Projects for Women – Zonta
First year student Helen Pörtner writes about her recent trip to Alesund. To the Zonta Club. Here she writes about her experience. The week before November Break I was given the opportunity to go to Ålesund to visit the local Zonta Club. Zonta is an international organization with the goal of advocating for women’s rights. It was [...]
Rafto Prize Conference 2016
We are happy to join in with the congratulations to the Rafto Foundation! For thirty years this Bergen based foundation has been relentlessly supporting champions of Human Rights, shedding light on the heroic resistance of individuals and organizations around the world. Thanks for allowing our students to take part in your inspiring work, for giving [...]
Nordic National Committees
It has been a pleasure to host the Nordic National Committees (representatives from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden with a special guest from the Latvian NC) on campus for their Annual General Meeting this weekend. Their itinerary has included connecting with students, meeting for their AGM and with members of the Education Management Team and [...]
Sandefjord and Nesbru MUN 2017
It was a great honour to be a part of the 13th annual SANMUN (Sandefjord and Nesbru Model United Nations) conference held near Oslo on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th of November. SANMUN is one of the biggest MUN conferences in Norway and welcomed up to 170 delegates from all around Scandinavia with a delegation [...]
Ezequiel Jimenez (’07 – ’09)
Where to start? The fjord. Fiskekake. The boathouse. The K building. World Today. Mariano. Kåre S. Pete. Daniel. MT. Winter. Tea. Being cold. The 3km trip to Flekke shop. The room temperature. The fifth umbrella of the year. A show. Lots of music and the love of my life. Ah, yes, and the IB. RCN [...]
Antonin Besse – A UWC Founder
UWC Red Cross Nordic would like to express its sadness at the news that Antonin Besse, patron and honorary vice-president of UWC, has passed away and to extend our thanks to his family for his deep commitment to UWC since its founding and, in particular, for his support of students from the Yemen who have studied [...]