Climate Education Project
UWC Red Cross Nordic, the Norwegian Glacier Museum and 4H successfully applied to the Naturlige Skulesekken for a climate education pilot project. The project leader is the Glacier Museum. Our institutions have a common understanding on the importance of climate change although we have different but equally successful educational approaches in the field. The three [...]
The Days of the Knights
For the past three years, UWC Red Cross Nordic has been invited to take part in Ridderdagene - an annual event where people come together for a weekend at Storedal in South-Eastern Norway to prove that everybody can participate in, and enjoy outdoor activities and sports regardless of ability. Dylan DeMarco (UWC RCN 14-16), a member [...]
Førde Opp
To cap off the eventful month of August about seventy students and staff (and a dog) from the College took part in the (very!) challenging Førde Opp, a ridiculously steep run/walk/stagger to the top of the mountain overlooking Førde. Top competitive finishers were Peter, Nick, Petter, Balder and Franco, who all gained 700 metres in [...]
Summer In Sakyikrom
Over the course of the summer break many students worked on humanitarian projects back in their home countries. Bruno Felalaga (second year – Ghana) reports back: During my summer vacation in Ghana, I took the opportunity to visit Sakyikrom United Primary school in the Eastern region of Ghana. This is one school that two student-led humanitarian [...]
UWC Denmark Award
We are very pleased to announce that on Monday Pil Tesdorpf, who graduated this summer from UWC RCN, was the first to receive the UWC Denmark Achievement Award. Along with the prize is a sum of money which has been made possible by a generous donation from Ms Elise Philip Sørensen, a Danish lady living in Switzerland. [...]
Summer Course 2015
Monday, 17 August marked both an end and a beginning for the students who took part in the summer English course at RCN. A group of about 20 students arrived three weeks early to campus in order to begin studying English and familiarizing themselves with the campus before the majority of students arrived. The summer [...]