375 anos de Harvard!

Harvard comemorará 375 anos neste ano! O convite para a festa foi mandado hoje pela reitora da universidade, Drew Faust, por e-mail aos estudantes.  O músico Yo-yo Ma estará presente, o que tornará o evento certamente muito especial. 

Segue mensagem enviada: 

"Dear Members of the Harvard Community:

Starting this October, Harvard will celebrate its 375th birthday.  Such milestones encourage us to reflect on our institution’s remarkable past—to remember that all we aspire to today finds inspiration in the creativity and commitment of those who have come before.

Even more, our forebears’ example reminds us that, while we stand on the foundations they have built, we must never stand still.  Our history not only provides us with a sense of continuity and confidence; it highlights Harvard’s tradition of imaginative change.

On Friday evening, October 14, we will celebrate Harvard’s birthday in Tercentenary Theatre, steps from the Old Yard where early English settlers created America’s first college.  I enclose an invitation, and I hope that many of you will be able to join the festivities.

Across this academic year, we will mark Harvard’s 375th anniversary in a variety of other ways, including activities and events that will remind us how our venerable university is always in the process of becoming new.

For now, without waiting for the cake and the candles, I wish you all a fruitful start to this anniversary year.

Sincerely,

Drew Faust"

Yo-Yo Ma, músico que estará presente no evento: