-: Western Connecticut wasn't necessarily
my first choice in schools.
I had gone to another school first
and came back here, it's where my dad
had a business in Danbury,
but it turned out to be a really wonderful place
for me because it allowed me to do some discovery,
I think the people here were
compassionate, they were helpful,
and they understood that,
you know, I wasn't sure yet,
and once I found where
I had some energy and interest,
they were incredibly supportive.
And I wanna, you know,
I've made it a point to give back to West Conn
because it's a great place to come,
and I think it's a better school
than anybody gives it credit for,
and so, I like to get out there
and talk about it because we have a wonderful resource
here in Connecticut and, you know,
I had been out there and seen the landscape
for so many different schools,
I probably visited over 250 campuses now and,
you know, here in Connecticut,
I think between what we have at U Conn
and at West Conn, we have a tremendous university system
that's underutilized, so I would say,
you know, take advantage of it,
especially if you're not sure because here,
you have a low-cost,
terrific option with wonderful facilities,
wonderful faculty
who care and wanna see that you can succeed.