2023年年度大學校長在校慶時致辭

2023年年度大學校長在校慶時致辭

2023年度大學校長在校慶時的致辭3篇

Youhavebeenundergraduatesforfouryears.Ihavebeenpresidentfornotquiteone.Youhaveknownthreepresidents;Ioneseniorclass.Wherethenliesthevoiceofexperience?Maybeyoushouldbeofferingthewisdom.PerhapsourrolescouldbereversedandIcould,inHarvardLawSchoolstyle,docoldcallsforthenexthourorso.Wealldoseemtohavemadeittothispoint—moreorlessinonepiece.ThoughIrecentlylearnedthatwehavenotprovidedyouwithdinnersinceMay22.IknowweneedtoweanyoufromHarvardinafigurativesense.Ineverknewwetookitquitesoliterally.Butlet’sreturntothatnotionofcoldcallsforamoment.Let’simaginethiswereabaccalaureateserviceintheformofQoneofyouwilldancetangoandworkindancetherapyinArgentina;anotherwillbeengagedinagriculturaldevelopmentinKenya;another,withanhonorsdegreeinmath,willstudypoetry;anotherwilltrainasapilotwiththeUSAF;anotherwillworktocombatbreastcancer.Numbersofyouwillgotolawschool,medicalschool,andgraduateschool.But,consistentwiththepatternGoldinandKatzhavedocumented,aconsiderablenumberofyouareselectingfinanceandconsulting.TheCrimson’ssurveyoflastyear’sclassreportedthat58percentofmenand43percentofwomenenteringtheworkforcemadethischoice.Thisyear,eveninchallengingeconomictimes,thefigureis39percent.Highsalaries,theallbutirresistiblerecruitingjuggernaut,thereassuranceformanyofyouthatyouwillbeinNewYorkworkingandlivingandenjoyinglifealongsideyourfriends,thepromiseofinterestingwork—therearelotsofwaystoexplainthesechoices.Forsomeofyou,itisacommitmentforonlyayearortwoinanycase.Othersbelievetheywillbestbeabletodogoodbyfirstdoingwell.Yet,youaskmewhyyouarefollowingthispath.Ifindmyselfinsomewayslessinterestedinansweringyourquestionthaninfiguringoutwhyyouareposingit.IfProfessorsGoldinandKatzhaveitright;iffinanceisindeedthe“rationalchoice,”whydoyoukeepraisingthisissuewithme?Whydoesthisseeminglyrationalchoicestrikeanumberofyouasnotunderstandable,asnotentirelyrational,asinsomesenselessafreechoicethanacompulsionornecessity?Whydoesthisseemtobetroublingsomanyofyou?Youareaskingme,Ithink,aboutthemeaningoflife,thoughyouhaveposedyourquestionincode—intermsoftheobservableandmeasurablephenomenonofseniorcareerchoiceratherthantheabstract,unfathomableandalmostembarrassingrealmofmetaphysics.TheMeaningofLife—capitalM,capitalL—isacliché—easiertodealwithastheironictitleofaMontyPythonmovieorthesubjectofaSimpsonsepisodethanasamatteraboutwhichonewoulddareadmittoharboringseriousconcern.Butlet’sforamomentabandonourHarvardsavoirfaire,ourimperturbability,ourpretenseofinvulnerability,andtrytofindthebeginningsofsomeanswerstoyourquestion.Ithinkyouareworriedbecauseyouwantyourlivesnotjusttobeconventionallysuccessful,buttobemeaningful,andyouarenotsurehowthosetwogoalsfittogether.Youarenotsureifagenerousstartingsalaryataprestigiousbrandnameorganizationtogetherwiththepromiseoffuturewealthwillfeedyoursoul.Butmanyofyouarenowwonderinghowthesecommitmentsfitwithacareerchoice.Isitnecessarytodecidebetweenremunerativeworkandmeaningfulwork?Ifitweretobeeither/or,whichwouldyouchoose?Isthereawaytohaveboth?Youareaskingmeandyourselvesfundamentalquestionsaboutvalues,abouttryingtoreconcilepotentiallycompetinggoods,aboutrecognizingthatitmaynotbepossibletohaveitall.Youareatamomentoftransitionthatrequiresmakingchoices.Andselectingoneoption—ajob,acareer,agraduateprogram—meansnotselectingothers.Everydecisionmeanslossaswellasgain—possibilitiesforegoneaswellaspossibilitiesembraced.Yourquestiontomeispartlyaboutthat—aboutlossofroadsnottaken.Finance,WallStreet,“recruiting”havebecomethesymbolofthisdilemma,representingasetofissuesthatismuchbroaderanddeeperthanjustonecareerpath.Theseareissuesthatinonewayoranotherwillatsomepointfaceyouall—asyougraduatefrommedicalschoolandchooseaspecialty—familypracticeordermatology,asyoudecidewhethertouseyourlawdegreetoworkforacorporatefirmorasapublicdefender,asyoudecidewhethertostayinteachingafteryourtwoyearswithTFA.Youareworriedbecauseyouwanttohavebothameaningfullifeandasuccessfulone;youknowyouwereeducatedtomakeadifferencenotjustforyourself,foryourowncomfortandsatisfaction,butfortheworldaroundyou.Andnowyouhavetofigureoutthewaytomakethatpossible.Ithinkthereisasecondreasonyouareworried—relatedtobutnotentirelydistinctfromthefirst.Youwanttobehappy.Youhaveflockedtocourseslike“PositivePsychology”—Psych1504—and“TheScienceofHappiness”insearchoftips.Buthowdowefindhappiness?Icanofferoneencouraginganswer:getolder.Turnsoutthatsurveydatashowolderpeople—thatis,myage—reportthemselveshappierthandoyoungerones.Butperhapsyoudon’twanttowait.AsIhavelistenedtoyoutalkaboutthechoicesaheadofyou,Ihaveheardyouarticulateyourworriesabouttherelationshipofsuccessandhappiness—perhaps,moreaccurately,howtodefinesuccesssothatityieldsandencompassesrealhappiness,notjustmoneyandprestige.Themostremunerativechoice,youfear,maynotbethemostmeaningfulandthemostsatisfying.Butyouwonderhowyouwouldeversurviveasanartistoranactororapublicservantorahighschoolteacher?Howwouldyoueverfigureoutapathbywhichtomakeyourwayinjournalism?WouldyoueverfindajobasanEnglishprofessorafteryoufinishedwhoknowshowmanyyearsofgraduateschoolanddissertationwriting?

