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How much do 天美影院faculty and staff love our students? Enough to create a five-minute video lip syncing and dancing to songs by Surfaces and Bruno Mars.

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Twenty-four professors and staff members got together via Skype to create the video dancing and lip-synching to 鈥淪unday Best鈥� and 鈥淐ount on Me鈥�.

Posted on the Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) Facebook page on Thursday afternoon, the heart-tugging video logged more than 2,200 views within 90 minutes. The video also drew hundreds of likes, shares and comments.

鈥淭his made me cry, too,鈥� one viewer wrote. 鈥淚 loved it!!鈥�

Inspired by a conversation with two colleagues, 天美影院events manager Elizabeth Longoria directed and produced the video. 

鈥淚t took me a couple of days to plan it,鈥� Longoria said, 鈥渁nd 18 hours to direct 24 folks and produce.鈥�

The video required extensive collaboration with each faculty and staff member.

鈥淚 Skyped with each person for about 15 minutes,鈥� Longoria said. 鈥淚 explained how to film with their phone and what to do to act out their part. I then gathered all the videos and put them together.鈥�

In the end, the video accomplished Longoria鈥檚 goal. 

鈥淚 wanted to send students a positive message that we miss them and care about them and that they are not alone,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t is fulfilling to know that everyone is enjoying the video and that it is bringing joy and creating togetherness during this difficult time.鈥�

The video was shared through the official 天美影院social media accounts and can be .