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2020年一位美国华盛顿大学学生的毕业演讲稿

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20XX年一位美国华盛顿大学学生的毕业演讲稿 本文简介:20XX年一位美国华盛顿大学学生的毕业演讲稿[1]StudentSpeechDeliveredattheWashingtonUniversityEngineeringGraduateStudentRecognitionCeremony15May1997LorrieFaithCranorFaculty

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20XX年一位美国华盛顿大学学生的毕业演讲稿[1]

Student

Speech

Delivered

at

the

Washington

University

Engineering

Graduate

Student

Recognition

Ceremony15

May

1997Lorrie

Faith

CranorFaculty,family,friends,and

fellow

graduates,good

evening.

I

am

honored

to

address

you

tonight.

On

behalf

of

the

graduating

masters

and

doctoral

students

of

Washington

University

s

School

of

Engineering

and

Applied

Science,I

would

like

to

thank

all

the

parents,spouses,families,and

friends

who

encouraged

and

supported

us

as

we

worked

towards

our

graduate

degrees.

I

would

especially

like

to

thank

my

own

family,eight

members

of

which

are

in

the

audience

today.

I

would

also

like

to

thank

all

of

the

department

secretaries

and

other

engineering

school

staff

members

who

always

seemed

to

be

there

when

confused

graduate

students

needed

help.

And

finally

I

would

like

to

thank

the

Washington

University

faculty

members

who

served

as

our

instructors,mentors,and

friends.

As

I

think

back

on

the

seven-and-a-half

years

I

spent

at

Washington

University,my

mind

is

filled

with

memories,happy,sad,frustrating,and

even

humorous.

Tonight

I

would

like

to

share

with

you

some

of

the

memories

that

I

take

with

me

as

I

leave

Washington

University.

I

take

with

me

the

memory

of

my

office

on

the

fourth

floor

of

Lopata

Hall

-

the

room

at

the

end

of

the

hallway

that

was

too

hot

in

summer,too

cold

in

winter,and

always

too

far

away

from

the

women

s

restroom.

The

window

was

my

office

s

best

feature.

Were

it

not

for

the

physics

building

across

the

way,it

would

have

afforded

me

a

clear

view

of

the

arch.

But

instead

I

got

a

view

of

the

roof

of

the

physics

building.

I

also

had

a

view

of

one

corner

of

the

roof

of

Urbauer

Hall,which

seemed

to

be

a

favorite

perch

for

various

species

of

birds

who

alternately

won

perching

rights

for

several

weeks

at

a

time.

And

I

had

a

nice

view

of

the

physics

courtyard,noteworthy

as

a

good

place

for

watching

people

run

their

dogs.

It

s

amazing

how

fascinating

these

views

became

the

longer

I

worked

on

m

my

dissertation.

But

my

favorite

view

was

of

a

nearby

oak

tree.

From

my

fourth-floor

vantage

point

I

had

a

rather

intimate

view

of

the

tree

and

the

various

birds

and

squirrels

that

inhabit

it.

Occasionally

a

bird

would

land

on

my

window

sill,which

usually

had

the

effect

of

startling

both

of

us.

I

take

with

me

the

memory

of

two

young

professors

who

passed

away

while

I

was

a

graduate

student.

Anne

Johnstone,the

only

female

professor

from

whom

I

took

a

course

in

the

engineering

school,and

Bob

Durr,a

political

science

professor

and

a

member

of

my

dissertation

mittee,both

lost

brave

battles

with

cancer.

I

remember

them

fondly.

I

take

with

me

the

memory

of

failing

the

first

exam

in

one

of

the

first

engineering

courses

I

took

as

an

undergraduate.

I

remember

thinking

the

course

was

just

too

hard

for

me

and

that

I

would

never

be

able

to

pass

it.

So

I

went

to

talk

to

the

professor,ready

to

drop

the

ClAsS.

And

he

told

me

not

to

give

up,he

told

me

I

could

succeed

in

his

ClAsS.

For

reasons

that

seemed

pletely

ludicrous

at

the

time,he

said

he

had

faith

in

me.

And

after

that

my

grades

in

the

ClAsS

slowly

improved,and

I

ended

the

semester

with

an

A

on

the

final

exam.

I

remember

how

motivational

it

was

to

know

that

someone

believed

in

me.

I

take

with

me

memories

of

the

midwestern

friendliness

that

so

surprised

me

when

I

arrived

in

St.

Louis

8

years

ago.

Since

moving

to

New

Jersey,I

am

sad

to

say,nobody

has

asked

me

where

I

went

to

high

school.

