00:13I really am excited about this. I think it's a great program. I've always found that a very,
00:17very valuable way to mentor younger people.
00:24I've met a few in person and been on a number of our conference calls with younger folks that I
00:33have always assumed, Gary, were described as interns. But what I know that they're doing
00:39is they're learning. The best way to learn is by doing. And the best way to absorb learning
00:46is by observation. So I'm a big advocate for internships. I know in our own University
00:54of Nebraska system here in Omaha's campus, you don't graduate from our University of Nebraska
01:00Omaha unless you have had at least one semester of an internship with some company relative to
01:07the field in which you intend to obtain your degree. I think it's learning by doing,
01:12learning by observing, and I'm all for it.
01:18An intern should want the side-by-side immersion with a business and or an organization that has
01:30the willingness to commit their talent and leadership to rubbing shoulders with them
01:37in very meaningful ways, whether they're by projects, whether they're by seminars, whether
01:41they're by lectures, whether they're by trips. All of those learning experiences by observation and by
01:50hands-on work experience will expand the organization offering the internships, but it will have an
01:59immense positive impact on the generally younger person who is the intern. And they will, over their lifetime,
02:07look back on that experience as one of the real key building blocks to the success they will achieve.
02:16When the program is operated by very talented people
02:20that are sincerely interested in the younger person learning, learning by observing, learning by
02:27experiencing, learning by being a part of a program or a project, it's dynamite. They'll be
02:33enhanced greatly in their professional and personal lives after that experience.
02:38I think we are benefiting from that just as much as the interns are. We're growing
02:44our network and our relationships just like they are.
02:50The interns should expect a growing experience that will help them think more accurately,
02:57that will help them look at life in a much more positive way and see the value of friendships
03:04and networks and expanding their points of view.
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