Being humble does not meanletting everyone walk all overyou, Pauline Galea from theFaculty of Science told graduates during yesterday’s graduation ceremony held at the Jesuits’ church in Valletta.
“By all means, aim high, showcase your talents and develop your best skills. But always be ready to acknowledge that however much you have learned, you still know very little,” Dr Galea said.
She urged the graduates to welcome input from other people and to give time for ideas to mature.
“Be ready to listen to everyone and to learn from everyone – even the lowliest person has something important to teach. Humility makes better persons, better colleagues and better leaders.”
Also addressing the graduates was Iman Omara Farhat, who ob-tained a doctorate from the Faculty of Science.
He told his peers to continue on a path of lifelong dedication towards learning and achievement, not only within their own selves, but also to improve the standard of living of others, society and our home, planet Earth.
“This responsibility is not one to be taken lightly, and I hope that the years spent studying at this university have provided all of us with the character, determination, compassion and skills that will enable us to serve others in the future.”
Ceremony 24
Faculty of Science
Master of Science
Sponsor: Professor Charles V. Sammut, Dean, Faculty of Science
Biology
Sacha Dunlop.
Chemistry
Amy Rachel Cachia, Duncan Micallef, Kyle Andrew Paterson.
Cross-Disciplinary Science
Roderick Micallef.
Mathematics
Stuart Vella Bonello.
Metamaterials
Diana Kuzova Cini.
Physics
Julian Bonello, Giuseppe Gauci, Mariya Grech Muscat.
Statistics
Lara Marie Azzoppardi, Charlene Galea, Lara Emma Montebello, Nadia Tagliaferro.
Master of Science in Applied Oceanography
Sponsor: Professor Charles V. Sammut, Dean, Faculty of Science
Sara Baldwin, Denise Desira, Hazel Farrugia, Nicole Scerri.
Master of Philosophy
Sponsor: Professor Charles V. Sammut, Dean, Faculty of Science
Christine Farrugia, Roberta Mifsud.
Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences
Master of Arts
Sponsor: Dr Noellie Brockdorff, Dean, Faculty of MAKS
Andrew Alamango, Sergio Muscat, Joseph Schembri.
Master of Fine Arts in Digital Arts
Sponsor: Dr Noellie Brockdorff, Dean, Faculty of MAKS
George Abdilla, Andrew Aquilina, Theresa Debono, Patrick Fenech, Matthew Galea, Jennifer Mallia, Sarah Mifsud, Amanda Muscat, Joseph Patrick Smith, Jean Marc Zerafa.
Master of Arts in Integrated Marketing Communication
Sponsor: Dr Noellie Brockdorff, Dean, Faculty of MAKS
Luca Baldacchino, Stephanie Cutajar, Matthew Deguara, Vanessa Maria Farrugia, Lara Formosa, Maria Muscat Azzopardi, André De Abreu Ribeiro, Alisa Shabanova, Philipp Soldunov, Clint Spiteri, Cheng Yan, Victoria Zammit.
Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Master of Science
Sponsor: Professor Maria Attard, Director, ICCSD
Jonathan Caruana, Sara Hazzard, Rebecca Pirotta.
Institute of Digital Games
Master of Science in Digital Games
Sponsor: Professor Georgios N. Yannakakis, Acting Director, Institute of Digital Games
Ryan Abela, Matthew Agius Muscat, Luke Mark Aquilina, William Cachia, David Martin Chircop, Noel Cuschieri, Karl Grech, Gary Hili, Andrea Piano*, Jean-Luc Portelli.
Institute of Earth Systems
Master of Science
Sponsor: Professor Louis F. Cassar, Director, Institute of Earth Systems
Stephen M. Brincat, Kristina Darmanin, Joseph Mizzi, Carmen Sánchez Garcia, Ritianne Spiteri, Cheryl Tonna, Claudio Toscano.
Master of Science in Sustain-able Environmental Resources Management
Sponsor: Professor Louis F. Cassar, Director, Institute of Earth Systems
Offered as a Double Degree Programme with James Madison University, US.
Bryan Todd Ogden, Christopher Paul Parker.
Centre for Environmental Education and Research
Master in Education for Sustainable Development
Sponsor: Professor Paul J. Pace, Director, CEER
Caroline Rose Camilleri, Clinton Cassar, Marilyn Cordina, Estelle Duca , Bernard Grixti, Loraine Spiteri, Amanda Zahra.
Faculty of Science
Doctor of Philosophy
Sponsor: Professor Charles V. Sammut, Dean, Faculty of Science
Iman Omara Farhat, Cristina Milani Vidori, Colette Pace.
Faculty of Media and Knowledge Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy
Sponsor: Dr Noellie Brockdorff, Dean, Faculty of MAKS
Marco Montalto.
Mediterranean Institute
Doctor of Philosophy
Sponsor: Professor John Chircop, Director, Mediterranean Institute
Marian Ann Muscat Azzopardi.
Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
Doctor of Philosophy
Sponsor: Professor Godfrey Laferla, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
Tanya Melillo Fenech, Lino Sghendo.
* In absentia