I

take

with

me

the

memory

of

the

short-lived

puter

science

graduate

student

social

mittee

lunches.

The

idea

was

that

groups

of

CS

grad

students

were

supposed

to

take

turns

cooking

a

monthly

lunch.

But

after

one

grad

student

prepared

a

pot

of

chicken

that

poisoned

almost

the

entire

CS

grad

student

population

and

one

unlucky

faculty

member

in

one

fell

swoop,there

wasn

t

much

enthusiasm

for

having

more

lunches.

I

take

with

me

the

memory

of

a

more

successful

graduate

student

effort,the

esta

blishment

of

the

Association

of

Graduate

Engineering

Students,known

as

AGES.

Started

by

a

handful

of

engineering

graduate

students

because

we

needed

a

way

to

elect

representatives

to

a

campus-wide

graduate

student

government,AGES

soon

grew

into

an

organization

that

now

sponsors

a

wide

variety

of

activities

and

has

been

instrumental

in

addressing

a

number

of

engineering

graduate

student

concerns.

I

take

with

me

the

memory

of

an

Engineering

and

Policy

department

that

once

had

flourishing

programs

for

full-time

undergraduate,masters,and

doctoral

students.

I

take

with

me

memories

of

the

1992

U.S.

Presidential

debate.

Eager

to

get

involved

in

all

the

excitement

I

volunteered

to

help

wherever

needed.

I

remember

spending

several

days

in

the

makeshift

debate

HQ

giving

out-of-town

reporters

directions

to

the

athletic

plex.

I

remember

being

thrilled

to

get

assigned

the

job

of

collecting

film

from

the

photographers

in

the

debate

hall

during

the

debate.

And

I

remember

the

disappointment

of

drawing

the

shortest

straw

among

the

student

volunteers

and

being

the

one

who

had

to

take

the

film

out

of

the

debate

hall

and

down

to

the

dark

room

five

minutes

into

the

debate

-

with

no

chance

to

re-enter

the

debate

hall

after

I

left.

I

take

with

me

memories

of

university

holidays

which

never

seemed

to

apply

to

graduate

students.

I

remember

spending

many

a

fall

break

and

President

s

Day

holiday

with

my

fellow

grad

students

in

all

day

meetings

brought

to

us

by

the

puter

science

department.

I

take

with

me

memories

of

exams

that

seemed

designed

more

to

test

endurance

and

perseverance

than

mastery

of

the

subject

matter.

I

managed

to

escape

taking

any

ClAsSes

that

featured

infamous

24-hour-take-home

exams,but

remember

the

suffering

of

my

less

fortunate

colleagues.

And

what

doctoral

student

could

forget

the

pain

and

suffering

one

must

endure

to

survive

the

qualifying

exams?

I

take

with

me

the

memory

of

the

seven-minute

rule,which

always

seemed

to

be

an

a

cceptable

excuse

for

being

ten

minutes

late

for

anything

on

campus,but

which

doesn

t

seem

to

apply

anywhere

else

I

go.

I

take

with

me

the

memory

of

Friday

afternoon

ACM

happy

hours,known

not

for

kegs

of

beer,but

rather

bowls

of

rainbow

sherbet

punch.

Over

the

several

years

that

I

attended

these

happy

hours

they

enjoyed

varying

degrees

of

popularity,often

proportional

to

the

quality

and

quantity

of

the

acpanying

refreshments

-

but

there

was

always

the

rainbow

sherbert

punch.

I

take

with

me

memories

of

purple

parking

permits,the

West

Campus

shuttle,checking

my

pendaflex,over-due

library

books,trying

to

print

from

cec,lunches

on

Delmar,friends

who

slept

in

their

offices,miniature

golf

in

Lopata

Hall,The

Greenway

Talk,division

III

basketball,and

trying

to

convince

Dean

Russel

that

yet

another

engineering

school

rule

should

be

changed.

Finally,I

would

like

to

conclude,not

with

a

memory,but

with

some

advice.

What

would

a

graduation

speech

be

without

a

little

advice,right?

Anyway,this

advice

es

in

the

form

of

a

verse

delivered

to

the

1977

graduating

ClAsS

of

Lake

Forest

College

by

Theodore

Seuss

Geisel,better

known

to

the

world

as

Dr.

Seuss

-

Here

s

how

it

goes:

My

uncle

ordered

popovers

must

spit

out

the

air!“And

.

.

.

as

you

partake

of

the

world

s

bill

of

fare,that

s

darned

good

advice

to

follow.

Do

a

lot

of

spitting

out

the

hot

air.

And

be

careful

what

you

swallow.

Thank

you.

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