Theansweris:youwon’tknowtillyoutry.Butifyoudon’ttrytodowhatyoulove—whetheritispaintingorbiologyorfinance;ifyoudon’tpursuewhatyouthinkwillbemostmeaningful,youwillregretit.Lifeislong.ThereisalwaystimeforPlanB.Butdon’tbeginwithit.Ithinkofthisasmyparkingspacetheoryofcareerchoice,andIhavebeensharingitwithstudentsfordecades.Don’tpark20blocksfromyourdestinationbecauseyouthinkyou’llneverfindaspace.Gowhereyouwanttobeandthencirclebacktowhereyouhavetobe.Youmayloveinvestmentbankingorfinanceorconsulting.Itmightbejustrightforyou.Or,youmightbeliketheseniorImetatlunchatKirklandwhohadjustreturnedfromaninterviewontheWestCoastwithaprestigiousconsultingfirm.“WhyamIdoingthis?”sheasked.“Ihateflying,Ihatehotels,Iwon’tlikethisjob.”Findworkyoulove.Itishardtobehappyifyouspendmorethanhalfyourwakinghoursdoingsomethingyoudon’t.

Butwhatisultimatelymostimportanthereisthatyouareaskingthequestion—notjustofmebutofyourselves.Youarechoosingroadsandatthesametimechallengingyourownchoices.Youhaveanotionofwhatyouwantyourlifetobeandyouarenotsuretheroadyouaretakingisgoingtogetyouthere.Thisisthebestnews.Anditisalso,Ihope,tosomedegree,ourfault.Noticingyourlife,reflectinguponit,consideringhowyoucanliveitwell,wonderinghowyoucandogood:Theseareperhapsthemostvaluablethingsthataliberalartseducationhasequippedyoutodo.Aliberaleducationdemandsthatyouliveself-consciously.Itpreparesyoutoseekanddefinethemeaninginherentinallyoudo.Ithasmadeyouananalystandcriticofyourself,apersoninthiswaysupremelyequippedtotakechargeofyourlifeandhowitunfolds.Itisinthissensethattheliberalartsareliberal—asinliberare—tofree.Theyempoweryouwiththepossibilityofexercisingagency,ofdiscoveringmeaning,ofmakingchoices.Thesurestwaytohaveameaningful,happylifeistocommityourselftostrivingforit.Don’tsettle.Bepreparedtochangeroutes.Remembertheimpossibleexpectationswehaveofyou,andevenasyourecognizetheyareimpossible,rememberhowimportanttheyareasalodestarguidingyoutowardsomethingthatmatterstoyouandtotheworld.Themeaningofyourlifeisforyoutomake.Ican’twaittoseehowyouallturnout.Docomeback,fromtimetotime,andletusknow.

