With a mix of excitement, anxiety and apprehension, 在周四的开学典礼上,2027届毕业生正式加入澳门银河网站大家庭,这也是2023-34学年的正式开始.
开学典礼——澳门银河网站历史最悠久的传统之一——在典型的盛况和环境中拉开帷幕,作为27届毕业生毕业时将经历的同样传统的结束.
作为进入澳门银河网站大家庭的一种仪式,新生们参加了T-Bridge. 在毕业典礼之前,他们还获得了帽子和“H”字别针.
Provost Bryan Smith, 36年前澳门银河网站的新生和新生坐在同一个座位上, shared advice from his perspective. He told the students, “充分利用澳门银河网站提供的所有机会和资源, 比如Aim HEI, HYPE and the 欧文中心. Get to know your faculty and advisors, and rely on them. 澳门银河网站所有人都在这里为你服务,在你的旅程中帮助你.”
Following the provost, 校长罗布·亨廷顿正式欢迎了295名一年级学生, 22 new transfer students and 10 returning new students.
他给新生们的信息是:“请投入其中,对你想象的一切都要有意识. 抓住所有机会,抓住这所大学的所有优势!”
今年新班级的作文如下:
• 2% identify as non-binary
• 9% are in the Honors Program
• 9% are Heidelberg legacies
• 14% are from 吃午饭/Seneca County
• 15% came to Heidelberg with 4.0 or higher GPA
• 22% are from underrepresented populations
• 23% are from out-of-state
• 28% participated in Scholars Day
• 36% are first-generation students
• 41% are female; 57% are male
• 63% have expressed in 体育运动
“All 327 students are motivated to succeed. 这个新生班聪明、有才华、有趣。.
‘Make yourself the centerpiece of your success’
伯格澳门银河网站凯肖·沃马克(Keshawn Womack)从旧金山地区的家中回到校园,作为毕业典礼的主旨演讲者,激励未来的澳门银河网站. Since graduating with her degree in communication & theatre arts in 1998, Keshawn在过去的25年里一直在企业和娱乐行业工作. She has been a communicator, 内容战略家和电视大牌品牌营销专家, video games and big tech companies across the U.S.
她告诉新生们,她的成功之路——无论是作为澳门银河网站的学生,还是在她的职业生涯中——从来没有像她想象的那样清晰. 但她愿意“吸收每一次经历,就好像这是你踏上注定要走的道路的最后一次机会”,这对她很有帮助.
“如果我没有改变我的心态,我今天就不可能成功, my work ethic and mentally dug in,” Keshawn said. “I had to make myself the centerpiece of my success. 不要朋友,不要恋爱,不要运动,不要希腊生活. 只有我.”
While at Heidelberg, 凯肖抓住一切机会磨练自己的媒体技能, 从实习到在WHEI电台和电视台工作. Shortly after graduation, she landed her dream job at CNN, 但很快意识到这不是她所期望的,也不是让她快乐的.
“我可怕地意识到,我就是不喜欢它. 不是因为我必须努力工作,也不是因为我不在新闻台工作. 我只是不喜欢为了在现实生活中保持记者的忙碌而需要做的事情, day in and day out,” she explained.
她停顿了一下,按了重置键,从新闻编辑室过渡到制作内容,“我喜欢这样。.”
“开发电子游戏策略并不是我的理想职业. 但这种转变让我看到了一个更大的机会和目标,直到我被踢出了我的目标课程.”
Her first job at CNN wasn’t a mistake; instead, it taught her what she was not meant to do. 澳门银河网站是一种催化剂,帮助她形成了创造新的成功故事所需的技能基础.
让自己成为成功的中心将会带来个人和职业的成长, Keshawn told the students.
“为了成为你从未成为过的人,你必须做你从未做过的事情。. 真正的成长来自突破界限,即使你面前没有即时的满足感. …
“The world needs who you were made to be,” Keshawn said. “最终取决于你是否足够勇敢、足够自律地迎接挑战. … Chart your path and go get it!
关于 those traditions …
Ashley Helmstetter, associate VP for Advancement, 澳门银河网站, and Community Relations,l explained the origin and significance of the T-Bridge, beanie “H” pin, 加上澳门银河网站“最珍贵”的传统——“甜蜜的阿尔玛之家”.”
“在每一个重要的时刻——从今天的毕业典礼到四年后的毕业典礼——这里和世界各地的澳门银河网站们, we close by singing our alma mater,” she explained.
在参加毕业典礼的人士中,室内乐歌手及总监李志强博士. 格雷格·拉姆斯戴尔带领观众演唱了《澳门银河网站》.
澳门银河网站军乐队也参与了这次令人难忘的活动, under the direction of Rod Miller; National Anthem and Lift Every Voice and Sing soloists Jayce Porter ‘24 and Zaria Keys ‘25; Camryn Hedrick ‘24, who delivered the Invocation; and Student Senate President Isaiah Young, who introduced the keynote speaker.