耶鲁2020毕业典礼的最新决定
President Peter Salovery
苏必德校长
March 25, 2020
2020年3月25日
致即将毕业的耶鲁学子们：
你们在耶鲁求学的这段时间，探索了人类境遇、自然世界以及在社会和技术革新塑造下的当今环境。为了社区、国家和全球挑战，你们贡献了具有创新性的想法和解决方案。
你们不仅取得了个人成就，也在无数个小时的服务中帮助了他人，而且坚持不懈地应对了大大小小的考验。因此，在这个学期伊始，我和各位同样满怀期盼能够与你们的家人、教授和朋友们在五月相聚，庆祝你所取得的成就。
我知道你们一直在关注世界各地的新闻。为了尽我们的力量尽早结束新冠肺炎疫情，我们无法在今年五月以传统的方式举办你们的毕业典礼了。 但是，在这场危机结束后，我们将热情地欢迎你回到校园来庆祝。
与此同时，我们将通过其他方式来实现你们为了毕业所做的努力。耶鲁大学秘书和负责生活的副校长Kimberly Goff-Crews将会在未来几天给你们写信，分享更多在计划中的内容。
我们肩负校园社区以外的社会责任。我们深知这是我们必须而为，然而这一决定也令人失望。虽然我们在这个春季相聚之期盼无法实现，但是最近发生的事件也提醒我们是相联之整体。
在这个特殊的时期，我们必须责无旁贷地以一种普通却深刻的方式相互关怀。这场大流行病呼吁我们要跳出自己的预想进行思考，并一同期待更光明的未来。感谢你们的理解，和你们为履行共同责任而付出的努力。
此致，
苏必德
耶鲁大学校长
Chris Argyris心理学教授
Dear Graduating Students,
During your studies at Yale, you have explored the human condition, our natural world, and the environments we have shaped through social and technological advancements. You have contributed new ideas and solutions for local, national, and global challenges.
You have made personal discoveries, performed countless hours of service to help others, and persevered through trials big and small. When we began this semester, you and I fully expected to gather with your loved ones, professors, and friends in May to celebrate all that you have achieved.
I know you have been following the news around the world closely. To continue to do our part to end the COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot come together in May to commemorate commencement activities in the traditional ways. However, know that we will be welcoming you back to campus to celebrate your achievements when this crisis is behind us.
In the meantime, we will find alternative ways to honor your hard work this May. Secretary and Vice President for University Life Kimberly Goff-Crews will write to you in the coming days to share more planning details.
We have an obligation that extends well beyond our campus community. However, even though we know this is what we must do, this news is no less disappointing. The expectations we had for spring have unraveled, but recent events remind us of the ways we are connected and that there come extraordinary times when we are impelled to take care of one another in a basic and profound way.
The pandemic calls on each of us to think beyond our own expectations—and to look forward to brighter days to come, together. Thank you for your understanding and for all you are doing to fulfill our responsibilities to the common good.
Sincerely,
Peter SaloveyPresident
Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology
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