Viral campaign woos first lady to speak at Calif. school

May 16: The fairly new and small University of California-Merced aimed high in its search for a 2009 commencement speaker. Students and faculty launched an online, mail and Valentine campaign and successfully wooed first lady Michelle Obama. NBC’s Lester Holt reports. (Nightly News)

MSNBC | May 16, 2009

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