Alumni Events
纽约校友会欢迎北大学生代表团
北京大学大纽约地区校友会于11月1日在曼哈顿中城举行晚宴，欢迎参加由全球中国连接组织的北京大学学生代表团。13位北京大学学生代表以及全球中国连接组织人员出席了晚宴，与北大纽约校友会的代表交流。
参加此次活动的北大学生代表都是在校的本科生，他们来自不同的院系，但对国际融合与交流都有浓厚的兴趣。他们在北大经过竞争激烈的筛选脱颖而出，代表北京大学赴纽约进行为期两周的参观访问。晚宴当天他们刚刚结束一天紧张的日程安排，些许的疲劳丝毫没有影响他们与纽约的北大校友聊天交流的热情。
北京大学大纽约地区校友会会长楼新跃先生代表校友会致词欢迎年轻的北大学生来到纽约交流，并且向他们介绍了在过去的一年里北大纽约校友会举行的一系列活动。他强调校友会能组织这么多活动主要是因为有很多热心公益的义工校友的鼎力合作。学生代表对楼会长的欢迎表示感谢，介绍了此行的主要目的，并特别邀请在纽约的校友前辈分享他们在国外的学习和工作经验。楼新跃会长以及在场的执委会委员刘士海，秦琼，艾诚，李昊分别讲述了自己的经历并给他们提供了中肯的关于海外求学和职业发展的建议。随着晚宴的气氛逐渐热烈，校友们分成不同的小组，学生代表们围坐在纽约的前辈校友身边进行更深入的交流。
此次活动由全球中国联接组织和运作，他们为北京大学在校的学生提供了此次难得的访问纽约的机会。参加晚宴聚会的校友和北大学学生们还有机会与在现场聚餐一些名人作了交流，其中有着名作家和翻译家董鼎山教授、中国常驻联合国代表团科技参赞陈明、联合国资深同声传译陈锋教授、中央电视台新闻主播梁艳等。晚宴在欢声笑语中结束，学生代表与纽约校友纷纷合影留念，并期待着下一次在纽约的聚会。
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纽约校友会代表与来自母校的学子们合影
Representatives of the PKUAAGNY has a group picture together with visiting students from Peking University
PKUAAGNY Welcomes Students from Peking University
Peking University Alumni Association of Greater New York (PKUAAGNY) hosted a dinner with student representatives of from Peking University at Lan Sheng Szechuan Restaurant in Midtown Manhattan on November 1, 2009. 13 current Peking University students as well as the organizing team of Global China Connection participated in the dinner and had pleasant conversations with the representatives of the executive committee members of PKUAAGNY.
The student representatives are current undergraduates of Peking University with diversified background but shared interest in global immersion and communication. They went through the highly competitive selection process in Peking University and started their 2-week New York City trip. Although just having completed an intensive day of visiting Wall Street before the dinner, they were enthusiastic about talking to PKU alumni in New York City.
Daniel Lou, current president of PKUAAGNY, delivered his opening talk to welcome the young and talented students from Peking University, and briefed the events PKUAAGNY have had over the past year. He emphasized that it’s the strong volunteerism among PKU alumni that has made many events possible. The student representatives gave their thanks to PKUAAGNY for this opportunity and talked about their goal for this trip. Other PKUAAGNY executive members present at the event include Steve Liu, Qiong Qin, Cheng Ai and Hao Li. They also shared their experiences and offered valuable suggestions to the young students in terms of studying overseas and career planning. As the conversations went warmer, the participants broke up to groups and student representatives took this opportunity to have closer communications with New York alumni.
GCC organized this trip and provided Peking University students this excellent opportunity to visit New York City. Both local alumni and students also had exchanges with some well known figures in NY, including Timothy T. S. Tung, former professor of the City University of New York, Ming Chen, Counselor of Science & Technology with the Permanent Mission of the PRC to the United Nations, Professor Feng Chen, a senior interpreter with the UN, Yan Liang, a CCTV News Anchor, among others. The reception dinner ended up with smiles, cheers and picture-taking. All the students expressed their strong desire for the next reunion.
Written by Aaron Li, Picture courtesy of Xinhui Lim