A university lecturer has called on academics to be more active within the community and not remain aloof.
“We, the academic community, need to have a vision, a revised and wider vision for the larger community, not patronising it but drawing from it,” Marie Alexander of the Institute of Linguistics said during yesterday’s graduation ceremony.
The academic community was in a more favourable position to think, to initiate, to act, to coordinate, and to weave diverse elements into the community and it was their “responsibility to observe, to select, to discern”.
“We must lead. And this is why we should sometimes also join queues, travel on buses, not exclude ourselves from life off campus, so that we can pull systems and structures up rather than bypass them,” Prof. Alexander said.
Academic staff and students were all on the same path to seek the truth – “about ourselves, about those around us and about all that arouses our curiosity,” she said.
The active search for truth could only be done with “our whole being” but for it to succeed, “we cannot walk the path independently of each other, or of the community investing in us. We have to walk the path together – staff and students alike”.
However, more importantly, “we also need to aim high and to avoid mediocrity at all costs,” she added.
Yesterday’s graduates
Diploma in Agriculture
Jean Paul Abela, Antoine Attard, Julia Bonaci, Nicolas Borchers, Joseph Borg, Jane Camilleri, Joseph Cassar, Joseph Farrugia, Melanie Farrugia, Mark Grech, Jason Ernest Mangani, Gillian Muscat, Ryan Sultana, Kevin Tonna and Peterpaul Valletta.
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mediterranean Agro-Ecosystems Management
Sponsor: Dr Louis Cassar
Emanuel Bugeja (Robing), Diandra Caruana, Steve Farrugia, Frances Gatt, Chris Inguanez, Mario Micallef, Andre Sciberras and Mark Zammit.
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Sponsor: Prof. Dominic Fenech
Linguistics
Maria Victoria Tomaselli.
Archaeology
Chantal Marie Cassar and Jessica Spiteri.
Anthropology
Aidan Corlett and Jenny Peterle.
English
Aaron Aquilina, Rachel Attard Portughes, Daniela Brockdorff, Janine Caruana, Cathleen Cortis, Kim Dalli, Elizabeth Farrugia, Katia Farrugia, Stephania Farrugia, Rodianne Grech, Rebecca Micallef, Janice Mifsud, Yana Mizzi, Maria Kristina Pace, Faye Pace Decesare, Malcolm Ricci, Marie Claire Saliba, Joslyn Sammut, James Schembri, Irene Scicluna and Corinne Vella.
French
Lynn Abela, Anabel Marie Apap, Rachel Bartolo, Johann Calleja, Raissa Gatt and Alison Grech.
Geography
Melissa Abdilla, Cleona Arapa, Justine Busuttil, Angelica Buttigieg, Colette Caruana, Elaine Caruana, Adrian Ciantar, Elaine Desira, Jessica Gauci, Annalise Grech, Maria Micallef, Deborah Mifsud, Rebecca Pirotta, Nicole Scerri, Romina Sciberras, Noel Seguna, Joeline Spiteri, Francesca Xerri and Faye Zammit.
German
Shana Briffa, Joanne Ellul Lanfranco and Angele Vassallo.
History
Abigail Marie Azzopardi, Nicolette Azzopardi, Carla Borg, Chantelle Buttigieg, Matthieu Camilleri, Gabriella Cauchi, Maria Cutajar and Mark Anthony Spiteri.
History of Art
Daniela Attard, Carmel Cassar, Mark Cassar, Tamara Fenech, Trudyanne Gera, Robert Kondai, Franklin Muscat, Mariella Pisani Bencini, Christian Schembri and Carmel Spiteri.
International Relations
Samuel Bezzina, Luca Caruana, Joseph Matthew Debono, Angelique Grech, Maria Portelli, Matteo Privitelli, Daniel Sammut and Andrea Vrazhalska.
Italian
Roderick Barbara, Donatella Buttigieg, Sharon Anne Drago, Emanuel Joseph Ellul, Annalisa Galea and Fallon Theuma.
Maltese
Jean Paul Attard, Keith Attard, Maria Attard, Deborah Axisa Farrell, Daniela Baldacchino, Daniel Bezzina, Graziella Bugeja, Leanne Camilleri, Ryan Caruana, Marita Cassar, Kirsty Chetcuti, Jessica Marie Cordina, Roseanne Fabri, Romilda Ann Formosa, Stephanie Gaffarena Purkiss, Maria Gauci, Carlston Grima, Melanie Mercieca, Janice Mifsud, Marie Claire Mula, Norberta Pollacco, Ruth Portelli, Esther Saliba, Lourdes Saliba, Christina Sammut, Leanne Schembri, Kurt Slattery, Raquel Smith, Gordon Lee Spiteri, Karen Spiteri, Carmelita Raisa Sultana, Annalise Vassallo and Charlon Xuereb.
Music Studies
Charleen Caruana, Joselle-Marie Cini, Graziella Debattista, Mauro Farrugia and Denise Galea.
Near Eastern Studies
Deborah Buttigieg
Philosophy
Janice Buttigieg, Joseph Facciol, John Nicholas Farrugia, Fabienne Formosa and Angele Marie Zammit.
Social Studies
Lucille Cachia
Sociology
Christine Agius, Joanna Attard, Jessica Bonett, Catherine Nina Borg, Mariette Borg, Matthew Borg, Dorothy Cuschieri, Glenn Dalli, Sharlet Fabri, Beverly Fenech, Nathalie Grima, Daniel Muscat and Elaine Zammit.
