我发现在这所大学工作使得我有机会关注那个问题，即他在周围社区生活中扮演着多么渺小的角色。我当时迫切地想扫除挡在大学校园和社区之间障碍。

　　And in less than a year, through that position, I would with others to build the university's first office of Community Service. And today, the office continues to provide students with opportunities to help reshape relationships between the university and its surrounding community. students there today are volunteering in local elementary schools, serving as mentors at high schools, organizing neighborhood watches, and worshiping in local churches.

　　在不到一年的时间里，我和其他人一起努力建立了芝加哥大学的第一个社区服务办公室。今天，该办公室还在继续为学生们提供机会，让他们帮助重塑大学与周边社区的关系。如今，那里的学生们在当地小学做志愿者，到当地中学做辅导员，组织邻里监督，到当地教堂做礼拜。

　　But you know a little something about working with your community here, don't you, Merced? UC Merced, its faculty and its students seem to already have a handle on this need and it speaks once again to the character of this community. As I learned more about what you have done, I am so impressed with how the students, faculty and the community are collaborating to ensure that every child in this community understands there is a place for them at this big beautiful university if they study and stay out of trouble.

　　你们多少知道一点和你们社区一起工作的事情，不是吗，摩赛德的同学们？加州大学摩赛德分校的教职员工和学生们似乎已经掌握了这种需求，这再次说明了这个社区的特性。随着我对你们多做的事情有更深一步的了解，我就更深刻地体会到学生们、教职员工以及社区居民如何通力合作以保证该社区的每个孩子都能明白，只要他们努力学习，不惹麻烦，在这样一个规模宏大而又美丽的大学里就有他们的一席之地。

　　There are local leaders like police office, Nick Navarette, who coordinates a program that brigs about 60 UC Merced students to local elementary schools each week to mentor students from poor neighborhood.

　　本地的一些领导人，比如尼克·纳瓦莱特警官，他协助一个项目，该项目每周会分派大约60名加州大学摩赛德分校的学生到本地小学去辅导家境贫寒的学生。