Award for Mark Chalkley
Our Senior University Counsellor, Mark Chalkley, has been chosen one of the nine 2019 Counselors That Change Lives, the only international counsellor to receive the award this year - and we think the first UWC counsellor! This honour is given in recognition of Mark's dedication to the college counselling profession and for promoting and supporting [...]
Focus on World Religions
Last week was World Religion Week at UWC RCN, with focus on interfaith dialogue and intercultural understanding and philosophy of religion. We welcomed two visitors for the event, Hugh Rice of the University of Oxford, who led workshops on arguments for and against the existence of God, and Rev'd Canon Philip Lambert, who led [...]
A Colourful Visitor
A large light spectrum visits our biology lab on those rare clear days in winter, when the Sun is high enough over the hills but low enough to shine through an accidental prism (a half-hexagon aquarium placed by the window). This makes the white light split into its shiny component colours.This stunning light phenomena [...]
Til fjells – a walk in the hills
Some current students have been especially enthusiastic to experience local outdoor possibilities; this was noticeable when they woke up one Sunday morning last winter and carried skis for an hour to a nearby skiing area, to then "ski on skins" up the slopes and spend the day romping on the slopes before walking back [...]
Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony 2018
The International Community taking a Stance against Wartime Sexual Violence. In Oslo City Hall for the ceremony This year the College had the honour of being represented at the Nobel Peace Prize Awards in Oslo with the following students and staff attending: Jordanella (Sweden/Dem Rep of Congo), Olivia (Norway), Mariana (Mexico), Otto (Norway), [...]
Maarten Hillebrandt (RCN ’01-’03)
If ever a national stereotype applied to a young adolescent, for me, it would be the famed Dutch directness. From a young age, I strived to “tell it as I see it”. In high school, this got me into trouble with the board, when the school newspaper of which I was editor-in-chief published a series [...]