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A wise philosopher once said that “in the end, we’re all just stories.” Chancellor Yu, Vice Chancellor Lehman, President Hamilton, honored guests, family members, and fellow members of the Class of 2018, please join me as I take you through our story. The story of 300 dreamers who four years ago, grasped an opportunity of a lifetime and decided to come to NYU Shanghai. The story of how we forged friendships that will last a lifetime. And for better or worse, the story of how we posted things on social media that will as well. The story of how, many of us wanted to give up, pack our bags and go home. But we didn’t and here we stand; united in glory, beaming with violet pride.
Over the last four years, NYU Shanghai has showed us, and continues to show us that if someone is open to it, the ties that bind people - from their race, ethnicities or nationalities, etc. can be transcended by common ground - whether that’s leaving home for the first time, and exploring China with new friends, or going to a GPS lecture together and learning that the answer is often “it depends,” or perhaps to memorizing the iconic welcome tune of a certain 24 hour convenience store. But looking back through all the ups and downs, one thing is clear. The diversity in our nationalities, our gender identities, and socioeconomic backgrounds combined to create a rich diversity in thought, understanding, and action which has led to an unforgettable four years.
Class of 2018, throughout all the ups, downs and midnight street food we’ve consumed, the empathy, kindness, and love we have shown one another is nothing short of amazing. We never just listened to respond with a sassy remark, well, almost never; but even when we did, we always tried to understand the other person’s point of view. You all are my heroes and I learnt something from each and every one of you. 孔子说: 三人行必有我师, as Confucius said, there is always someone to learn from and whether you all know it or not, you all pushed me, every day, to learn something new and become a better person. Not all heroes wear capes, for example, sometimes they wear blue Eleme 饿了么 jackets, but tonight, I see 300 heroes in purple gowns.
And the world needs heroes, 世界需要蝙蝠侠. Jokes aside, we graduate at a time when the world, our world, is dealing with enormous challenges; but also at a time when the opportunity created by those challenges has never been greater.
In 2014, John Sexton challenged us to play another octave of the piano, and that challenge does not end today. As we move forward, I hope we continue to challenge the status quo, continue to shatter ceilings and continue to be engaged agents of positive change within our communities. As we transition from students to alumni, we have a renewed responsibility to continue the standard of excellence we have set for ourselves. But we must also never forget, that it was NYU Shanghai that provided us this fantastic launch pad that many of us would have otherwise not be able to afford.
But enough about the future. Let’s talk about the here and now. Tonight marks the end of a chapter in our stories. A chapter where friends became family, professors became mentors and Shiji Dadao 世纪大道 became home. A chapter where, with Wang Peng and Li You as our guides, we embraced Chinese culture, discovered the deliciousness of freshly made Xiaolongbao and learnt the language. I’ll never forget the first Chinese phrase I learned “Ni De Waimai Dao Le” - Your food delivery is here. But my favorite part of Chinese is that the most common term used to say goodbye - Zai Jian, literally translated to see you again. So, to conclude, to the inaugural Class of 2017, our faculty and staff members, the donors, the A Yi 阿姨 and Shi Fu 师傅, 衷心感谢你们为我们所做的一切. Thank you for everything you have done for us. You have laid the foundations of our future success.
To the Class of 2019, we leave our home in your capable hands. To the Class of 2018, a.k.a the Class of 268, I’m extremely grateful and mighty proud that I had NYU Shanghai and all of you in my story. It truly made this chapter one I’d like to retell over and over again. Zai Jian!
5月23日，上海纽约大学2018届本科生毕业典礼在上海东方艺术中心举行。这是这座上海地标性建筑，第二次举办上海纽约大学毕业典礼。来自35个国家的265名毕业生，与老师、亲友齐聚一堂，共同庆祝，其中包括来自全国21个省市自治区的138名中国学生。毕业生获得中美两张学位证书——由美国纽约大学颁发的学位证书和由上海纽约大学颁发的学位证书。学生还将获得由上海纽约大学颁发的毕业证书。
NYU Shanghai has held its 2018 commencement exercises to honor the many accomplishments of its 265 graduating seniors. The graduates, hailing from 35 countries, including 138 Chinese students from 21 provincial regions, were bestowed NYU bachelor’s degrees as well as NYU Shanghai diplomas during a ceremony at the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center.
下午2点，毕业典礼仪式开始。在掌声和欢呼声中，2018届全体毕业生在旗手姚毓夏、火炬手Leidy Tapasco的引领下入场。此次毕业典礼通过在线直播，向全世界的观众播放。
Led by the banner bearer, Yao Yuxia ‘18, and torch bearer, Leidy Tapasco ‘18, the Class of 2018 entered the hall, to the cheer of family, friends, faculty and fellow students, as audiences around the world also watched the event live online.
