走進哈佛大學(xué)：雙親周

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Harvard College attaches great importance to the involvement of students，parents into their children’s college education and life. Each year, before freshmen go to campus, their parents will receive a “Parents Handbook” from the College. This handbook gives parents a supplementary guide to the undergraduate curriculum and the range of services and resources available to their children. Then in the next four years, parents will have two chances to have a further understanding of the university in which their children will study and live for four years.

哈佛學(xué)院很重視讓學(xué)生父母參與學(xué)生的大學(xué)教育和生活。每年在新生報道前，學(xué) 生父母會收到哈佛學(xué)院寄來的“父母手冊”。這個手冊對本科課程和學(xué)生需要的服務(wù) 和資源提供指南。在接下來的四年里，父母將有兩次機會進一步了解哈佛大學(xué)這個他 們的孩子將要學(xué)習(xí)和生活四年的地方。

In the first semester of the first year, as is tradition, Harvard College offers a window into the lives of its freshmen during Freshman Parents Weekend. Among the opportunities offered are tours of Harvard Museum of Natural History, Widener Library, and Houses. In addition to the tours, Freshman Parents Weekend offers a program that includes faculty lectures and panel discussion about academic and student-life issues. There are discussions covering topics that include the Program in General Education, the diversity of the new class, as well as community life on campus.

哈佛有一個傳統(tǒng)，在第一年的第一學(xué)期，雙親周會提供機會讓父母了解孩子在哈 佛的生活，包括參觀哈佛自然歷史博物館、懷納德圖書館和學(xué)舍。此外，還有全體教 員的演講和有關(guān)學(xué)術(shù)和生活問題的專題討論會。討論會的話題涉及通識教育、課程的 多樣性以及學(xué)校的社團活動。

The whole schedule has been designed to give parents an experience of what it’s like to be a student here at Harvard and to experience the community of Harvard, and to let parents feel connected to what their students are experiencing and have some context when they talk to their students.

整個日程的安排會讓父母體驗到哈佛的 學(xué)生是什么樣的，體驗哈佛是什么樣的，讓 父母感覺與自己孩子聯(lián)系在了一起，并讓他 們在與孩子談話時有共同語言。

Then in the second semester of the third year, parents come back to join their children during Junior Parents Weekend, and learn what to expect during the last year at Harvard. As is the case during Freshman Parents Weekend, tours and open houses are offered in the libraries, museums，and student centers. But Junior Parents Weekend also focuses on the challenges and opportunities that students will face as they prepare for life beyond Harvard, Parents will have discussion with career advisers the various aspects of career exploration and next step planning, including jobs, fellowships, graduate programs, and business, medical, and law school. They will listen to seniors discussing their time at the College and how they made the most of their experience. Junior Parents Weekend is a great time to see what the College can offer closer to graduation.

在第三年的第二學(xué)期，父母再次來參加大 學(xué)三年級學(xué)生的雙親周活動，了解在哈佛的最 后一年有什么期待。和新生雙親周一樣，父母 可以參觀圖書館、博物館和學(xué)生中心。但三年 級的雙親周更強調(diào)學(xué)生在離開哈佛后將會面臨的挑戰(zhàn)和機會。父母可以和就業(yè)顧問談?wù)?就業(yè)的各個方面以及下一步的發(fā)展計劃，包括工作、獎學(xué)金、研究生計劃、商學(xué)院、醫(yī) 學(xué)院和法學(xué)院等，聽四年級學(xué)生講他們在哈佛的生活，怎樣充分利用在哈佛的學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)歷。 三年級雙親周是一次美好的經(jīng)歷，父母可以知道在學(xué)生即將畢業(yè)時學(xué)校能提供什么機會。

Many first-year students and their parents tour Widener Library, the University’s flagship reference center for the humanities and social sciences. Opened in 1915, Widener is home to mazes of metal stacks that contain its vast holdings. Parents take in the library’s grandeur and its impressive reading rooms, its specialty collections, and the grand stairwell accented by two John Singer Sargent paintings-treasures that their children will enjoy for the next four years.

許多新生和新生父母會參觀威德納圖書館，它是了解哈佛大學(xué)人文和社會科學(xué)的 旗幟。威德納圖書館建立于1915年，擁有很多藏書。父母能看到這個圖書館的宏偉、 令人難忘的閱覽室，特色館藏，豪華的樓梯井，井上有兩幅薩金特畫——這是學(xué)生們 今后四年將會享受的寶貴財富。