...the university gives me good research opportunities and is great for further education.

...the intersection of biblical stories with archaeological research. With a very supportive and encouraging professor, I get academic opportunities here that I didn't get elsewhere.

...an archaeological excavation trip to Hazor in Israel. I had previously imagined that three weeks of digging in the heat would be very unpleasant and possibly boring. The work was hard, but it was also a lot of fun.

...a student in his first semester who is rediscovering the University of Oldenburg and still has his future ahead of him.

...that it always has committed students who are interested in research and that it can continue to offer university education - unlike universities in my country of birth, Australia, for example - almost free of charge.