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UWC Day 2023: Shaping a Sustainable Future

UWC Day is a celebration of UWC ideals, our mission and values which falls on the UN International Day of Peace each year. In 2023 this occasion was full of inspiration, learning, and connection that lasted for three days, rather than the usual one day celebration. Under the theme "Shaping a Sustainable Future" our community came together with youth from our local area and with [...]

September 29th, 2023|

UWC Sustainability Webpage Launch

On UWC Day, on the banks of our beautiful Norwegian fjord,  celebrating the UN International Day of Peace, we came together as a community to host our patron, Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway, philosophers and politicians to explore together how, through education, we can “Shape a sustainable future”. On this day, Thor Inge Sveinsvoll and Anne Bergh, respectively, President and General Secretary of the [...]

September 27th, 2023|

Her Majesty Queen Sonja’s Visit on UWC Day: Honoring 28 Years of Patronage

As we celebrated UWC Day 2023 under the theme "Shaping a Sustainable Future," we were honoured to welcome Her Majesty Queen Sonja, Queen of Norway, to our campus. Her visit not only marked a yearly celebration of the UWC values and mission but also gave us a chance to honor Her Majesty’s unwavering support and commitment to our values as our Patron for the past 28 [...]

September 26th, 2023|

Red Cross Training: Meeting Point to Include Everyone

 Two Red Cross instructors spent two days on campus last week, and as a result, we have an eager group of first-year students with valuable training to do voluntary work. "UWC Red Cross Nordic has a group of wise, engaged, and friendly youth that give me faith for the future." That is how instructor Anders Ekeland and Dina Tjelmeland Adeler from the Norwegian Red Cross [...]

September 19th, 2023|

Visit of the Chair of the UWC International Board

The UWC RCN community was privileged to host Dr Musimbi Kanyoro, the Chair of the UWC International Board, who took time out of her visit to Denmark for a brief visit to RCN. Even Dr Kanyoro, with her experience of working with and travelling to the Nordic region, was amazed at the remote beauty of our fjord, travelling as many of us do on the [...]

September 11th, 2023|

H.M Queen Sonja visit UWC Red Cross Nordic

We're thrilled to announce that on UWC Day, 21st September, the annual global celebration of the UWC mission and values, we will be joined by H.M Queen Sonja. Queen Sonja has been a dedicated patron since the foundation of UWC Red Cross Nordic in 1995, and we look forward to welcoming her back to campus September 21st-22nd 2023. The theme for this year's celebration is [...]

September 1st, 2023|

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