On Thursday September 26th we welcomed nearly 800 students to the Kona university campus for the Fall quarter. On Friday morning we had a Polynesian Protocol welcome to the island as well as an orientation for the new students. That evening we had a celebration of the 39 nations from which these students came, with…
On September 16th we welcomed several hundred University of the Nations (UofN) staff from around the work for a week of training in preparation for them working in UofN courses. I shared in an interview with several of us about the beginnings of the university 40 years ago.
From Switzerland we flew back to Kona, Hawaii to participate in our school’s debriefing following the students’ two month overseas service. This debriefing week concluded with the students receiving their certificates of completion of this course.
From Italy we drove back to Lausanne, Switzerland where we participated with 500 other people celebrating 50 years of training that began in Switzerland and developed into University of the Nations.