Anne Terwitte (RCN ’01 – ’03)
When I graduated from RCN some 14 years ago I thought I‘d be coming back to Norway: perhaps to be an au pair (with no clue why I would want to look after kids); [...]
A Visit from Santa Claus
Santa Claus came early to Haugland this year. We have just got the good news that Gjensidige Foundation have granted UWC RCN 125,850NOK to be spent on dry suits for our kayaking and canoeing activities. [...]
Magnea Gná Jóhannsdóttir (RCN ’15 – ’17)
I remember the time I ran early in the morning to class but stopped to look over the ice-layered fjord mirroring the mountains and being passed by five others who also stopped, breathed in the frozen [...]
Nobel Peace Prize 2017
Five UWC Red Cross Nordic students - Akari (Japan), Henrik (Norway), Jinho (East Timor), Jorge (Mexico), Mikkeline (Denmark) - and one member of staff (Larry, our Rektor) attended the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in the City [...]
Uni Counsellor in Singapore
Our University Counsellors, Mark and Hildegunn, continue to do a wonderful job to introduce our students to different pathways beyond UWC Red Cross Nordic. Throughout this term, they have hosted many counsellors on campus from [...]
From Flekke to Nobel
A world with stable power balance, where nuclear weapons are not involved? A diverse group of students from UWC Red Cross Nordic in Flekke has been invited to attend the Nobel Peace Award in Oslo on [...]
Finland’s 100 Years of Independence
Finland can be seen as a bit of an anomaly in Fennoscandia. Whereas pronunciation constitutes the primary obstacle to mutual comprehension between the Swedes, Danes, and Norwegians, Finnish belongs to an entirely different (Uralic) language [...]
Libby Mason
I first visited UWC Red Cross Nordic in the Spring of 2015, when I was doing a short tour of some UWCs in preparation for the UWC Pastoral Care Conference to be held at [...]
Davis-Mahindra Intern’l Scholars
Each year, RCN is asked to put forward four second-year nominations for the Davis-Mahindra International Scholarship. In essence, this is recognition of an outstanding contribution throughout the RCN programme and something for the CV as [...]
UWC RCN Boad Meeting
Signing the Agreement The RCN Board met for a quarterly meeting at the SOS Children's Villages office in Oslo on Friday 23 November. The board members were given a presentation by Bente Lier, [...]