Graduation 2015
We are already looking ahead to the graduation of the second year students in May. Attached is information for friends and families who are thinking of attending the ceremony. A letter to parents and guardians from the Rektor. Information about accommodation in the local area.
Art Exhibition
As the final part of their course, the second-year Visual Arts students put on an exhibition of their work. It has been much enjoyed by students, staff and visitors. Teachers have been able to take their classes to the exhibition, being guided by the Visual Arts students who have happily taken the opportunity to explain their art pieces. Thank you to all concerned (especially Art Teacher Reidun [...]
Volunteering at Laski
Lauren Trumper (UK) came to UWC Red Cross Nordic for the academic year 2014-15 and worked as an EVS Volunteer in the Outdoor Department. Given the College’s ongoing partnership with the Laski School for blind and partially-sighted children and teenagers from across Poland, Lauren has volunteered to work at the Laski Centre, on the outskirts of Warsaw, from October 2014 to November 2015. She kindly offered to write [...]
Abelkonkurransen Final
Our very own Muxuan Yan was =1st, with Johan Socrates Wind from the Kongsbakken high school in Tromsø, in the prestigious national mathematics competition - the Abelkonkurransen. Many congratulations to both first place winners and to the other participants in the final round including second year RCN students Ricardo Guzman from Mexico and Jana Řežábková from the Czech Republic . Here is a link to an newspaper article about Muxuan's [...]
Recital by Aileen Thomson
On Monday 23rd March, Aileen Thomson (soprano soloist and friend of our Rektor) gave a recital of English music in the auditorium to a large group of students and staff. She rehearsed over the course of the weekend and was accompanied by Christina Pavlaki (Greece), Alexis Bjørksten (Sweden) and Kåre Sandvik (Norway). Aileen’s recital consisted of songs from Purcell to Handel, from Vaughan Williams to Madeleine Dring, [...]
Africa!
Following the successful event, student Blessing Chirimbani writes: The long-awaited 2015 African Bazaar and Show finally came to RCN on Saturday, 21st March. It attracted a large audience of host families, mottak visitors, friends of the College, Haugland visitors and the community of the RCN. A lot of hard work, long evenings and cooperation went into the event. There had been a wonderful video trailer, and a series of [...]