Checking out the University

Today was a great day! Amanda, Andrew, Cecilia, Ian, Spencer, and Vanessa took a trip to the University of Malta to do some touring, research, and interviewing. (And a little shopping, of course!)

Upon arriving at the University, we headed straight to the Archaeology Center to meet up with Dr. Timmy Gambin, who is a Senior Lecturer in the Department. The Archaeology Center was a cool old stone building--something we are definitely not used to seeing at Cal Poly.

Timmy showed us all around the department, including the archive room that is full of archaeological findings and results from years of excavations.

After that, we got to see the student center and some of the buildings. We went to the Engineering Building, and got to check out the different disciplines of Engineering offered at the University here, including Systems & Control Engineering, which we learned about earlier this month from a Professor who got his Ph.D. working in robotics.

We loved all of the views and the courtyards at the campus. Everything was so green!

Then, Andrew went to the library to read up on politics throughout Malta's history and I interviewed some Professors about the Maltese attitude toward their water shortage and plans for addressing it.

On the way back, we picked up some shirts for the Malta football game tomorrow night! We're all really excited. Go Malta!