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Getting ready for the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony

Nobel Ceremony 2009

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 a Peace Prize ceremony. 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.

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