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local Thursday 2 February 2023
Royal Family visits

University of Aruba and

meet with students from

different faculties

(Oranjestad)—During the is indeed a difference be-
two-day Royal visit, His tween the laws on the dif-
Majesty the King Willem- ferent islands, because of
Alexander, Her Majesty the religious reasons for exam-
Queen Maxima and Her ple. However, according
Royal Highness Princess to the statute, the countries
Amalia visited the Univer- must try to keep the laws
sity of Aruba, where they equal for all.
were presented with the Candelaria further shared
faculty of Law, participated how she enjoyed her expe-
in a quiz on different top- riences with the Royals. She
ics in the Kingdom and had indicated that during the
the opportunity to discuss conversation with the king,
with students from different the king showed support
faculties of the university. not only to her point about
the laws in the island coun-
Bon Dia Aruba talked with tries of the Dutch Caribbe-
a few of the students that an—which he said should
had the opportunity to be adapted to those in the
speak with the Royal Fam- Netherlands, but also to
ily, as well as the Governor the fact that these islands
of Aruba and Secretary should work together and
of State, Alexandra van create new laws that they
Huffelen. They shared a could all benefit from.
bit of their discussions and “I’m very happy to hear
about how their overall ex- that from the king, be-
perience were. cause sometimes we feel
Lianne Candelaria, a stu- that we often fade into the
dent from the faculty of background, so it’s nice to
Law at the university had a hear that he is interested in that he is surprised that the have that support from the were doing and what the
conversation with King Wil- working with us and that he Royals had questions about queen and princess for the program can mean for the
lem-Alexander. She shared supports us,” Candelaria voluntary work and the so- social field on Aruba and future of Aruba in terms
that they talked about the added. cial field in Aruba, where how they felt about it. They of sustainability. She also
principal of concordance, he was able to share his provided great feedback shared how some students
where it states that The Keanu Maduro, student experience as a student at for us,” Maduro expressed. are involved in some proj-
Netherlands and the other from the Social Work & De- the university. He remarked that he ex- ects and that they are re-
islands in the kingdom must velopment faculty, had the “For me, it was something plained a little about vol- ceiving data that the island
make sure that the law is opportunity to speak with very new, because I’ve untary work and how it was does not yet have, in order
equal for all. the queen and princess. He never had an opportunity something difficult to keep to obtain necessary infor-
She explained that there shared with Bon Dia Aruba like this. It was really cool to maintaining volunteers and mation for a better future.
remain active. He added
that they talked about the “It was an honor to be in-
social aspects of the field vited to speak with the Roy-
to give a small description als and the Governor, and
about what this looks like to able to represent my
compared to The Nether- school and the program
lands. in a beautiful way. It was
“They were really enjoying great to get their attention
the conversation and they on something that would
liked the information that normally not receive much
we provided. I even took attraction,” Grauzinis said
note of things, so it was about her experience.
overall a beautiful experi-
ence,” he indicated. Lastly, she added that the
Another student that spoke king and the governor
to the king was Lux Grauzi- were very receptive and
nis, student from the SIS- the king even commented
STEM program. She shared that one of his kids is con-
with the newspaper that sidering coming to the Uni-
she and her friends, who versity of Aruba, because
are also in the same pro- she is interested in marine
gram, spoke to the king science: “it’s an interest,
and the Governor of Aru- and he was enthusiastic to
ba. They talked about what hear about those aspects
SISSTEM entailed, what they of the program as well.” q