Malta University Holding Company Limited

September - November 2013 Issue 11

Newsletter

For MUHC full-time and part-time personnel

Victor Galea (Teacher)

Corinne Vella (MULS)

BIRTHDAYS IN

SEPTEMBER

Inside this issue:

Welcome 1

Birthdays 1

Residential & Day

Care Workers Course

2

AutoCAD Course 2

Upcoming Courses 3

Stained Glass Course 4

Malta University

Language School

4

Malta University

Publishing

4

Malta University

Residence

5

Ring Road Fun Run/

Walk & Relay

6

Photos of the Fun

Run/Walk & Relay

7

Results of the Fun

Run/Walk & Relay

12

Focus on Personnel 16

Welcome to the eleventh issue of the

MUHC newsletter. We would appreciate

any feedback or comments about the

newsletter, as well as regular news up-

dates. We look forward to hearing from

you.

16th

7th

4th

1st

WELCOME ON BOARD

A warm welcome to Michael Brookes

who joined the team in September as

Entertainment & Merchandising Coor-

dinator. On behalf of all at MUHC, we

would like to take the opportunity to

welcome him on board and wish him

success and fulfilment in his new role.

Graziella Muscat

(Hotel Kappara)

Fr. Joe Borg (Campus FM)

Ronald Mangion (MUR)

Shana Desira (MUR)

BIRTHDAYS IN

NOVEMBER

BIRTHDAYS IN

OCTOBER

Donald Micallef

(Financial Controller)

John Scolaro (MUR)

Rita Sant (MUR)

Celaine Buhagiar

(Campus FM)

Vanessa Azzopardi

(Hotel Kappara)

1st

31st

25th

20th

2nd

19th

21st

During the period July - September 2013, Malta University Consulting Ltd. held a course on 2D and 3D modelling using AutoCAD. A number of participants, from various sectors including architecture and engineering, attended fhe course. Participants acquired skills on how to generate and plot professional detailed drawings and how to create 3D Computer-Aided Design (CAD) models. They also had the opportunity to see a live demonstration of how a 3D CAD model can be physically produced using Rapid Prototyping. The course was delivered by Dr Ing. Philip Farrugia, who was assisted by Mr. Michael Attard.

2D & 3D AUTOCAD MODELLING COURSE

RESIDENTIAL & DAY CARE WORKERS COURSE

GRADUATION

Twenty-three students successfully completed the Residential & Day Care Workers Course organised by Malta University Consulting Ltd. during the academic year 2012-2013. The Graduation Ceremony was held at Dar l-Ewropa, Valletta on the 17th

October 2013.

For further information about courses

and seminars organised by Malta

University Consulting Ltd, please visit

http://muhc.com.mt/category/

consulting/current-courses/ or email

maria.bugeja@muhc.com.mt

MALTA UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE SCHOOL

Several part time evening courses will commence in 2014, for other languages apart from English. The courses on offer will be as follows:

Maltese for Beginners January - March 2014

Maltese at 2nd level January - March 2014

Russian for Beginners January – April 2014

Japanese at 2nd level January - February 2014

Japanese for Beginners April - June 2014

For further information, please visit http://universitylanguageschool.com/ or

email info@universitylanguageschool.com

Forthcoming publications by Malta University Pub-

lishing are : Ħrejjef għal Żmienna by Joe Friggieri;

In-Nisġa tal-Ħsieb No. 3 by Joe Friggieri and The

Journal of Anglo-Italian Studies Vol. 12. For fur-

ther information about Malta University Publish-

ing, please visit http://maltauniversitybooks.com/

MALTA UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING

During the period August - September 2013, Malta University Consulting Ltd. held a course on Stained Glass. The course was delivered by Mr. Joe Meilak.

STAINED GLASS COURSE

On Sunday 10th November 2013, an old University event was revived in the form of a Ring Road Fun Run/Walk & Relay, or-

ganised by MUHC during the Open Day of Discover University. Half the proceeds from this event will be donated to Hospice

Malta.

