北师香港浸会大学致辞：选择·钻研·创意，Be Novel, Be Unique！ http://www.huaue.com　 2025年6月8日　 来源：北师香港浸会大学 　　2025年6月7日，在北师香港浸会大学（BNBU）第十七届毕业典礼暨荣誉院士颁授典礼上，校长陈致教授以三个关键词和三位校友的故事，向毕业生们阐释了BNBU赋予学子们的深刻烙印——选择·钻研·创意。致辞视频和全文如下： 尊敬的各位嘉宾、家长，亲爱的同学们： 　　大家好！ 　　今天和大家相聚，庆祝BNBU 2025届的同学毕业，作为校长心里满是感慨。此刻我要向每一位毕业生致以最真挚的祝贺，也借此机会特别感谢两所母体学校、全体教职工、支持我们的家长，以及所有为学校发展倾注心血的朋友们，你们坚定支持，是我们前行的力量。 　　亲爱的同学们，今天我想跟大家分享几个校友的故事，聊聊BNBU想赋予你们的是什么，希望它们能够伴随你们一生。 　　第一个故事：关于“选择”。 　　今年在迪拜，我遇到了一位校友。她在北师港浸大读的是国际新闻专业，毕业后却做了一个不循常规的选择——她放弃了美国和英国诸多名校的研究生就读机会，转而去阿联酋航空当了空乘。入职后的两年间，她飞遍除南极洲以外的每一个大洲，在云端体验生命的辽阔，但她内心始终渴望更大的挑战。 　　2018年3月，她做了个更“大胆”的决定：辞去工作，独自飞往南非接受飞行培训，考取商业飞行驾驶员执照。有人说她“折腾”，但她却说：“我喜欢驾驶飞机在天上驰骋的感觉，这是我真正想做的事。”如今，她已成为一名女飞行员，驾驶着飞机穿梭于世界各地，在万里云端书写着自己的人生。 　　她的故事让我们看到：人生最可贵的，不是按别人的期待走一条“稳妥的路”，而是知道自己要什么，并且有勇气去追寻。BNBU教大家数学、会计、人工智能、传播学、语言、艺术等专业知识，但更希望你们学会“选择”——不管做什么，都别丢了心里那个“真正的自己”。在人生的道路上，在不同的时期、不同的临界点，你们总会面临不同的选择。BNBU教会你们的不是选择别人期望你走的路，而是走一条在你心中最适合自己的路。 　　第二个故事：关于“钻研”。 　　去年我去波士顿出差时，见到了一位专门研究非洲地缘政治和文化的校友。他本科毕业于我们学校人文社科学院，毕业后凭借扎实的学术基础，拿到了耶鲁大学的录取通知书，攻读东亚研究硕士和政治学博士。他的研究聚焦华人华侨在非洲参与国家独立斗争的历史。为了加深对当地文化和政治变革的了解，他常常独自前往撒哈拉以南的非洲国家，在艰苦的环境中开展田野调查。 　　当我们在剑桥市的小餐馆见面时，他穿着洗得发白的旧衬衫，眼里闪着光芒，他说：“在BNBU上的每一堂跨文化课程、写的每一篇论文，都教会我用‘全球视角’看世界。如今我只是把课堂上的‘好奇心’变成了一生的志业。” 　　从他身上我们看到：真正的钻研，不是为了考试或文凭，而是把某个领域的“火种”，燃成照亮世界的“火炬”。这，就是BNBU想让你们拥有的“学术韧性”。 　　第三个故事：关于“创意”。 　　在创业领域，我们一个校友团队创立的“极简汇率”，已成为具有国际影响力的专业汇率服务平台。2018年，我们的一位校友注意到外籍老师和留学生在换汇中碰到一些困难，于是拉着几位校友，一头扎进了跨境金融科技领域。他们在珠海淇澳岛改造一间旧楼，创建了自己的办公楼，白天跑银行谈合作，晚上窝在沙发上写代码，硬是开发出一套“实时追踪全球汇率、零手续费跨境转账”的系统。 　　如今，极简汇率不仅成为留学生和外贸企业的重要工具，还在中国香港，以及新加坡、马来西亚、印度尼西亚设立了分部。团队里很多成员都是BNBU校友。去年校庆，他回学校分享时说：“创业最艰难的时候，我常想起学校的‘创新工作坊’——老师教我们用‘用户思维’解决问题。原来最好的创意，不是凭空想象，而是蹲下来，看看大家脚下的‘坑’。” 　　这个故事告诉我们：创意不是天才的专利，而是用“同理心”发现问题，用“执行力”解决问题。这，就是BNBU想让你们拥有的“创新基因”。 　　这些故事背后，藏着学校的“育人密码”。三个故事里的主人公，有的在选择中果敢，有的在学术中深耕，有的在创业中突破，他们身上都有BNBU自立自强的“烙印”。在我们这届同学中，是不是也处处有着这些“烙印”呢？回答是肯定的！在你们当中，我欣喜地看到，有的同学以扎实的专业成绩和创新的科研精神，在各自的学科领域探索前沿；有的同学巧妙平衡代码与音乐的双重热爱，凭借跨学科的融合与不懈努力，成就自己；有的同学用系统笔记构筑知识基石，借丰富实践搭建职业阶梯；还有的同学勇敢打破专业边界，在支教、传媒实习与学术研究中不断探索，成功迈向自己梦想的学校去深造；有的同学选择创业，果敢地绘制自己的蓝图；有的同学选择步入社会，以实干精神投身到祖国的建设中。 　　亲爱的同学们，你们或则振翮高飞，或则积蓄力量，无论是在厚积薄发中寻找契机，还是在静默沉淀中孕育锋芒，你们都在用自己双手去编织自己的理想。你们的故事是对BNBU教育理念的生动诠释，也将激励每一个后来者勇敢追梦，在未来的道路上闪耀自己的光芒。 　　从今天起，你们多了一个身份——BNBU校友。所谓BNBU，就是Be Novel， Be Unique，或者说Be Novel，Be You。不管以后是读研、工作，还是创业，无论你们在世界的什么地方，请记住，你们都是BNBU的代言人，学校则永远是你们的“精神家园”：累了，就回凤凰树下坐坐，看看当年上课的教室；迷茫了，就翻翻校园手册，里面有老师们写的“人生建议”；有空了，就回学校看看，和我们聊聊你在远方的故事。 　　同学们，毕业不是终点，而是“真正成长的开始”。愿你们带着在BNBU学会的“选择、钻研、创意”，去闯出让自己骄傲的人生。无论走到哪里，记得：你们的背后，永远有一所叫BNBU的学校，为你们亮着灯，等着你们回家。 　　祝福大家：前途似海，未来可期！ 　　President Chen Zhi's Address at the 17th Graduation Ceremony: Choice, Diligence, Creativity: Be Novel, Be Unique! 　　Dear students, parents, and distinguished guests: 　　Hello everyone! 　　Today, we gather to celebrate the graduation of the Class of 2025 from BNBU, and I am filled with emotion. As president, I have witnessed your transformation from inexperienced students into confident and independent young adults, and I am genuinely proud of you. I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude to our founding institutions, to the dedicated teachers, supportive parents, and all the friends who have contributed to the growth and development of our university. Your unwavering support means the world to us. 　　Dear students, today I want to share a few inspiring stories from our alumni and discuss what BNBU seeks to impart—lessons that will serve you on your own journeys. 　　The first story: on “choice” 　　This year in Dubai, I met an alumna who majored in International Journalism at BNBU. After graduation, she made an unconventional choice—she turned down offers from prestigious US and UK universities to become a flight attendant for Emirates Airlines. Over the next two years, she travelled to every continent except Antarctica, experiencing the beauty of life in the skies. Yet, she felt an urge for greater challenges. 　　