Dan Silfwerin – A Star is Born
On Sunday 21st August our very own Dan Silfwerin (Swedish and English teacher) was invited to perform in the finale of ‘Mimi Goes Glamping’ at Åmot Operagard. The Bergen National Opera created a community opera based on the local Fjaler kommune story Murmartinstein i Fjella (Murmartinstein in the mountains). Bergen National Opera’s director Tom Guthrie [...]
Summer Camps at RCN
After a week for our cleaners to get all of the student rooms ship-shape after the student exodus, the campus was yet again filled up with excited new faces. As always, the Red Cross in our region provided the main group of visitors over the summer. New for this year was “Camp Fjaler”, an international camp for physically [...]
Staff Introduction Week at RCN
It has been Staff Introduction Week at RCN this week – this is an opportunity for staff to learn about the activities that have been happening on campus over the course of June and July, for Support and Education Staff to reconnect after the summer break, and for professional development / training and for preparation [...]
Kasia Dybek (’07 – ’09)
I graduated from RCN eight years ago, but I feel it's been only in the last few years that I truly discovered what I experienced and realised how lucky I was, and still am, for those two years in Flekke. Some people have their plans set out even before attending UWC, knowing exactly what they want [...]
Yale Young Global Scholars
During the summer two of our students, Abdul Abo Shokusr ('17) and Yangzom Dolma ('17) attended a Summer Programme at Yale University. Here is Abdul's report: Starting with the sophisticated yet intriguing Marbury v. Madison case and ending with capstone project presentations, 'TED' talk series and a talent show, two of our students (Yangzom and [...]
Elias Rodriguez ’15-’17
Elias Rodriguez (Argentina RCN) was offered a one month placement at a residential school in the UK for the month of July – and the first month of RCN’s summer break - and joined a fellow UWC student - Jacqueline Nkhonjera from Malawi - from Waterford Kamhlaba for the experience. Elias reports: ‘The time that I [...]