An individual 5km run, 2km run/walk, 5km relay (teams of 4) and 800m children’s fun run were held. A total of 111 partici-

pants took part in the day’s events. Prof. Juanito Camilleri—University Rector—officially set off the 5km run joined by Pro-

Rector Prof. Alfred Vella, Dr. Joe Cassar, shadow minister for education and Mr. Fernando Docampo, Chief Officer of Middle-

sea Insurance p.l.c. The Rector then participated in the 2km walk, joined by MUHC Director Peter Baldacchino. Joe Azzop-

ardi, MUHC Group CEO, completed the 5km run. MUHC Director & University Secretary Simon Sammut joined three other

University employees—Dr. Ing. Anton Bartolo, Tonio Mallia and Christian Bonnici–in a relay team. Other MUHC staff who

took part in the events were Alexia Pace Kiomall—Manager Consultancy Services (relay), Corinne Vella—Director of Studies at

MULS, Kata Vizi– MULS teacher, Marlon Grech—Assistant Operations Manager at MUR, and Clive Azzopardi—House Assis-

tant at MUR (2km). There were also a number of University staff and students who took part in the various events.

All finishers were given a commemorative medal, while overall and University winners were awarded trophies. There were

also prizes for the best fancy dress costume for a child and adult. A raffle was also held which gave all participants present at

the Awards ceremony the chance to win a weekend break at Hotel Kappara, a study voucher from ICE Malta and other spot

prizes.

The next edition of the Ring Road Fun Run/Walk & Relay is scheduled to be held in March/April 2014 (the exact date will be

announced soon).

Some pictures of the event and the results can be found on the next pages of this newsletter. More photos are available on our

Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Malta-University-Sports-and-Leisure/113577142104162 ).

MUHC would like to thank the sponsors of the Ring Road Fun Run, namely GO, Upsynth, ICE Malta, the Discover University

Team, Campus FM, Mint Beverages, Birkirkara St. Joseph Sports Club, the Malta Marathon Organising Committee, Paola

Hibs Nursery and our official photographer, Christina Goggi.

You may contact us on (+356) 23408902/79869882 or michael.brookes@muhc.com.mt for further information.

UNIVERSITY RING ROAD FUN RUN/WALK & RELAY 2013

Dr Joe Cassar, shadow minister for education, and University Rector Prof. Juanito Camilleri, prior to the start of the Fun Runs

Some participants before the start of the 5km run

MUHC Group CEO Joe Azzopardi and other participants during the 5km run

Marlon Grech, Assistant Operations Manager at MUR, & Peter Baldacchino, MUHC Director, before the start of the 2km run/walk

Participants in the 2km run/walk

Clive Azzopardi running to the finish line to finish just ahead of another participant in the 2km run

Marlon Grech running towards the finish line to finish in 3rd place in the 2km run

Joe Azzopardi accompanied by his son at the end of the 5km run

Kata Vizi, teacher at MULS, and Corinne Vella, Director of Studies at MULS, finishing off the 2km walk

Alexia Pace Kiomall, Manager—Consultancy Services getting ready to participate in the Relay

Some volunteers from Hospice Malta, the official charity of the event

Mr. Fernando Do-campo, Chief Officer of Middlesea Insurance

p.l.c. completing the 5km run

Simon Sammut, MUHC Director, running to the finish line in the Relay event

“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.” – Unknown

FOCUS ON PERSONNEL:

DR. ING. ALEXIA PACE KIOMALL

MANAGER—CONSULTANCY SERVICES

MALTA UNIVERSITY CONSULTING

Alexia Pace Kiomall is a mechanical engineer by profession, having graduated

from the University of Malta in 2006. She then went to work in the manufactur-

ing industry, but returned back to the University shortly after, following the

award of an MGSS scholarship, to read for a Ph.D. She spent another 5 years at

University working on her postgraduate studies in the area of product design with

a focus on biomedical device design. She was involved in a national Research &

Innovation project funded by the Malta Council for Science & Technology, the

results of which have been the filing of 2 patents. Following this, Alexia then

worked for 3 years as a Consultant at Malta Enterprise, in the areas of Product &

Process Development, and Intellectual Property Management, consulting SMEs.

Having the Technical, Research & Industrial background, Alexia’s role at MUC is

to link University academics, researchers and lab officers with industry helping

them to collaborate in projects together. She is responsible for Consultancy and

Lab Services.

Alexia, has spent many of her summers doing voluntary work both locally and

abroad with the Sisters of Mother Teresa in Egypt, Italy and France. However,

now she has other priorities as a wife. She has been married for 6 months, to

Derek who also works at University.

For further information about Malta University Consulting, please visit http://

muhc.com.mt/companies/malta-university-consulting-services/

“I can do things you cannot,

you can do things I cannot;

together we can do great

things.”

― Mother Teresa