There is More in You than You Think
Anne-Mette Bredahl held the introductory lecture to our RCN Life Skills Programme for first year students. The lecture is part of our work to strive continuously towards building a resilient culture at the College. At an individual level Anne-Mette told about her great loss in life - when she became blind shortly after graduating from [...]
Staff at the Royal Garden Party
Arne and Vidar in Oslo for the Garden Party His Majesty King Harald and Her Majesty Queen Sonja are hosting a garden party in the royal gardens in Oslo today. 1500 invited guests from all over the country will have the privilege of attending. Arne Ophaug and Vidar Jensen, faithful workers at UWC [...]
Julia Makayova (’12 – ’14)
Since graduating from RCN in 2014, I have been studying at Macalester College in the Midwestern US. As a true liberal arts student, I launched into a Psychology major with Dance, Hispanic Studies and Critical Theory minors during my first year. However, after a summer of earnest dialogues with myself, I dropped all my pre-registered [...]
Rektor’s Address – A New Term
An extract from our Rektor’s opening address at the first College Meeting of term for students and staff: I must admit to having been gripped with Olympic fever over recent weeks – and the force of the Olympics to unite nations through sport. Conversation, companionship and compassion We, within the United World College [...]
Ridderdagene- Activities for All
Five students from the Knights EAC drove ten hours with Hilde to take part in Ridderdagene in the South-East part of Norway – and had a fantastic time there over the weekend of 18th to 21st August. Ridderdagene (The Days of the Knights) is a weekend where many volunteers do all they can to make summer [...]
Pellegrino Riccardi – Seminars at RCN
On Monday, Pellegrino Riccardi was invited to the College on the recommendation of Hilde Genberg (RCN’s Survivors of Conflict Programme Coordinator and formerly the College coordinator of the Fredskorps Partnership) – Hilde had previously heard Pellegrino speak at the annual FK summer camp on inter-cultural understanding. We put together a programme for Pellegrino so that [...]