火炬手Leidy Tapasco
上海纽约大学教务长衞周安首先致辞，她鼓励毕业生在今后的人生中，继续实践“智慧的创获”、“品性的陶熔”以及“民族和社会的发展”这一组价值观，“这应当是你们在日常生活中所践行的、让你们生活充满喜乐的价值观。”
The first to address the graduating class, NYU Shanghai’s top academic officer, Provost Joanna Waley-Cohen, urged graduates to hold on to “creativity, character, and community,” explaining that “these are the values that will inform your every action as you move forward and will form the basis of lives lived with joy.”
上海纽约大学教务长衞周安
学位授予仪式前，纽约大学校长Andrew Hamilton向2018届毕业生致以祝贺，赞扬他们作为探索者的“胆识、想法与主动性”，这让上海纽约大学从一个愿景，发展成为一个彼此紧密连结的大家庭。
Before joining Chancellor Yu Lizhong to confer the degrees, NYU President Andrew Hamilton honored the pioneering Class of 2018 for their “ideas and initiative,” which have helped transform NYU Shanghai from a vision into a community.
纽约大学校长Andrew Hamilton
“上海纽约大学已发展成为中国最具活力的一所研究型大学。这里具有严谨的学术氛围；中美以及各国文化传统的交汇融合；博雅教育的课程设置，培养出具有细致洞察力和全方位素质的领导人才；世界一流水平的师资力量与研究中心；以及上海纽约大学独有的精神与活力，”Hamilton校长说。
“NYU Shanghai has grown into one of the most exciting universities in China. With rigorous academics; a unique blending of Chinese, American, and international cultures and traditions; a liberal arts curriculum that helps develop nuanced and well-rounded leaders; world-class faculty and top-notch research centers; and a spirit and dynamism and warmth that is all its own,” he said.
纽约大学董事会主席、斯特恩商学院1966届校友William Berkley先生致辞，祝贺新一届校友所取得的成就，欢迎他们加入纽约大学全球校友大家庭。
William Berkley, Stern ‘66, chairman of NYU’s Board of Trustees, also saluted the new members of NYU’s alumni community.
纽约大学董事会主席William Berkley先生
毕业之际，上纽大2018届本科生获得了来自亚马逊、阿里巴巴、美银美林集团、IBM、欧莱雅、摩根士丹利、罗兰贝格咨询公司、渣打银行、腾讯、瑞银集团、普华永道、德勤等全球知名企业及政府间组织的工作机会，入选“苏世民学者”、“北京大学燕京学堂”等奖学金项目，收获麻省理工学院、哈佛大学、哥伦比亚大学、普林斯顿大学、牛津大学等知名学府的录取通知书。他们的成绩获得社会各界人士赞赏。
From landing jobs in top-flight companies and intergovernmental organizations such as Amazon, Alibaba, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, IBM, L’Oreal, Morgan Stanley, Roland Berger, Standard Chartered, Tencent and UBS, to earning coveted postgraduate scholarships including one Schwarzman and two Yenching scholars, the Class of 2018 has distinguished themselves across industry sectors and education institutions around the world.
在同学们的掌声欢呼声中，2018届学生Itmum Momin和陈梦竹作为毕业生代表发言。
Drawing cheers from their classmates, Itmum Momin ‘18 and Chen Mengzhu ‘18 joined the platform party and delivered inspiring speeches that proved to be one of the soaring highlights of the event.
毕业生代表Itmum Momin
“一直以来，上海纽约大学向我们展示了这样的价值观：如果怀有坦诚开放的心态，你就会发现，那些因种族、肤色、国籍等将人们联系在一起的因素，会被人类共性所超越。我们在上‘全球视野下的社会’课时，就讨论了很多问题的答案‘需要视情况而定’；我们很多人都是第一次离家读大学；我们和新结交的朋友，一起探索中国各地，”Momin说。
“NYU Shanghai showed us, and continues to show us that if someone is open to it, the ties that bind people - from their race, skin color, nationalities, etc. can be transcended by common ground - whether that’s going through GPS together and learning that the answer is often ‘it depends’, to leaving home for the first time and exploring different parts of China with new friends,” Momin said.
陈梦竹在发言中说，“在这个动荡不安的世界，我们难免会迷失方向、不知所措、沮丧焦虑，但我们怀有开放包容的心态，解决问题的智慧，以及对世界这个大课堂的了解认知。”
“As we navigate in this turbulent world, we will inevitably be disoriented, lost, frustrated, and anxious, but we are also equipped with an open mind, an intellectual cerebrum, and a major called ‘the world’ to tackle on,” Chen said.
毕业生代表陈梦竹
此后，上海纽约大学校长俞立中与常务副校长雷蒙分别致辞。俞立中校长在致辞中表示，过去五年来，上海纽约大学融入了上海的城市精神——海纳百川、追求卓越、大气谦和。上海纽约大学立足上海，并在上海成长发展。
Chancellor Yu Lizhong said NYU Shanghai has followed the city’s spirit of “tolerance to diversity, pursuit of excellence, enlightened wisdom and humble openness” over the past five years and has truly integrated into the city.
