Eirik Fismen
Today Eirik Fismen, long-serving doctor at the Haugland Rehabilitation Centre, came to the College Meeting to receive our grateful thanks on the occasion of his retirement. Larry offered the following address: It is a great pleasure to welcome Dr Eirik Fismen here today. Eirik has been the senior doctor at the Rehabilitation Centre for over [...]
Tedx at UWC Costa Rica
It was a privilege to join our sister College, UWC Costa Rica, during their second TEDx UWCCR event. TEDx events are independently organized talks created in the spirit of “ideas worth spreading”. The event was streamed live in Flekke thanks to the incredible efforts of staff and student volunteers who dedicated time and energy to [...]
Vacancy – UWC Connect
This spring UWC Connect opens a new Centre for visitors at Haugland in Fjaler, Western Norway. We are looking for an experienced and ambitious person to lead the development of an international centre for the region. The company will run camps and outreach activities on behalf of its owner UWC Red Cross Nordic. See here for further information, and here [...]
Peace Conference
Over the past weekend, we had the privilege of attending the International Peace Conference hosted by UWC Maastricht in the Netherlands. Two students, one from Israel and one from Palestine, who realized the importance of peace through their experiences with each other after arriving at a UWC, originally put the conference into motion. After the [...]
Friluftsliv
2015 is the year of 'Friluftsliv' in Norway. The year will be packed with events that will give opportunities for experiences in the great outdoors. For our diverse group of students we always emphasize gaining an appreciation of the beautiful nature around them, by getting out and enjoying it - experiential learning. Here is an [...]
Daniel Toa-Kwapong
The support they receive from teachers who care is something that students and alumni often emphasise when talking about the quality of their two-year stay here at RCN. One of the everyday heroes on our campus is Daniel Toa-Kwapong, who, together with his wife Barbara, has been at the College since the start in 1995 . [...]