May 2008

Polar Challenge achievement

Yoyo Schepers has returned from the Arctic having successfully completed the 2008 Polar Challenge. She has raised over £30,000 for UWC scholarships aimed at young women from countries in crisis in the Middle East and Africa.


Going Dutch - UWC's 13th College approved

UWC’s 13th College is set to open in the Netherlands next year, embracing core UWC values but also breaking new educational ground.


April 2008

*Waterford Kamhlaba is positive about HIV
In a groundbreaking and positive move Waterford Kamhlaba is now offering voluntary HIV and Aids testing on campus to all members of the College community, a first for any school in Swaziland.

February 2008

*Polar Challenge
Yoyo Schepers is preparing for the gruelling 2008 Polar Challenge.

*EveryClick
We all wish we could do a little bit more – now you can help raise money for UWC just by clicking your mouse!

January 2008
*Online Giving
You can now donate to UWC online.

December 2007
*Student profile: Didi Wambugu
Didi Wambugu (Great Britain) talks about how she felt when she was offered a scholarship to UWC Costa Rica and the challenges she and her fellow students have faced in the College’s first year.

*The PACE project
The PACE project, initiated by the United World College of the Adriatic, aims to harness the power of education in the process of rebuilding post conflict societies.

October 2007
*Winner of the Man Booker Prize
UWC graduate, Anne Enright (PC 79-81), has been awarded the 2007 Man Booker Prize for her novel, The Gathering.

*Yohanne Kidolezi
From Kintinku to Boston via Red Cross Nordic UWC and Davis UWC Scholarship to Middlebury College. Follow this incrediable journey as Kido continues to maximise every opportunity that comes his way.

September 2007
* Jack Matthews, 6 April 1928 – 7 September 2007
Jack Matthews, founding Director of Pearson College, has died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 79.