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Getting ready for the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony

From left: Deputy Rektor Anna Garner, Randula/Sri Lanka, Danica(Nkki)/USA, Emilie/Danmark, Alim Kaloka/Sierra Leone, Lorela/Albania

Since our start in 1995 the College has received the honor of being invited to the Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo City Hall. Here are the comments of our students in anticipation for this year's event:

Randula:
Being a UWC student means being a symbol of unity among all the cultures, countries and nations. Attending the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony is a significant experience in my life. Not only because of being a student in a college which is dedicated to promoting unity and peace through education, but also as a person who is coming from a background where the peace is a need.

Alim Kaloka:
I am Sierra Leonian attending the Red Cross Nordic United World College. I have the priviledge to attend the 2009 Peace Prize. Coming from a school where leadership in young people is stressed upon or fostered it is very special to attend the ceremony. I think this occasion will make a big impact on me for the rest of my life.

Emilie:
Obama seems to ghave an understanding of the differences in the world and that different people have different needs. This is the understanding that we strive to achieve in United World Colleges.

Lorela:
Having been given this opportunity to attend this event, is absolutely irreplaceable and something that will never be able to forget. It is ian honor to see the president of the USA give a message of peace. When I look back on this I wonder how did I manage to have this honor and then I find the solution in UWC. This message of peace is what we admire and try to achieve in our small community. Our mission is his mission in miniature and it is a priviledge to hear this mission restated.

Nikki:
As students at an international college with peace through cultural understanding as its mission, the students are very excited to be able to witness this particular peace prize ceremony, which celebrates the President's commitment to bettering international relations.

Some Sunny Night

On the 11th of November the Opera Musical, “Some Sunny Night” was performed in Lillesand. This was to commemorate the work of Kjetil Moe and Mark Wang. The two of them met when Mark was a student at RCNUWC in preparation for what would become the first “Race for Life” in 1999, a race that started at Haugland and finished in Kristiansand. Kjetil participated in the New York Marathon 14 times before his life ended.

Under the guidance of Dr Johan Stanghelle he was breaking barriers for what was seen as possible for people with cystic fibrosis. Since graduating from the College, Mark has become a celebrity in his home country China. The story of his fight to become fully rehabilitated after surviving an airplane crash has been made into film and a TV series. As it was ten years since the death of Kjetil, the Opera about their co-operation was performed to two full houses at Myglestø Sports Hall. Ten of our present students were in the choir. Under the supervision of teacher Kåre Sandvik they were thoroughly prepared for their part. European Song Contest winner Alexander Rybak performed as Kjetil Moe. Mark himself took his part on the stage as narrator. At the end of the Opera, Lillesand Municipality received a statueof Kjetil and Mark as a gift from Gengdan University, Beijing.

Together with Gengdan, our graduate is working towards setting up a new UWC in China, a process which is supported by the RCNUWC. Next year the Opera will be back in Beijing. By then we will have taken more steps towards realizing the first UWC in mainland China, “... a dream since my days in Flekke”, Mark tells us.

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