Renovation Campaign 2018
We are now in the middle of the Campus Renovation Campaign. A warm thank you to everyone who has donated or otherwise contributed. Our aim is to reach 600.000 NOK. As we write this, we are more than halfway there. The Leif Høegh Foundation has just informed us that they will support the Renovation Work annually with 200.000 NOK for a period of 5 years. The [...]
Rafto Prize 2018 – Adam Bodnar
45 of our students and 3 teachers attended this year’s Rafto Conference, which gave us an insight into the Human Rights situation in Europe with a particular focus on vulnerable groups, among them: women, refugees and LGBTI communities. We had a chance to learn about importance of the role of the civil society in addressing the issues often ignored or pushed to the side by governments. [...]
Arne Ophaug 26.10.’53 – 20.10.’18
It was with great sadness we received the news that Arne Ophaug had passed away after a period with cancer treatment. Many colleagues took a last farewell in the funeral at Fedje last Friday, the place where he grew up and where he and Maria now had a holiday residence. Arne had been in charge of our kitchen since we started in 1995 and from 1999 [...]
Alumni Making an Impact
Recently, both Mark Wang ('98-'00) and David Sengeh ('04-'06) have been in the limelight with their mission related impact. Mark, now founder and Chair of UWC Changshu, was delighted to host King Harald and Queen Sonja at the College during the recent Norwegian state visit to China. It was Queen Sonja who had made a UWC scholarship to RCN possible in 1998, an opportunity that changed [...]
End of Leirskule Season
UWC Leirskule offers participants a chance to meet people from all over the world, join exciting outdoor activities and practice their English speaking skills. Each week a group of school children (age 11-14) from our region, comes for a week of activities. They get fully immersed in campus life, eat all meals in the kantina and stay on campus in the UWC Connect buildings. In [...]
The reason why I came to RCN
Last week we welcomed 48 visitors from the Arna centre for asylum seekers to take part in an activity-packed programme. The visit was part of our Meeting-place for Diversity programme, the aim of which is to help groups of visitors benefit from the diverse College community. Since this was project week, we had a core group of 15 students who dedicated themselves to this interaction, [...]