Nobel Peace Prize Winners
On Friday 10th October at 11am, the Nobel Institute will announce the 2014 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has received nominations for 278 candidates (the highest number of nomination in the history of the prize) including nominations for 47 organisations. The Nobel Peace prize aims to reward a person, or organisation, who’s worked tirelessly for peace despite the world’s many hurdles. Last year, [...]
Nordic Ambassadors
On Monday 6th October 2014, General Secretary Espen Stedje at "Foreningen Norden", together with Olemic Thommesen, in his role as Chair, hosted a reception in Oslo as a prelude to the 20th anniversary of our College. This was a fine way of bringing together different stake holders within Nordic co-operation; for the College, it was an opportunity to express our gratitude to representatives of all countries and [...]
Dr. Ronald Sturm
Dr. Ronald Sturm (AC Alumnus), Head of the Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Unit of the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria, kindly offered to come to UWC RCN for the second year in a row to address the World Today Forum on nuclear disarmament and the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons. Ronald brought with him two copies of the new United Nations publication "action for disarmament: 10 things you [...]
Thor Heyerdahl Week
The 29th September marked the beginning of UWC Red Cross Nordic’s Thor Heyerdahl Week – our College’s contribution to celebrations planned across Norway for the centenary of Thor Heyerdahl’s birth on Monday October 6th. Thor Heyerdahl - archaeologist, author and explorer - played a hugely significant part both as International Patron of the United World College movement and, at a later stage, in developing the concept of a United World [...]
Phil and Amy Geier
It was a pleasure and privilege to welcome Amy and Phil Geier this week to UWC Red Cross Nordic. Fresh from the inauguration ceremony at UWC Robert Bosch College, Amy and Phil arrived on campus on Tuesday evening and proceeded to take a full part in College life – from meetings with staff and students to participation in lessons. At the invitation of the Admissions Team at Middlebury, Amy [...]
UWC Robert Bosch
The students and staff at UWC Red Cross would like to express our delight that - after years of preparation - UWC Robert Bosch College in Freiburg is opening its doors on the 23rd of September 2014 as the 14th UWC College worldwide. Tove Veierød (Chair of UWC RCN) and Tom Gresvig (one of the founding team of UWC RCN) shall be attending the opening ceremony as representatives of our College. [...]