Thor Heyerdahl Week
The 29th September marked the beginning of UWC Red Cross Nordic’s Thor Heyerdahl Week – our College’s contribution to celebrations planned across Norway for the centenary of Thor Heyerdahl’s birth on Monday October 6th. Thor Heyerdahl - archaeologist, author and explorer - played a hugely significant part both as International Patron of the United World College movement and, [...]
Phil and Amy Geier
It was a pleasure and privilege to welcome Amy and Phil Geier this week to UWC Red Cross Nordic. Fresh from the inauguration ceremony at UWC Robert Bosch College, Amy and Phil arrived on campus on Tuesday evening and proceeded to take a full part in College life – from meetings with staff and students to participation [...]
UWC Robert Bosch
The students and staff at UWC Red Cross would like to express our delight that - after years of preparation - UWC Robert Bosch College in Freiburg is opening its doors on the 23rd of September 2014 as the 14th UWC College worldwide. Tove Veierød (Chair of UWC RCN) and Tom Gresvig (one of the founding team of UWC [...]
Major Support for UWC
On 15th September UWC International Patron Shelby M.C. Davis and Anand Mahindra, Governor of UWC Mahindra College and Chairman of India’s Mahindra Group, announced that together they will provide major new support for the UWC movement. Jointly they are committing a total of US$12.5 million scholarship funding over the next five years. Shelby Davis and Anand Mahindra said: [...]
Board Meeting in Iceland
The College Board Meetings were hosted in Reykjavik this week, a visit that included activities with other stake holders in Iceland. The Education Ministry provides the annual scholarship for Iceland. We were received at the Ministry, the Danish Embassy and the Nordic House. We received guided tours of both the ancient and the present parliament; [...]
Svein Harberg
Svein Harberg, leader of the Family and Culture Committee in the Norwegian Parliament, visited the College today, together with a group of local politicians and professionals within the cultural sector. His visit to Fjaler is about ongoing work to establish a professional support system for artists in our region. Mr Harberg visited our art class [...]