Abelkonkurransen Final
Our very own Muxuan Yan was =1st, with Johan Socrates Wind from the Kongsbakken high school in Tromsø, in the prestigious national mathematics competition - the Abelkonkurransen. Many congratulations to both first place winners and to the other participants in the final round including second year RCN students Ricardo Guzman from Mexico and Jana Řežábková from the [...]
Recital by Aileen Thomson
On Monday 23rd March, Aileen Thomson (soprano soloist and friend of our Rektor) gave a recital of English music in the auditorium to a large group of students and staff. She rehearsed over the course of the weekend and was accompanied by Christina Pavlaki (Greece), Alexis Bjørksten (Sweden) and Kåre Sandvik (Norway). Aileen’s recital consisted [...]
Africa!
Following the successful event, student Blessing Chirimbani writes: The long-awaited 2015 African Bazaar and Show finally came to RCN on Saturday, 21st March. It attracted a large audience of host families, mottak visitors, friends of the College, Haugland visitors and the community of the RCN. A lot of hard work, long evenings and cooperation went into [...]
IKEA Foundation
On Thursday 19th March, RCN’s biennial Nordic Global Concerns Day was held on campus with workshops led by students on Nordic topics as diverse as mythology, monarchy, fishing, peacekeeping and refugees, socialism and knitting. Per Heggenes, the CEO of the IKEA Foundation, was invited as part of the day to deliver the inaugural Nelson Mandela lecture here at [...]
The Nansen Academy
On Monday 16th March, Arne Osland (Director of Devlopment) and Richard (Larry) Lamont (Rektor) visited the Nansen Academy in Lillehammer. The Academy was founded in 1938 as a protest against the totalitarian ideologies in Europe and was named after Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian polar explorer, scientist, author and humanist. The Academy is a folkehøgskole (for students [...]
Ridderrennet 2015
"Are you sure you don’t want to stop here!" his guide asked. "No! I want to do 20 km!" Melvin insisted, barely able to feel his hands after having pushed himself 10 km on a ski-sleigh. Melvin Ricardo Cornejo Gomez from El Salvador was one of five UWCRCN students and 450 participants in the 52nd annual Ridderrennet [...]