“All of our students come feeling very passionate about wanting to make a difference in the world, but that looks different depending on the sorts of passions of that person,” Snell said. “I am a big proponent of educating everyone about how many different things you can do with an MSW degree.”

With the creation of Ophelia, a dating platform that focuses on in-person experiences, Brainerd wants to revolutionize this messy online dating world, bringing the URL to IRL.

“The most special moments of connection can only happen off camera,” Rosen said. “So that was an interesting, just like personal lesson for me as a filmmaker going forward as well, that sometimes you gotta let go of trying to get everything and just as important as what you do capture is also like the actual, genuine connections you're making with the people who are in your film.” 

On St. Patrick's Day 1994, Amy Seigenthaler Pierce received a phone call that changed the trajectory of her life.

“We are going to go somewhere next,” Wind said. “I absolutely love this. There's been nothing more fulfilling I've ever done in my life.”