Summer Camps at RCN
After a week for our cleaners to get all of the student rooms ship-shape after the student exodus, the campus was yet again filled up with excited new faces. As always, the Red Cross in our region provided the main group of visitors over the summer. New for this year was “Camp Fjaler”, an international camp for physically disabled participants, run by UWC Connect for the Lion’s Club, involving co-operation [...]
Staff Introduction Week at RCN
It has been Staff Introduction Week at RCN this week – this is an opportunity for staff to learn about the activities that have been happening on campus over the course of June and July, for Support and Education Staff to reconnect after the summer break, and for professional development / training and for preparation for the beginning of the academic year. This year’s Staff Introduction Week [...]
Yale Young Global Scholars
During the summer two of our students, Abdul Abo Shokusr ('17) and Yangzom Dolma ('17) attended a Summer Programme at Yale University. Here is Abdul's report: Starting with the sophisticated yet intriguing Marbury v. Madison case and ending with capstone project presentations, 'TED' talk series and a talent show, two of our students (Yangzom and Abdul) participated at the Yale Young Global Scholar this summer. Programme [...]
UWC Pastoral Care Conference
In mid-June, a UWC Pastoral Care Conference was held at Pearson College, Canada over five days. It was designed to bring together residential staff from all UWCs in the spirit of connectivity and collaboration. We were delighted that there were representatives from all the UWC schools and colleges, including the two prospective campuses in Thailand and Japan. All the teams present at the conference are committed to [...]
Galdhøpiggen with the Red Cross
This year a group of students and teachers from RCN again participated in the annual Til Topps event, organized by The Norwegian Red Cross. It was the 10th anniversary of this amazing hike to Galdhøpiggen that is, with its 2,469 meters elevation, the highest mountain in Norway and with that the highest mountain in Scandinavia and Northern Europe. Til Topps is the year’s most energetic multicultural integration [...]
På Flukt (‘On the Run’)
Waking up This weekend, the College in tandem with the Norwegian Red Cross ran the annual På Flukt (‘On the Run’) simulation for first year students. There had been much preparation in the build up to this event (marking the end of the first year RCN experience) including a Global Concerns Day on migration, a visit from Mina Moghadam earlier in the week (UWC AC [...]