In March 2018, she made an even bolder decision: she resigned, flew solo to South Africa, and self-funded her flight training to obtain a commercial pilot’s licence. While some may have called her “reckless”， she said: “I love the feeling of driving a plane and galloping in the sky; this is what I truly want to do.” Today, she is a female pilot, navigating the globe. As one of the 1% of female pilots in China’s civil aviation industry, she is crafting her own aviation story high up above the clouds. 　　Her journey teaches us that the most valuable aspect of life is not to follow a “safe path” dictated by others, but to know what you truly want and have the courage to pursue it. BNBU aims to equip you with knowledge in various fields such as mathematics, accounting, artificial intelligence, communication, languages and the arts, but more importantly, we want you to learn the “wisdom of choice”—to stay true to your “authentic self” in all your endeavours. Throughout your lives, at different stages and critical junctures, you will face various choices. BNBU teaches you not to be following the path that others expect but to discover the one that best suits you. 　　The second story: on “diligence” 　　Let me tell you another story about one of our graduates. 　　Last year, while on a business trip to Boston, I met an alumnus deeply engaged in geopolitical studies and cultural participation in Africa. He graduated from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at BNBU and, with a strong academic foundation, received an offer to pursue a PhD in East Asian Studies at Yale University. His research focuses on highlighting the history and contributions of the Chinese diaspora in Africa’s national liberation movements through international advocacy. To deepen his understanding of local cultures and political shifts, he often travels alone to sub-Saharan African countries, conducting field research amid challenging conditions. 　　When I visited Boston, he had just returned from research in Kenya and met with me and other alumni at a small restaurant in Cambridge. He wore a well-worn shirt, but his eyes sparkled as he shared his ongoing research plans—he hopes to provide precise policy recommendations for China-Africa cooperation through academic insights. Before leaving, he remarked: “Every cross-cultural course and paper I wrote at BNBU taught me to view the world from a ‘global perspective’。 What I am doing now is simply turning the ‘curiosity’ from the classroom into a lifelong vocation.” 　　From his experience, we see that true diligence is not merely about passing exams or earning degrees; it is about igniting a “spark” in a particular field and transforming it into a “torch” that lights up the world. This is the “academic resilience” that BNBU aspires to instil in you. 　　The third story: on “creativity” 　　My final student story highlights yet another important attribute I hope you have acquired. 　　In the realm of entrepreneurship, a team of BNBU alumni founded “xCurrency Hubs”， which has become an internationally recognised currency service platform. In 2018, one of our alumni noticed that foreign teachers and international students faced challenges when exchanging currency. He and several peers ventured into the cross-border fintech sector. They transformed an old building on Qi’ao Island in Zhuhai into their office, negotiating with banks by day and coding late into the night, ultimately developing a system for “real-time tracking of global exchange rates and fee-free cross-border transfers”。 　　