[Text on screen Giving feels good.] [Text on screen Kioshana LaCount Burrell Associate Director, Advancement Marketing and Communications The Ohio State University Giving for 5 Years] Kioshana LaCount Burrell: Here at Ohio State, we have a culture of paying forward, which I think is really unique and really important. [Text on screen Rob Walker Membership Director WOSU Public Media Giving for 30 Years] Rob Walker: If you've come to work here and you're working in a specific part of the university, I think it's important that if you believe in its mission, that you should support it. [Text on screen Tonya Nocera, PhD Professor of Practice, Biomedical Engineering The Ohio State University Giving for 11 Years] Tonya Nocera, PhD: I'm really passionate about supporting students and helping them get to where they want to be in their future careers. Julius Mayo, III, PhD: And I think that's what being at Ohio State is about. [Text on screen Julius Mayo, III, PhD Assistant Director of Academic Initiatives The Ohio State University Giving for 23 Years] Julius Mayo, III, PhD: Giving everyone an opportunity, giving everyone a chance to find their voice, to do amazing things. Kioshana LaCount Burrell: I recall being a first generation undergrad student, who went to college on the strength of a scholarship. As a professional who now works at this institution of higher education, it was important to me to pay forward to others. And so I looked at what are some of the ways that I can really kind of give back. Rob Walker: I am very passionate about WOSU. Public media is essential in our time. There needs to be a media outlet that's free of commercials and free of commercial influence. One that doesn't really need to rely on profit as much as it needs to rely on mission. To become a sustaining member. Tonya Nocera, PhD: I have been giving back to the biomedical engineering program since I became faculty. Having this opportunity to give back in ways that could then fund maybe some additional activities or supports towards what our students or what my colleagues are trying to achieve every day in their work, is really fulfilling for me. Julius Mayo, III, PhD: I have photos of a lot of the groups that I support. So I'll see them like each day or in my office. International education has been something I've been really passionate about. Opportunities to get students and staff and faculty involved with volunteering and outreach, because I think it just opens you up to the opportunity to see the world differently, and to meet people and have connections that you never thought would be possible. Kioshana LaCount Burrell: Because I'm able to choose which funds I give to and what, where I can put my advocacy, I'm sowing directly into things that are important to me. Tonya Nocera, PhD: It doesn't have to be much. A little bit can go a very long way. Julius Mayo, III, PhD: I would see people giving buildings and lobbies, and I was like, I can't do that. But I was like, but I can start somewhere. Rob Walker: Find something that you believe in, find something that you're passionate about, and, make a small donation. Because that donation is going to have a ripple effect throughout, not just the folks you're supporting, but throughout the entire community. Kioshana LaCount Burrell: I guarantee you, if there's something that you care about, Ohio State has a way for you to support that thing through philanthropy here. Julius Mayo, III, PhD: I think by being a part of that process, you not only feel a connection to Ohio State, I think you feel a connection to humanity. Because you're making a difference that is something that's sustainable and that's going to continue on for generations. [Text on screen Giving feels good.] [Text on screen The Ohio State University.]