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 [...]
Renovation Campaign 2018
We are now in the middle of the Campus Renovation Campaign. A warm thank you to everyone who has donated or otherwise contributed. Our aim is to reach 600.000 NOK. As we write this, we are more than halfway there. The Leif Høegh Foundation has just informed us that they will support the Renovation [...]
Rafto Prize 2018 – Adam Bodnar
45 of our students and 3 teachers attended this year’s Rafto Conference, which gave us an insight into the Human Rights situation in Europe with a particular focus on vulnerable groups, among them: women, refugees and LGBTI communities. We had a chance to learn about importance of the role of the civil society in [...]
Arne Ophaug 26.10.’53 – 20.10.’18
It was with great sadness we received the news that Arne Ophaug had passed away after a period with cancer treatment. Many colleagues took a last farewell in the funeral at Fedje last Friday, the place where he grew up and where he and Maria now had a holiday residence. Arne had been in [...]
Alumni Making an Impact
Recently, both Mark Wang ('98-'00) and David Sengeh ('04-'06) have been in the limelight with their mission related impact. Mark, now founder and Chair of UWC Changshu, was delighted to host King Harald and Queen Sonja at the College during the recent Norwegian state visit to China. It was Queen Sonja who had made [...]