演讲稿:毕业演讲稿
Student speech delivered at the washington
university engineering graduate student recognition
ceremony15 may 1997lorrie faith cranor faculty,
family,friends,and fellow graduates,good evening.
i am honored to address you tonight, on behalf of
the graduating masters and doctoral students of
washington university"s school of engineering and
applied science, i would like to thank all the parents,
spouses,families,and friends who encouraged and
Supported us as we worked towards our graduate degrees.
i would especially like to thank my own family,eight
members of which are in the audience today. i would also
like to thank all of the department secretaries and
other engineering School staff members who always
Seemed to be there when confused graduate students
needed help, and finally i would like to thank the
washington university faculty members who served as our
instructors,mentors,and friends.
as i think back on the seven-and-a-half years ii
spent at washington university,my mind is filled with
memories,happy,sad,frustrating,and even humorous.
tonight i would like to share with you some of the
memories that i take with me as i leave washington
university-
itake with me the memory of my office on the fourth
floor of lopata hall - the room at the end of the hallway
that was too hot in summer,too cold in winter,and
always too far away from the women's restroom。 the
window was my office's best feature,were it not for
the physics building across the way,it would have
afforded me a clear view of the arch. but instead i got
a view of the roof of the physics building, i also had
a view of one corner of the roof of urbauer hal1,which
seemed to be a favorite perch for various species of
birds who alternately won perching rights for several
Weeks at a time, and i had a nice view of the physics
courtyard,noteworthy as a good place for watching
people run their dogs,it's amazing how fascinating
these , views became t