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WEBVTT PREPORTER: THE CIA DIRECTOR JOHN PBRENNAN IS HERE, ON THE UNM PCAMPUS TODAY. PHE'S TALKING TO STUDENTS ABOUT PAN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO WORK PFOR THE CIA. PTHE UNM STUDENTS CROWDED UNION PBALLROOM TO HEAR FROM THE PDIRECTOR OF THE CIA. PSTUDENTS WILL SOON BE ABLE TO PBUILD THEIR RESUMES BECAUSE OF PTHE FIRST-EVER CIA SIGNATURE PSCHOOL PROGRAM. P>> UNM HAS VERY RICH ACADEMIC PPROGRAMS IN DIFFERENT FIELDS PACROSS DISCIPLINES, SECOND IT PHAS A DIVERSE STUDENT BODY. PREPORTER: THE GOAL FOR THE PSIGNATURE SCHOOL PROGRAM, PGETTING UNM STUDENTS ON THE SAME PPLAYING FIELD AS GRADUATES FROM PTHE NATION'S TOP UNIVERSITIES. P>> THEY HAVE MET WITH STUDENTS, PTRY TO ENCOURAGE GOOD STUDENTS PTO APPLY FOR CAREERS IN THE US PGOVERNMENT. PREPORTER: CIA RECRUITING POFFICERS WHO GRADUATED FROM UNM PWILL SHOW STUDENTS WHAT WORKING PFOR THE CIA IS ALL ABOUT. PSO, WHO IS THE CIA LOOKING FOR? P>> ENGINEERS, TECHNOLOGISTS, ALL POF THAT IS REQUIRED, BUT ALSO PLIVE A GOOD LIFE AND MAKE SURE PYOU DO WHAT YOUR PARENTS TOLD PYOU TO DO AND DON'T DO WHAT THEY PTOLD YOU NOT TO DO P>> LET'S SAY WE MIGHT HAVE PEXPERTS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE TO PTALK TO STUDENTS IN COMPUTER PSCIENCE ABOUT SIMULATION, DATA PCOLLECTION, DATA ANALYSI PREPORTER: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE PTO SIGN UP FOR LECTURES AN PHANDS-ON TRAINING COURSES PTHROUGHOUT THE YEAR, TO BOOST PTHEIR CHANCES OF BEING ABLE TO PWORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT. PLIVE AT UNM, JUSTIN MATTHEWS,