“Partir c’est mourir un peu” or, in English, “To part means to die a little”.

The end of this school year for the graduating class of 2014 was celebrated in the auditorium on Saturday, before a record attendance of visitors. The influx of parents, host families, Board members and friends of the College stretched our capacity to the full, but they all contributed to the uplifting framework and celebratory atmosphere created for the Graduation Ceremony. Many tears were shed, both from the class leaving and from their friends who will stay one more year by the shores of the bay at Haugland. In the sadness of leaving, we know that our graduates will have some very exciting years ahead of them.

Congratulations to all – and many thanks to all those who worked so hard to make the second year dinner on Friday night and the events of Graduation Day such a success.

Albums of photographs can be seen on facebook:
The Graduation Dinner & the Graduation Ceremony

The Rektor’s Speech on Graduation Day.

Graduating student, Sophia Larney’s address to her fellow graduates at the Graduation Dinner.

President Sven Mollekliev, Norwegian Red Cross – on the Value of Volunteering and Focus on Participation.

President of the Norwegian Red Cross, Sven Mollekleiv, visited the College on Tuesday April 29th to give a lecture in preparation for Constitution Day, which is coming up on May 17th. Sven has just arrived back from Syria, where he has been part of a delegation focusing on the help given by the Red Cross in an extremely difficult context. The talk stressed the importance of voluntary work – in times of crisis, for a general preparedness in society and as key ingredient in democracy building. After the lecture he was surrounded by eager students asking for concrete advice on how they can get involved in Red Cross work in their home countries and abroad.