First Lady Michelle Obama visits Oxford
First Lady Michelle Obama visited Oxford University today, Wednesday 25 May 2011. Mrs Obama talked to students from the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Language College (EGA), a secondary school for girls in North London, in Christ Church. The girls had a day-long university "immersion experience" at Oxford. In her speech she told the girls that great universities like Oxford had a lot to offer them, and they had a lot to offer great universities like Oxford - and encouraged them to aim high. 'Oxford is one of the most renowned universities in the world. If you can see yourself here in Oxford, you can see yourself anywhere,' she said. Gesturing around her to the dining hall of Christ Church, the First Lady told the girls: 'Look around you at this - a renowned university that has trained so many of the world's brightest minds and greatest leaders.

