20th Birthday!

2018-10-16T09:33:01+01:00September 30th, 2015|

HM Queen Sonja and HM Queen Noor with first Rektor Tony Macoun at the opening of the College

HM Queen Sonja and HM Queen Noor with first Rektor Tony Macoun at the opening of the College

Professor Geir Lundestad

Professor Geir Lundestad

Today (Wednesday 30th September) marks the anniversary of the official opening of the College twenty years ago. There is a special programme planned for today with a guest lecture by Professor Geir Lundestad (formerly Director of the Nobel Peace Institute) for students, staff (and patients and staff from RKHR) on ‘What can the Nobel Peace Prize Achieve?’ at 1245, tea and cakes at Kathini and Larry’s house for those members of staff and their partners who were here in the first year of the College (1995), and then a special birthday dinner for students, staff and families in the Kantine.

Happy Birthday RCN and thank you to all those who have contributed in their own way to the success of this College since it was founded.

Arve Helle

2015-09-30T09:29:58+01:00September 30th, 2015|

UWC Red Cross Nordic would like to take this opportunity to thank Arve Helle for his outstanding support of the College over the past 12 years in his role as Mayor of Fjaler. This morning, Larry (on behalf of the College) gave Arve a framed photo of himself and Her Majesty Queen Sonja from her visit in 2014 (and a special letter of thanks) as a reminder of Royal visits, a wonderful Jubilee and twelve years of support of this College.

Millenium Goals

2018-10-16T09:33:02+01:00September 30th, 2015|

At the UN General Assembly

At the UN General Assembly

2015-09-30 Kanchan03The New Millenium Development Goals have been launched in the United Nations this week, setting ambitious and necessary targets in many sectors. We are proud to see our own alumna, Kanchan Amatya (Nepal)  RCN 2010-2012, participating as a selected witness for the Sustainable Development Goals adoption at the UN.

Announcement – Jubilee Fund

2015-09-28T11:56:16+01:00September 28th, 2015|

It is with great pleasure, on the day of our Jubilee (celebrating 20 years since the opening of UWC Red Cross Nordic), that the College can announce that the Leif Høegh Foundation (Leif Høegh Stiftelsen) will make a gift of NOK 1 million to help launch the RCN Jubilee Fund. This donation will go towards financial support for a foundation year for those from conflict / refugee backgrounds who are unable to complete the IB programme in 21 months due to disrupted learning and / or language difficulties. The Davis-UWC Impact Programme, funded by Shelby Davis, will now match this donation from the Leif Høegh Foundation giving the College a total of NOK 2 million for its Jubilee Fund.

The Leif Høegh Foundation has made important contributions to this College and the UWC movement over the years. It was the Høegh Foundation which funded the Høegh Centre – a superb multi-purpose space here on campus. It is used for a huge range of activities – from the production of plays to ‘gammaldans’ with students and members of the local Fjaler community, from a banquet hall for the annual Council dinner to regular multi-cultural bazaars and performances – and is at the heart of our students’ lives as it provides them with space from the academic centre of the College and the intensity of daily living in the Houses in the Student Village.

The bust of Leif Høegh, located on the walkway to our Boat House and overlooking Haugland Bay, has observed nearly two decades of College activities – and we hope many more years to come.

We are hugely grateful to the Høegh Foundation for this extremely generous donation and for its continued support.

Richard D A Lamont
Rektor
UWC Red Cross Nordic

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