S-Cubed A Year in Review
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s Summer approaches and the academic year comes to an end, so does the term for the current S-Cubed executive. It’s been a hectic year for the committee, which has strived to promote what it has always stood by – promoting unity among science students. As always, the year kicked off with the muchawaited Freshers’ Week. Many students are new to the University scene at this time and S-Cubed went to significant lengths to ensure enough relevant information was provided to students to help them familiarise themselves with the campus environment. Leaflets with useful information about several Universityrelated issues were handed out and information about our international affiliate networks was also available. This year, S-Cubed also initiated a number of tours around the University grounds to familiarise themselves with the campus and the distribution of the faculties around University. Useful initiatives such as a second hand book database were also made available to facilitate the sixth form to university transition. The 7th Annual Science Seminar which followed served to bring together a record
number of nearly 100 students, mostly first years, from across several departments in an informal environment. The weekend activity was packed with activities, talks and social events, which gave room for the participants to socialise with each other while still gaining new knowledge about a variety of topics: • Welcome Keynote Presentation by Mr. John Gabarretta (S-Cubed President) • Student Representation at the University of Malta by Mr. Jonathan Falzon (KSU Education Commissioner) • Dielectric Properties of Body Tissues by Ms. Lourdes Abdilla (University of Malta PhD student at Physics Department)
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