: Soft piano music begins to play.

[video on screen]: Hands place jars of individual ingredients on the kitchen counter, including flour, sugar, blue sprinkles, a bowl and a whisk. A student opens the large jar of flour.

[voice off screen]: ÒFor me, the Wellesley community is a collection of diverse individuals finding their own uniqueness, on their own path. It's a place where strangers become family.Ó

[video on screen]: Hand pours flour out of a measuring cup into the glass bowl. Two students are talking and laughing in the background.

[video on screen]: Camera focuses on a cup of sugar being poured into the bowl.

[video on screen]: The three students stand around the mixing bowl, one stirs the ingredients while the others look on.

[voice off screen]: ÒItÕs a place for students to learn about the world and themselves, in the classroom and outside of it. The connections they build, the ideas they have, and the challenges they take on are all part of the joy of discovery.

[video on screen]: Camera focuses on hand mixing the ingredients.

[video on screen]: Two of the students high-five next to the bowl of ingredients.

[video on screen]: Student cracks egg against the side of a bowl and pours it in as another student watches on, smiling.

[video on screen]: The three students laugh and talk as one of them mixes the egg with a whisk.

[video on screen]: Hand pours measuring spoon of vanilla extract into the egg mixture.
[audio off screen]: ÒFor us, the Wellesley community isÉ [many voices together] knowing we can count on our team.Ó 

[video on screen]: The three students gather around the counter again, as one of them mixes the wet ingredients with an electric mixer - laughing and joking when the mixer splatters some of the mixture out of the bowl.

[video on screen]: One hand holds the bowl of dry ingredients as another pours it into the bowl of wet ingredients with a yellow spoon.

[voice off screen]: ÒFor me, the Wellesley community is a welcoming space where I can grow as a whole person.Ó

[video on screen]: One student places the cookie dough on the floured counter top and another begins to roll it out with a wooden rolling pin.

[voice off screen]: Ò The Wellesley community provides warmth and energy. It also serves as a catalyst to help us overcome barriers, together.Ó

[video on screen]: Three hands press Wellesley W-shaped cookie cutters into the rolled out cookie dough.

[video on screen]: Hand lifts up the cookie cutter to reveal a Wellesley W-shaped piece of cookie dough.

[video on screen]: Student places tray of cookies into the open oven.

[video on screen]: Hand opens the oven door and removes the tray of cookies with an oven mit.

[voice off screen]: ÒFor our students, Wellesley is truly a transformative experience.Ó

[video on screen]: Tray of baked Wellesley W-shaped cookies, with blue sprinkles, is placed on a blue towel.

[voice of screen]: ÒFor me, the Wellesley community is really all about this amazing and dedicated group of individuals who inspire me to challenge myself every day, and for that IÕll always be grateful.Ó

[video on screen]: A student waves goodbye in the background from behind the basket of freshly baked cookies. Another student picks up the basket and follows her out the door.

[video on screen]: A hand reaches into the basket, lined with a blue checkered cloth, and pulls out a cookie, wrapped inside of a small embroidered bag.

[video on screen]: The student hands the cookie bag to a woman in a black dress, who smiles and hugs her.

[soft piano music continues]

[video on screen]: Man in a blue and orange down jacket is given another cookie bag, smiling.

[video on screen]: Camera slowly focuses on four women, one of whom is given another cookie bag and smiles.

[video on screen]: Student hands another cookie bag to a man wearing a black and green ÒWellesley FreshÓ apron, who smiles.

[piano music continues]

[Video on screen]: Two students behind a counter receive a cookie.

[Video on screen]: A student sitting at a desk in the sports center gets a cookie, begins to open the bag and smiles.

[Video on screen]: A police officer standing outside gets a cookie in a bag. 

[Video on screen]: A professor in her office receives a cookie. She smiles at the person giving her the treat, off camera

[Video on screen]: A groundskeeper in a truck receives a cookie.

[Video on screen]: A student plays the piano and smiles when a cookie is placed on the edge. 

[Video on screen]: A cookie in the shape of a Wellesley ÒWÓ rests on a snowflake bag on a wooden cutting board. 

[Text on screen]: As we look towards the new year, we give thanks to our Wellesley community. 

[Photo on screen]: Title slide with participants. A Wellesley W made of snowflakes.

[Image on screen]: A present with the word give appears with the Wellesley logo.