The celebrations of our 20th anniversary were crowned with Her Majesty Queen Sonja's visit on a day of beautiful early autumn sunshine. The Queen took her time as she moved around the College talking and listening to many students on her route. The National News on NRK focused on her meeting with Melvin Cornejo Gomez (El Salvador) and his way of expressing aspirations for peace. After a breathtaking student [...]

We are one day away from the main Jubilee event at UWC Red Cross Nordic - an opportunity to celebrate our 20th anniversary in tandem with the 150th anniversary of the Norwegian Red Cross - alongside UWC Day and the International Day of Peace as observed across the world. Her Majesty Queen Sonja will be arriving in the Royal Yacht for the event. In this weekend's edition of Bergens Tidende [...]

It has been an exciting week with local Norwegian elections gripping the campus. Robin Stokke, Norwegian first year, reports: We started by announcing the whole project during an assembly on Monday. All of the first years found out which party they had been placed in, and were encouraged to start researching their party and democratically electing a leader. On Thursday Jacob and I had a short presentation [...]

Last weekend people all over Norway marked the Days of Mushrooms by picking and identifying them. Some of our students and staff joined in with the help of Norges Sopp-og Nytteverksforbund. On Sunday fifty of us took the Posteveitrimmen, the traditional walk of the local families - and found many types of mushrooms. After the hike, experts were waiting on campus with a display of local mushrooms and identified the ones [...]

Generous donations from friends and supporters of the College this year have enabled eight first year students to receive new laptops to assist them with their studies. Every year a small number of students is supported in this manner and this year is no exception. Babba Laminou (Cameroon), Becky Ahikiriza (Uganda), Bernard Kenyi (South Sudan), Jacob Yath Deng Dau (South Sudan), Lee Yang (Cambodia), Mean Pring (Cambodia), Sumaya Said Salma (Western Sahara) and Telemos [...]

The Postal Walk is a well-attended annual event locally, hosted by Svint Sports Club in Flekke. This year it was held on Sunday 6th and approximately 50 students and staff took part on a lovely sunny day. The walk follows the old postal route from Bergen to Trondheim, the part from Rennestraum to Hovland. The terrain is relatively flat, along lakes and in woodland and was enjoyed [...]