Theatre Studies
Maria Cutajar, Joanne Fenech and James Spiteri.
Postgraduate Diploma in Interpreting
Roxanne Borg, Ariana Marion Camilleri, Godfrey Galea, Josephine Rizzo, Andrew Xuereb and Dawn Avalon Zammit.
Postgraduate Diploma in Translation
Sherilyn Azzopardi, Graziella Maria Bonnici, Maria Cachia, Christian Cassar, Ilona Cassar, Charlene Micallef, Diane Sammut and Maria Christine Schembri.
Postgraduate Diploma in Contemporary Diplomacy
Undarmaa Batsukh, Vjosa Berisha, Lemarque Augustus Campbell, Ishmael Tsholofelo Dabutha, Vedran Djordjevic, Lubasi Mungandi, Altynay Rahimberdieva, Amir Selmani, Arijeta Shporta and Carl Smith.
Postgraduate Diploma in Hospitaller Studies
Marie Paule Wagner
Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Management and Planning
Antonio Caselli
Diploma in Archives and Records Management
Joanna Buttigieg, Janet Chircop Bray, Dorianne Coleiro, Antida Mizzi and Norman Sammut.
Diploma in Library and Information Studies
Maureen Amoroso, Maria Rozaria Bonnici, Nathalie Camilleri, Kenneth Caruana, Diana Cassar, Christopher Cilia, Gian Paul Gauci, Marthese Micallef, Kristine Saliba, Hadrian Joseph Sammut, Claudia Sammut Zammit, Malcolm Schembri, Carmen Scicluna, Kevin Wain and Max Zammit.
Bachelor of Communications (Honours)
Sponsor: Rev. Prof. Saviour Chircop
Leanne Bugeja, Mauro Busuttil, Cassian Camilleri, Emma Cassar, Diane Farrugia, Stephanie Ganado and Martina Said.
Bachelor of Communications
Sponsor: Rev. Prof. Saviour Chircop
Amy Borg, Matthew Borg, Karen Buttigieg, Claire Darmanin, Andrew Fabri, Neil Ferris, Melanie Garrett, Marija Grech, Jade Houghton, Leah Mifsud, Dorianne Saliba, Anna Sedelnikova, Khaled Sleiman, Dylan Sultana, Samuel Sultana and Keith Zammit.
Bachelor of Arts
Sponsor: Prof. Dominic Fenech
Stephanie Nicole Abela, Louise Agius, Kristen Apap, Andrew Aquilina, Stefania Arena Blandino, Abigail Attard, Marie Lourdes Attard, Lorna Attard Biancardi, Justin Balzan, Janica Marie Barbara, Bernice Borg, Raphael Borg, Dorianne Brincat, Joanna Bugeja, Marcella Busuttil, Rebecca Cachia, Denyse Calleja, Diane Calleja, Analise Camilleri, Kerstin Caruana, Michela Casha, Simon Cassar, Clare Cauchi, Fabian Cini, Nicolette Ciscaldi, Juan Sebastian Correa Caceres, Katia Cortis, Antonia Margherita Cutajar, Francelle Cutajar, Elysia Marie Darmanin, Lara Gail Dougall, Olsi Dudumi, Amanda Falzon, Anna Maria Fiorentino, Katinka Friedrich, Christabel Galea, Stephanie Galea, Valerie Galea, Graziella Garnisi, Hermanda Gauci, Ileana Germano, Jeanette Grech, Maria Grech, Rosann Grech, Julia Grima, Steven Hess, Zhengda Hu, Kyle Magri, Christabel Mallia, Raisa Mazzola, Henry Joe Micallef, Jonathan Micallef, Kelly Mifsud, Steven Mifsud, Ticoda Muscat, Stephanie Portelli, Marouska Pulis, Roberta Randon, Andrew Ricca, Franco Rizzo, Alexander Salem Rizzo, Rachel Sammut, Michela Kira Scalpello, Abigail Scerri, Audrienne Sciberras, Michelle Sciberras, Khaled Slim, Bjorn Spiteri, Kendrick Lee Sultana, Vincent James Tabone, Laura Tanti, Lara Tanti Gregoraci, Anna Toumi, Caroline Maria Vassallo, Marija Vella, Linette Zahra, Anthea Zammit, Maria Zammit and Rozanne Zarb Cousin.
Bachelor of European Studies (Honours)
Sponsor: Prof. Roderick Pace
Thomas Anthony Muscat, Sarah Agius, Neville Arpa, David Bartolo, Rachel Bartolo, Michela Boffa, Andrea Marc Bonello, Matthew John Bonett, Bernardette Borg, Francesca Borg, Jacob Christopher Charles Borg, Deborah Borg Brincat, Juliet Calleja, Clinton Camilleri, Miriam Carabott, Massimo Costa, Kimberly Cutajar, Roberta Rose Dalli, Jessica Diacono, Lina El-Nahhal, Hubert Paul Farrugia, Leeanne Galea, Paula Gera, Joanna Grima, Sarah Grima, Pavel Jakovlev, Emma La Ferla, Polina Leskova, Petya Marielova Balchiklieva, Etienne Marc Mifsud, Alessandra Pace, Elena Pace, Hazel Rafferty, Ceridwen Scerri, Mark Seychell, Leonard Spiteri, Maria Strati, Karl Vassallo, Solange Vella and Emma Zammit.