2011年宾夕法尼亚大学校长古德曼在迎新大会上的演讲.docVIP

宾夕法尼亚大学校长古德曼在迎新大会上的演讲（2011年9月6日） Make the Most of the Stars “星星”照耀前行路 校长简介 ： 2011年9月6日，在宾夕法尼亚大学为新生举行了隆重的欢迎仪式，该校女校长古德曼在欢迎仪式上发表了演讲，为新生在未来4年的学习和生活提出了建议。 Thank you Dean Furda. This is a very good symbol. My warmest welcome to the gifted women and men of the great Class of 2015! I put it down, so I don’t use it as a weapon. Equally warm greetings to transfers, as I always say you transfer from other colleges and universities, smart move! Of course, I’m not surprised that all of you, every single one of you here this evening, made the smart move of coming to Penn. You’re, objectively speaking, the most talented and most diverse group of students we’ve ever enrolled... and that’s certainly saying something. Now I’ll soon see if you are also the most spirited class we’ve ever enrolled! Remember where we are! And up there in some corner there is somebody who is sitting in my seat in the Palestra. This is a great occasion for me to welcome you officially to your career at Penn. So let’s see how spirited you are. Students of the College of Arts and Sciences? Okay, this is a lesson there: be careful what you are wishing for. Nursing students? Engineering students? Whartonites? At this Convocation all of you together officially join this great University community. Today, you begin your journeys at Penn. As on any journey, you’re going to be in need of a way to navigate. And your GPS systems aren’t going to help. So, I want to share with you some advice on navigating your Penn journey-- especially if you want not only to graduate and not only to get a job, which you will, but also to live a great life that reflects your tremendous potential. So my advice to you is to make the most of the stars in front of you... the stars around you... and the stars within you. Now, I realize there’s some danger in advising you as I am about to do. Questioning and advising were two of the main occupations of somebody I admire greatly but never knew-- Socrates. You may think I’m old enough to