People of RCN

"I was always very interested in music, I don’t know where it came from.  I was never forced into it. Before I even had an actual violin I would practice with two pens.  My parents never played instruments but growing up we didn’t have a television, so there was always music in my house.  I guess you could say it was my first big interest.  What I love about music [...]

My two years at UWCRCN has deeply affected the way I am and what I do today. Going to a university was not the obvious choice for me when I grew up as a refugee from Iran in a socially disadvantaged neighborhood. But after UWCRCN I chose to study Social Sciences, driven by a curiosity to better understand the world around me. Since then I have been working project-based for [...]

Alumnus Bob Okello has recently been featured on the University of Oklahoma website. He tells his story - from rural Uganda to the US, via Red Cross Nordic. Read the profile here. For profiles and news of other students and alumni, click here.

Our alumni are a great resource for us. We are delighted to receive many visits from them and also stay in touch and hear how they, in various ways, live the mission. One of these is Pawel Urbanski, from Poland, who recently came as a guest speaker at the World Today event. His presentation was on what it is like to lose your sight and how it may seem like there is nothing you can do. [...]