Distinguished guests, Professors, dear alumni and students,
I am Larissa Paschyn from United State of America. I am currently a student of MID2010. It is a great honor to be here today as a representative of over 120 international students in SPPM, celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the founding of SPPM.
Since its establishment in 1911, Tsinghua University has consistently maintained its position as the top school in China, and has been in the top 50 schools globally. So when I decided to pursue a post-graduate degree in international development, I looked no further than Tsinghua. It’s School of Public Policy and Management, has been offering an innovative development studies program and the program's multidisciplinary curriculum excited and inspired me.
The School of Public Policy and Management (SPPM) at Tsinghua University is a pioneer in public policy and development studies in China. Research at SPPM is problem driven, with in-house research institutes working jointly with government ministries, academic institutions, and international think tanks. With the multitude of workshops, conferences and publications, SPPM is internationally recognized as the leading public policy research institution in China. In last June, Tsinghua even joined a select group of 10 universities around the world to be part of a global alliance for conducting the Master degree program in Development Practice, as well as advanced research and fieldwork through the MacArthur Foundation.
But the merits of studying at Tsinghua go beyond its prestige, and this university offers distinctive and unforgettable life experiences. My classes have already opened my mind to a whole new way of viewing the world, and I am continuously driven to find new ways to think about development. At Tsinghua and SPPM, I have had the rare privilege to discuss development-related matters with policy-makers from developing and developed countries, and this has turned my previous views upside down, and has left me humbled. Our professors are in a league of their own, consultants and former government employees, NGO heads, and academic leaders.
Tsinghua's Master in International Development (MID) program is truly designed to make each student cognizant to the ramifications of trade policy and globalization and sensitive to the nuances inherent in development throughout the world. The program provides hands-on experience in a wide range of disciplines, and gives us an extensive global network of partners to work with, in our research.
China is critically important on the world stage, with amazing dynamic and perpetually progressing sustainable development policies. It is a country other’s look to for support and cooperation, and Tsinghua attracts the best and the brightest to one day lead those policies and partnerships.
Tsinghua University has produced many notable graduates, including China’s current president，numerous engineers, government officials, entrepreneurs and famous scholars. Indeed Tsinghua has the best students in the world. Every student is chosen from among millions, and I am humbled and proud in having been chosen as one of them.
My time at SPPM has thus far been brief, but I am confident that Tsinghua and SPPM will continue to train me and mold me to one day lead my field. There are other educational programs in international development offered by world-class universities, but, what makes the MID program at SPPM so unique and crucial in this current age is that it promotes international development through understanding and advocating Chinese experiences. SPPM bridges the gap between Chinese and Western perspectives, providing innovative, boundary-pushing ideas for sustainable development. Without SPPM’s perspective and dedication to social commitment, I would just be another person confused as to how to bring change to the world. Instead, I and my fellow classmates will become global leaders in international development, and we will have SPPM to thank for giving us the knowledge, skills, and passion to make a difference.
I would like to wish SPPM a happy 10 year anniversary, and I am positive that SPPM will be celebrated for 100 more years to come! Thank you!
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尊敬的各位領(lǐng)導、嘉賓，親愛的校友、同學們，大家好！
我是來自美國的瑞莎，目前是公管學院國際發(fā)展碩士2010屆的一名學生。我非常榮幸今天能夠代表公管學院120余位留學生與大家一起慶祝公管學院成立十周年。
自1911年建校以來，清華大學一直是中國一流的學府，并且也是全球排名前50的學院之一. 當我決定攻讀國際發(fā)展方面碩士的時候，清華大學是我的第一也是唯一的選擇。公管學院各類研究項目力求不斷創(chuàng)新，作為留學生，我對自己所參加的項目也有非常大的興趣與期待。
清華大學公共管理學院是中國公共政策和發(fā)展研究領(lǐng)域的先驅(qū)。學院的研究以解決實際問題為導向，廣泛展開與國內(nèi)政府機構(gòu)、學術(shù)部門及國際智囊團的共同合作研究。隨著眾多學術(shù)著作及各種會議、研討會的出現(xiàn)，公管學院已經(jīng)成是國際公認的中國領(lǐng)先的公共政策研究機構(gòu)。2009年六月，清華大學公管學院入選美國麥克阿瑟基金會成為首輪入選國際發(fā)展實踐碩士項目的全球10所高校之一。
除了優(yōu)越的學術(shù)條件之外，在清華大學的留學生活將成為令人難忘的人生經(jīng)歷。本科階段的學習豐富了我的世界觀，在清華大學公管學院的學習使我有機會與來自不同國家的政策制定者交流與探討相關(guān)發(fā)展問題。學院的教授也是國家獨一無二的人才，他們兼任著國家政策顧問、非政府組織負責人及學術(shù)帶頭人等職務。
清華大學的國際發(fā)展碩士項目幫助學生從發(fā)展的角度認識全球化及貿(mào)易政策相關(guān)問題。該項目以培養(yǎng)多學科領(lǐng)域?qū)嵺`經(jīng)驗為導向，為學生提供廣泛的學習及研究網(wǎng)絡。
中國以其驚人的發(fā)展速度在世界舞臺上已經(jīng)占據(jù)了極其重要的位置，越來越多的國家尋求著中國的支持和合作，清華大學也可以因此吸引未來引領(lǐng)中國政策發(fā)展及合作的精英人才。
在過去的百年中，從清華的校門走出了很多杰出的人才，其中有中國現(xiàn)任國家主席, 眾多的工程師、企業(yè)家、政府官員以及學術(shù)精英。每一位清華學子都是出類拔萃、品學兼優(yōu)，我深深的為能夠成為他們中的一員感到驕傲。
雖然我剛剛開始在清華公管的學習，但我堅信在這里的求學會使我成長為專業(yè)領(lǐng)域的人才。雖然也有其他世界一流的大學開辦國際發(fā)展教育項目，但是清華公管學院通過對中國經(jīng)驗的理解和倡導來促進國際發(fā)展，這也是MID項目讓我覺得如此獨特和重要的原因所在。清華公管就好比搭建中西合璧的橋梁，提供創(chuàng)新，為可持續(xù)發(fā)展拓寬思路。如果沒有公管服務社會的承諾和全球視野的指引，我可能還在為如何為世界帶來改變而困惑。但是現(xiàn)在我和我的同學們即將成為國際發(fā)展的全球領(lǐng)導者，我們感謝清華公管給予我們知識，技能和激情讓我們因為有她而變得不同。
在此，我祝愿公共管理學院十周年快樂，我也堅信公管學院將成長為一所百年名院！謝謝大家！
