Neil Davis Friluftsliv PBL
We drove into the mountains looking for snow to build a snow cave. Our little international band of students, headed by a South African (who really can ski) scanned the landscape excitedly. The five of us came from Belarus, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark and the US and have various experience with skiing and this diversity in nationality, [...]
UWC International statement
UWC International statement about US Executive Order The following is the announcement from the UWC International Office about the US Executive Order. A change.org petition, drafted by many alums from across the UWC movement, can be found here. UWC - a global education movement with secondary schools in 17 countries hosting students from 155 nations [...]
Model United Nations 2017
Our Model United Nations has, since the early years of the College, been a significant event and an integral part of the UWC experience. On January 26th the event commenced with Arne Øi from the UN Association West delivering the introductory presentation to the delegates. This was followed by engaging discussions in the eight respective [...]
Mostak Rahman (’99 – ’01)
Losing my father whilst still a baby, living in poverty with a mentally ill teenage mother, life threw a curve at me at an early age. My grandmother could not afford two daily proper nutritious meals for us, and my uncle - at the age of 10 - had to quit school to earn money [...]
Book Book Tuk Tuk – Cambodia
The employees at Red Cross Haugland Rehabilitation Centre decided that this year their Christmas presents from their workplace - with a total sum of 30,000 kroner - would go to the project 'Book Book Tuk Tuk' in Cambodia: Playing a central role in the project are our current Cambodian students Pring Mean and Sreythai Seng. [...]
Jacob Yath Deng (’15 – ’17)
“The greatest thing any person could do is to help another person. So if you can aid the people around you - that’s enough; there is nothing greater than that.” Jacob lives by these values and they guide him in his academic pursuits. Aspirations to study pharmaceutical chemistry lie at the forefront of his mind. The [...]