2023年度大學校長在校慶時的致辭篇2

大學校長在XX年新年音樂會上的致辭

三羊開泰奮蹄去，猴年吉利迎春來。

在這辭舊迎新，佳節(jié)將至的時刻。在此，我受xxx書記托付，謹代表校黨委和行政，向在教學、科研、治理、后勤效勞第一線上辛勤耕耘、悄悄奉獻的教職工，向為云大進展建立做出卓越奉獻的離退休老同志們，向英姿颯爽、朝氣蓬勃、奮勉向上、努力成才的同學們，向心系云大、熱心教育，關(guān)懷支持云大進展的朋友們，致以親切的問候和真誠的祝愿。祝大家元旦歡樂，身體安康，學習進步、工作順當、萬事如意！

馬上過去的XX年，是感動人心的一年，也是值得紀念的一年。在這一年里，我校的各項事業(yè)獲得長足進展、一派欣欣向榮。全校師生員工以“三個代表”重要思想為指導，仔細貫徹黨的十六大和十六屆三中全會精神，實施黨建新風、加強校風、教風和學風建立，不斷推動依法治校、以德立校、學術(shù)興校；

積極深化教學改革，不斷提高教學質(zhì)量，“學為主體，教為主導”的培育模式和“滿渠碧波蕩漾”的學術(shù)氣氛正在形成；

合理規(guī)劃學科布局，不斷調(diào)整學科構(gòu)造，科研經(jīng)費和獲獎工程不斷增加；

進一步加強師資隊伍和干部隊伍建立，學術(shù)水平逐步提高，治理效益穩(wěn)步增長，尤其是學位點建立和新校區(qū)建立取得突破性進展，黨建和思想政治工作取得嶄新的成就。

XX年，我校博士后科研流淌站由2個增至4個，一級學科博士學位授權(quán)點由1個增至3個、二級學科博士學位授權(quán)點由16個增至36個、碩士學位授權(quán)點由59個增至102個，專業(yè)碩士授權(quán)點由2個增至4個。在教育部、省政府的大力支持下，在校黨委的統(tǒng)一領導下，我校用四個半月的時間完成了軟件學院的建立，周濟部長稱這是一大驚喜，充分表達了云南大學同心協(xié)力的工作作風和較高的工作效率。軟件學院師生現(xiàn)已按期遷入新校區(qū)，并順當通過了教育部專家組的中期評估檢查。我校喜獲國家根底討論工程，即“973”工程1項，成為全國獲得973工程的24所大學之一，還獲得了國家自然科學一等獎，這是由我校和西北大學、南京古生物討論所聯(lián)合申報的。XX年云大建校八十周年，金秋10月，我校盛大進行了建校80周年慶祝大會，向海內(nèi)外各界展現(xiàn)了云南大學80年的輝煌成就，并與八方賓朋、四海校友一道，共同謀劃云大更加絢爛輝煌的將來。

回憶過去，我們引以為驕傲；

端詳現(xiàn)實，我們信念百倍；

展望將來，我們豪情萬丈。XX年，我們又將站在一條新的起跑線上。在新的一年里，我們將連續(xù)遵循“立足邊疆、效勞云南、辦出特色”的辦學思路，以進展為第一要務，以改革為動力，以黨建和思想政治工作為保障，著力推動學校的國際化和現(xiàn)代化進程。謹遵“自尊、致知、正義、力行”的東陸良訓，解放教育思想，更新教學理念，強化教學評估，以人為本，學術(shù)興校。我們將緊緊抓住省部共建云南大學和“211工程”二期建立啟動等進展良機，發(fā)揚“會澤百家、至公天下”的云大精神，與時俱進，深化改革，擴大開放，加快進展，全面提高教育質(zhì)量、學術(shù)水平和辦學效益，朝著“西部一流、國內(nèi)先進、國際知名的高水平區(qū)域性國際大學”的奮斗目標邁進！

2023年度大學校長在校慶時的致辭篇3

大學校長校慶致辭

親愛的朋友們：您們好！

風雨兼程六十載，桃李飄香五大洲。伴隨新世紀的鐘聲，xx外國語大學將迎來XX年的六十華誕。xx外國語大學是國家教育部直屬的一所全國重點大學。建校