For the second consecutive year, our student-initiated Investment Club has reached the finals of the prestigious investment competition for high school students facilitated by Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania. The club aim at finding viable alternatives to the current profit-driven investing culture. “It is our belief that returns on investments without impact are, in a sense, mere numbers, whereas returns with visible impact are something of much greater magnitude: change.”

The competition consists of a 3-month trading period. Fifteen out of the approx. one thousand registered teams are selected to take part in the finale. Both years, the RCN Investment Club has generated higher returns than the S&P 500, despite their ethical and sustainable approach.

Herman (Sweden) and Jesper (Denmark), who initiated the club last year, have kept it up in their second year. Again, they qualified as one of the fifteen finalists. As this is during the IB exam period, only the first years will be able to go: Anton (Sweden), Arran (Canada), Ossian (Finland) and Kieren (Malaysia). Good luck to the team and thanks to Jesper, Herman, Kasper (Norway) and Elias (Norway) who were central in getting the team to the final.

In the photograph – from left to right: Herman (Sweden), Jesper (Denmark), Arran (Canada), Anton (Sweden), Ossian (Finland), Kieren (Malaysia), Elias (Norway) and Kasper (Norway)

It was a pleasure to welcome the members of Council and other guests from Thursday 26th to Saturday 28th April 2018 for the annual UWC RCN Council meeting here on campus. Our Council members continue to act as our supporters, our bridge-builders, and our voice across the Nordic region.

The Council gathers once a year on campus and the Board four times a year, alternating between College visits and other locations throughout the Nordic region.

In advance of the Council Meeting, the UWC RCN Annual Report – a printed encapsulation of our work and reflection on the year gone by – was released. Please see here for an electronic copy.

Beyond the formal Council meeting, we designed this year’s programme in a way that provided members with concrete opportunities to engage with students and staff, through careers workshops and focus groups on areas of strategic importance. For the latter, we set up some Focus Group Meetings (UWC Nordic Short Course, Fundraising, Campus Development, the RCN Educational Model, and Regional Impact) on Friday afternoon – open to Council members, Education and Support Staff and the newly elected Student Council members.

Student performance

Staff performance

The Council Meeting was followed by a themed dinner, ‘Valhalla’, coordinated by our Events Management students and staff team in the Høegh – with a set of performances by students and staff for after dinner entertainment.

Tonje (Norway) and Flormari (USA), two of our second year students, ended the day with a wonderful introduction to gammaldans – with the help of local musicians, Jan and Andreas. Over sixty of us took to the dance floor.

Thank you to all those who contributed to the programme for our Council members and guests.

For an album of pictures, please click here.