See here at Eastern, you have an extraordinary culture of service
这是在东部 你们有非比寻常的服务传统
Many of you spent your spring break volunteering in places
春假时 你们很多人都到新奥尔良
like New Orleans and Washington DC
华盛顿特区这些地方去当志愿者
You're journalism society
你们的新闻业界
donated all the money they'd raised for a trip to a regional conference
将他们为区域会议旅行筹集的所有资金
to a newspaper that had been hit by a tornado
捐给一家被龙卷风所摧毁的报社
Altogether, EKU students volunteered 107,000 hours of service
东肯塔基大学学生志愿服务的时间总和长达10.7万小时
earning you a place on my husband, the President's
并因此获得我的丈夫 美国总统
higher education community service honor roll
所公布的高等教育社区服务荣誉榜提名
Absolutely
实至名归
Absolutely
当之无愧
And on top of all of that, you have also given back to our country
在这之外 你们还对国家作出了另外一个贡献
by opening your arms and welcoming our nation's veterans into your community
也就是敞开怀抱 将美国退伍军人迎接到你们这里
And everyone here is involved in that, every one
这里每个人都参与了进来 每个人
The administration awards college credit for military experience
学校行政部门为军事经验提供学分
Faculty members reach out to veterans in their classrooms
教职员工们主动帮助课堂上的退伍军人
Students donate to the Veterans Book Exchange every semester
学生们每学期都会捐助退伍军人图书交易所
So it is no wonder that two out of the last three years
因此毫不令人惊讶 过去三年中有两年
Military Times Edge magazine has named you
军事时代EDGE杂志都将你们评为
the nation's number one four-year school for our veterans
全国最佳的退伍军人四年制大学