Today, xCurrency Hubs is an essential tool for international students and foreign trade enterprises. It has established branches in Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Malaysia; and Singapore, with many team members being BNBU alumni. During last year’s homecoming, he shared: “During the toughest moments in entrepreneurship, I often recalled the ‘innovation workshops’ at school—where teachers taught us to solve problems with a ‘user-centric’ mindset. The best ideas often emerge not from thin air but from understanding the ‘pits’ beneath everyone’s feet.” 　　This story illustrates that creativity is not the exclusive domain of geniuses; it is about identifying problems through “empathy” and addressing them with “execution”。 This is the “innovative spirit” that BNBU aims to cultivate in you. 　　Behind these stories lies the “educational ethos” of our school. The protagonists in these narratives each embody the BNBU spirit of resilience and determination. Among this year’s graduates, we can undoubtedly see these indelible “marks”。 I am thrilled to witness students exploring frontiers in their fields with solid professional achievements and innovative research; some skillfully balance their dual passions for coding and music, achieving success through interdisciplinary integration and relentless effort; others build knowledge foundations with systematic scholarship, constructing pathways for career advancement through rich practical experience; and some bravely break professional boundaries, exploring teaching, media internships, and academic research, successfully advancing to their dream institutions for further study. Some choose entrepreneurship, boldly charting their own paths; others enter the workforce, dedicating themselves to the development of our nation with a practical spirit. 　　Dear students, whether you soar high or accumulate strength, whether you seek opportunities through hard work or cultivate brilliance in silence, you are weaving your dreams with your own hands. Your stories are vivid interpretations of BNBU’s educational philosophy and inspire every student to bravely pursue their dreams, shining their own light on the road ahead 　　From today onward, you gain a new identity—BNBU alumni. BNBU stands for “Be Novel, Be Unique”， or “Be Novel, Be You”。 No matter whether you pursue further studies, work, or entrepreneurship, and no matter where you are in the world, please remember that you are ambassadors of BNBU, and the school will always be your “spiritual home”： 　　When you’re tired, come back to sit under the phoenix trees and reminisce about the classrooms you once attended; 　　When you’re uncertain, browse through the campus handbook, which contains “life advice” from your teachers; 　　When you have time, return to the school and share your stories from afar with us. 　　Students, graduation is not the end, but the “true beginning of your journey”。 May you carry forward the “wisdom of choice, diligence, and creativity” that you learned here and forge lives that make you proud. No matter where you go, remember: behind you, there is always a school called BNBU, lighting the way and waiting for you to come home. 　　Wishing you all a bright future and limitless possibilities! Thank you! 　　（Scroll down to read more） 　关于北师香港浸会大学更多的相关文章请点击查看　 特别说明：由于各方面情况的不断调整与变化，华禹教育网（Www.Huaue.Com）所提供的信息为非商业性的教育和科研之目的，并不意味着赞同其观点或证实其内容的真实性，仅供参考，相关信息敬请以权威部门公布的正式信息为准。