身在宁波热爱宁波

尼亚梅科 · 伊斯梅尔 · 波特曼

教育是确保子孙后代成才的重要途径。在宁波和整个中国，最明智的选择之一便是对教育的重视。我很庆幸、也很荣幸能看到我的学生每天都竭尽全力求学，收获更美好的未来。然而，未来的希望和梦想的重担并不仅仅落在学生的肩上，教师是这个价值链中不可或缺的一部分。

宁波诺丁汉大学是中国第一所中外合资大学。自 2004 年成立以来，一直在创新方面处于领先地位。校园里空气凉爽，在校园里散步似乎可以吸收知识。这所大学拥有来自不同国家的学生和教职工。我和3位学术专家 Justin Berg、Martin Lockett教授和Jim Greer教授交好。他们都是各自领域的创新领航者。

Justin Berg语言温和，但對音乐充满热情。他坚信现场音乐比录音更能震撼心灵，因此致力于音乐学习和表演。他认为音乐是城市发展的重要载体，甚至为宁波带来第一架管风琴，并进行重新组装。他还专门为管风琴制作了一段音乐，名为Peaceful Waves by Ad Wammes。Justin Berg把对现场音乐的热爱和对新音乐创作的热情展现得淋漓尽致，他所参与在宁波的音乐项目也都成功完成。

他获得了多个音乐硕士学位，目前正在攻读博士学位。回到宁波后，又攻读了应用语言学学位。他秉承终身学习的精神，看着学生毕业是他最快乐的时刻。身在宁波、热爱宁波，他认为人们应该在居住地创造更大的发展空间。

Jim Greer教授是德克萨斯人，在德克萨斯州奥斯汀大学学习。搬到爱尔兰并遇到真爱之前，在美国工作了几年。在接下来的几年里，住在德国和爱尔兰。一位朋友给他介绍了诺丁汉大学一个适合他的岗位，引起他的兴趣，最终决定来宁波。在爱尔兰生活了一段时间后搬到中国，似乎是一次安全但充满挑战的冒险。

一个人所居住的城市应该有最喜欢的事物。Jim Greer教授也不例外，他喜欢天一阁的精致装修和浓厚历史底蕴。宁波市中心位于三江口交汇处，他推荐乘船来此游玩。Jim Greer教授在宁波最最喜欢的事情还有结识新朋友。夏天，他最享受去宁波的乡下了解真正的宁波文化。

来到中国对 Martin Lockett教授来说是必然选择。他一直对中国有着浓厚的兴趣，甚至研究过中国事务。宁波诺丁汉大学是完美的选择，因为它让Martin Lockett教授在研究和教学之间取得平衡。他开玩笑说，宁波诺丁汉大学是他生命中一切事物的完美结合。

宁波在他心中是一座理想城市，他见过宁波所有美丽的地标。只需 30 到 40 分钟的车程即可到达乡村，这是宁波的另一大吸引力。宁波是一座风景优美、历史悠久的城市，到处有外国人才和商机。我们谈话中提到了解所在市场的重要性，厨房电器公司FOTILE便是一个贴切的例子，该公司对市场了如指掌。他们创新厨房设计，为带有小厨房的公寓发明洗碗机和水槽。这是他在宁波最喜欢也最期待的创新。

教与学是终生的事业。智者有言：不断提高能力、获得新知识并运用到工作和生活中的人将成为社会的推动者。这3位宁波诺丁汉大学的教授一直秉承该理念，成为宁波建设者中的一份子。

（作者系《宁波聚焦》杂志编辑）

When in Ningbo， Love Ningbo as They Do

By Nyameko Ishmael Bottomann

Civilizations are built by the intellectuals. One of the most important ways to ensure success for future generations is education. I think one of the best things about living in Ningbo and China as a whole is the emphasis on education. I have the pleasure and honor to see my students doing their best each day and striving to learn more so they can do better in the future. However， the weight of future hopes and dreams not only falls  on their shoulders; teachers and lecturers are an integral part of this value chain as well.

The University of Nottingham in Ningbo （UNNC） is the first Sino-foreign joint venture university in China. Since its inception in 2004， it has been leading the pack in terms of innovation. Even the air on campus feels cooler and scholarly almost as if just by walking on the campus you absorb knowledge osmotically. The university sports a diverse group of students and staff from various countries. I had a sit-down with three members of their academic staff： Justin Berg， Professor Martin Lockett and Professor Jim Greer. All of them are innovators in their respective fields.

Justin Berg is a soft-spoken man but that does not stop his passion for music from shining through. A firm believer in the superiority of live music over recordings， he not only has studied music but also performs regularly. He views music as an important vehicle for a citys development， even going so far as to bring and reassemble Ningbos first pipe organ， a project that took nearly ten years to complete. They then commissioned a piece of music， Peaceful Waves by Ad Wammes， specifically for the organ. This was a happy meeting of his love for live music， his passion for the creation of new music and the successful completion of the project.

Having attained multiple masters degrees focused on music he is currently a Ph.D. candidate. When he came back to Ningbo， he did another degree in Applied Linguistics. As a lifelong student himself， his happiest moments are usually his students graduation. The saddest part about living in Ningbo is watching artistic people move to bigger cities， looking for greener pastures. He believes if you want greener pastures then you should create them where you live.

A born and bred Texan， Professor Jim Greer studied at the University of Austin， Texas. He worked for a few years in the United States before moving to Ireland and finding love. He spent the next few years living in Europe， both in Germany and in Ireland. He ended up in Ningbo when a friend told him a Nottingham University job post “looked like him”. This piqued the professors interest. Having lived in Ireland for a while， moving to China felt like a safe but challenging adventure.

You cannot live in a city and not have your favorite spots. He is no exception， he highlighted Tianyi Library for its beauty and history. Next was the center of the city where the three rivers meet， he recommended a boat ride to the meeting point. One of his favorite things to do in Ningbo is meeting new people. In the summer， he likes to go out to Ningbos countryside as he feels it gives a genuinely nice glimpse of Ningbos culture.

Coming to China was a no-brainer for Professor Martin Lockett. He has always had a deep-rooted interest in China and had even studied Chinese affairs. UNNC was the perfect choice because it allowed him to strike a balance between doing research and teaching. He jokes that UNNC was the perfect marriage of everything he had done in his life up until that point.

Ningbo is the ideal city for Professor Lockett： he is especially fond of the citys beautiful landmarks， and has visited all of them. The fact one can get to the countryside with a short 30-to-40-minute drive is another major draw for the city. To him， Ningbo is a city that is both beautiful and set in history， but it is also full of opportunities and benefits for foreign talents and businesses. In our conversation， we talked about the importance of understanding the market you are in. One of his favorite examples of a company understanding its market is FOTILE， which manufactures home appliances. The company innovated kitchen design by creating a dishwasher， sink combination for those apartments with small kitchens. This is the kind of innovation he would like to see more in Ningbo.

Teaching and learning are lifelong endeavors. As someone once said： Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future. These three UNNC staff members embrace this philosophy and form part of the beautiful mosaic that is Ningbos people.