University of Amalo

The University of Amalo is an educational institution in Amalo.

Details
The University has its own ostro (tram station), which was huge, “with great peaked arches and elaborate murals on the walls.” The University was built late in Amalo's history, and featured buildings with architecture from different time periods, going back a millennium. The Department of History is a collection of buildings centered around a fountain called the Historians' Memorial. Mavelar House is one of the buildings east of the fountain.

Women are not allowed to attend the University. Tomilo Uzhavel wanted to create a university for girls. Goblins and those of mixed-race can attend, as well as elves. Scholars do not swear oaths of poverty, but it's rare for them to become wealthy. It does not appear unusual for the wealthy to become scholars, though.

The University has ranks of scholarship, starting from the bottom, as a student. To become a ranked scholar, one must complete at least two theses, which will grant one the rank of scholar of the third rank. It's unknown what requirements there are for scholars of the second and first rank, though the latter is the more respectable. Scholars of the first rank plait their two long scholar's braids with red ribbons. They also wear a silver key. Scholars of the first rank are relatively uncommon, because the rank requires so much scholarship.

The key and ranking system appears to be shared among universities in the Ethuveraz.

The University has a history department, including military history. There are also scholars who argue about revetheralin.

The University is governed by a University Senate. Departments appear to have their own senates, called a Faculty Senate. The History Department's Faculty Senate "meets only once a month." Special sessions can be called to meet at other times.

Members

 * Aäthis Rohethar (Scholar of the first rank, history)
 * Lisava Ormevar (Scholar of the first rank, history)
 * Trivonezh
 * Udrichalar
 * Ulthora Csathamar (Scholar, military history)

Trivia

 * Other universities include the University of Ashedro and the University of Cetho.
 * Ulthora once served as a Witness for the Scholar of the Third Rank in a plagiarism dispute, but despite his efforts and the efforts of the Witness for the Scholar of the First Rank on the other side of the dispute, no proof of plagiarism was found.
 * Other terminology for a ranked scholar: a first-ranked scholar.