Natur og Ungdom
On Thursday 12th March Arstein Vestre, the national leader of Natur og Ungdom, the biggest youth environmental NGO in Norway, and one of their board members, Ida Louise Skylstad visited the College. Our guests had a meeting with Arne Osland, the Director of Development and Judit Dudás, the Sustainability Team Leader and they participated in Madulika Singh's Environmental [...]
Visitors from Malmø
On Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th we had a visit from the Education Sector of Malmø, as a return visit after our Board and management were received there last year. In the delegation were: Ingegerd Wärnersson – UWC RCN Council Member; Andreas Schönström (Labour), Deputy mayor; Mediha Ahmadi (Labour), Member Education Council; Gunn Hanell (Conservative), [...]
Northern Lights
During her visit to RCN last year and in a discussion in the Physics lab on the northern lights phenomenon, H.M. Queen Sonja recommended we invite Dr. Pål Brekke to the College. The topic of Dr. Brekke's work and his reputation as a skilled presenter was a perfect match for the inaugural RCN Thor Heyerdahl [...]
A Royal visit
Her Majesty Queen Sonja will visit UWC Red Cross Nordic on September 21st - 22nd for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the College and our work to use education as a uniting force. During the visit there will be a special focus on our co-operation with the Red Cross. Our new centre, run [...]
Congratulations
Congratulations to Susanne Gabrielsen, UWC Red Cross Nordic alumna(Norway NC), for being awarded her doctorate by the University of Minnesota following the submission of her theses: ‘Longitudinal Intergroup Contact Model Comparison at the Multicultural High School UWC RCN’. Susanne concluded her thesis with the following statement: RCN puts young men and women who might otherwise never [...]
Sven Mollekleiv
On behalf of UWC Red Cross Nordic, congratulations to Sven Mollekleiv on the receipt of the award of the Order of St Olaf from His Majesty The King for his commitment to humanitarian action – an outstanding achievement. Sven has had a long association with UWC RCN. He was Secretary General of the Norwegian Red [...]