上海纽约大学校长俞立中
俞校长赞扬毕业生是和学校一起成长起来的先驱者，并称学校的“探索、改革、创新”精神，也一定融入了同学们的DNA。他引用法国诺贝尔文学奖得主安德烈·纪德（André Gide）的话，鼓励毕业生继续在更宽广的世界寻求挑战，驶向成功，“如果没有勇气离开自己的海岸线，人类将永远不会发现新大陆。”
He reminded the young, pioneering graduates that they have grown with the University and “inherited the DNA of exploration, transformation and innovation.” Citing André Gide, a French Nobel laureate, he encouraged them to respond to global challenges with the courage of “losing sight of the shore,” so as to “discover new oceans.”
雷蒙校长也提到每位毕业生大一学年的必修课“全球视野下的社会”，鼓励同学们在未来的日子里，继续排除由于语言、思想、宗教和种族不同造成的恐惧和孤立，带来的刻板印象与偏见。
Revisiting memories of Global Perspectives on Society with the graduates, Vice Chancellor Jeff Lehman encouraged students to counter stereotypes and prejudice invoked by prevalent fear and isolation for foreign languages, ideas, religions, and races.
上海纽约大学常务副校长雷蒙
“熟悉衍生信任，”雷蒙校长说，“当你和来自世界其他34个国家的同学分享你的上海纽约大学经历时，你就是通过分享共同知识与经验来减少误解，而误解是导致战争冲突与贸易摩擦的根源。”
“Familiarity breeds respect,” Lehman said. “As you shared your NYU Shanghai experience with classmates from 34 other countries, you offered a model for how genuine mutual knowledge diminishes the kinds of misunderstanding that lead to wars of weapons and wars of trade.”
毕业典礼也是重温、强调学校价值观、愿景和使命的重要时刻。俞立中校长将“校长荣誉奖章”颁发给真格基金创始人、天使投资人徐小平先生。该奖章授予在诸多领域践行学校价值观，对社会发展做出独特贡献并发挥巨大影响力的个人。雷蒙校长为2018届家长张迄灵女士颁发“常务副校长杰出服务奖”，表彰她积极参与学校事务，对上海纽约大学大家庭及其所在社区做出卓越贡献与支持，并对学校未来发展发挥巨大影响。两位奖项获得者分别致辞。
Celebrating the University’s values and mission, both Chancellors conferred honors to individuals that have exemplified the spirit of NYU Shanghai or shaped its development. Prominent angel investor Xu Xiaoping was recognized as this year’s Chancellor’s Medal of Honor while Zhang Qiling, a parent of the Class of 2018, received the University’s first Vice Chancellor's Service Award for her commitment to community building. Both addressed the graduating students, their families and dignitaries in attendance.
张迄灵女士获颁“常务副校长杰出服务奖”
徐小平回顾了他数十年职业生涯里，跨越音乐、教育、投资等领域的“出人意料的转折”，鼓励毕业生“对新的可能与机遇保持开放态度，哪怕这偏离最初的设想。”
Reflecting on “a few unexpected turns” from his decades of career experience across the fields of music, education and investment, Xu advised the graduates “to stay open to new possibilities, however far they might be from the original plan.”
真格基金创始人、天使投资人徐小平先生
“上海纽约大学践行‘让世界成为你的课堂’的教育理念。如果世界是你的课堂，发现与收获之旅将永不终结，”徐小平说。
“In the fine motto of NYU Shanghai, you have made the world your major. And the best part is that when the world is your major, the course of discovery never ends,” he said.
“如果你有一个清晰的人生目标，这将助你在人生路上走得更远。应该少想一些怎么寻找理想工作，多想一下如何成为一个优秀的人。如果你能这样规划人生，我保证，你一定会得到机遇的垂青，”他表示。
“If you have a vision of yourself as the kind of man or woman you aspire to be, that alone will carry you far. Think less about finding the ideal job, and more about making yourself the ideal person. When that is your outlook, opportunity, I promise, has a way of finding you,” he added.
毕业生学位授予仪式
毕业生从校长手中接过学位证书
授予学位之后，毕业生代表将上海纽约大学火炬传递给2019届学生代表，象征学生之间的精神传承。在振奋激昂的上海纽约大学校歌声中，毕业典礼落下帷幕。
Following the conferral of degrees and the passing of the NYU Shanghai Torch from the graduating class to the rising senior class, the NYU Shanghai Chorale closed the ceremony with a spirited rendition of NYU Shanghai’s Alma Mater.
5月22日至23日，上海纽约大学校色紫罗兰色，连续两晚在上海地标性建筑——东方明珠电视塔闪耀，这也与纽约帝国大厦为纽约大学毕业典礼亮紫色灯光的传统遥相呼应。上海快乐船长游船有限公司的“船长3号”、“船长5号”、“船长8号”三艘游船，也点亮紫色灯光在黄浦江航行，向2018届毕业生致敬。
On May 22-23, Shanghai’s iconic landmark--the Oriental Pearl Tower, was once again lit up in violet in honor of NYU Shanghai class 2018, in the same way the Empire State Building is illuminated each year to salute NYU’s graduation. Three cruise ships on Huangpu River were also dressed in violet light to celebrate the joyous occasion.
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