我發(fā)現(xiàn)在這所大學(xué)工作使得我有機(jī)會(huì)關(guān)注那個(gè)問(wèn)題,即他在周?chē)鐓^(qū)生活中扮演著多么渺小的角色。我當(dāng)時(shí)迫切地想掃除擋在大學(xué)校園和社區(qū)之間障礙。
And in less than a year, through that position, I would with others to build the university's first office of Community Service. And today, the office continues to provide students with opportunities to help reshape relationships between the university and its surrounding community. students there today are volunteering in local elementary schools, serving as mentors at high schools, organizing neighborhood watches, and worshiping in local churches.
在不到一年的時(shí)間里,我和其他人一起努力建立了芝加哥大學(xué)的第一個(gè)社區(qū)服務(wù)辦公室。今天,該辦公室還在繼續(xù)為學(xué)生們提供機(jī)會(huì),讓他們幫助重塑大學(xué)與周邊社區(qū)的關(guān)系。如今,那里的學(xué)生們?cè)诋?dāng)?shù)匦W(xué)做志愿者,到當(dāng)?shù)刂袑W(xué)做輔導(dǎo)員,組織鄰里監(jiān)督,到當(dāng)?shù)亟烫米龆Y拜。
But you know a little something about working with your community here, don't you, Merced?UC Merced, its faculty and its students seem to already have a handle on this need and it speaks once again to the character of this community. As I learned more about what you have done, I am so impressed with how the students, faculty and the community are collaborating to ensure that every child in this community understands there is a place for them at this big beautiful university if they study and stay out of trouble.
你們多少知道一點(diǎn)和你們社區(qū)一起工作的事情,不是嗎,摩賽德的同學(xué)們?加州大學(xué)摩賽德分校的教職員工和學(xué)生們似乎已經(jīng)掌握了這種需求,這再次說(shuō)明了這個(gè)社區(qū)的特性。隨著我對(duì)你們多做的事情有更深一步的了解,我就更深刻地體會(huì)到學(xué)生們、教職員工以及社區(qū)居民如何通力合作以保證該社區(qū)的每個(gè)孩子都能明白,只要他們努力學(xué)習(xí),不惹麻煩,在這樣一個(gè)規(guī)模宏大而又美麗的大學(xué)里就有他們的一席之地。
There are local leaders like police office, Nick Navarette, who coordinates a program that brigs about 60 UC Merced students to local elementary schools each week to mentor students from poor neighborhood.
本地的一些領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人,比如尼克·納瓦萊特警官,他協(xié)助一個(gè)項(xiàng)目,該項(xiàng)目每周會(huì)分派大約60名加州大學(xué)摩賽德分校的學(xué)生到本地小學(xué)去輔導(dǎo)家境貧寒的學(xué)生。