“Dear Frank, you have been the students’ rector, and everyone envies us for having had you as UiA’s top leader”, student leader Benedicte Nordlie said during the handover of the chains of office marking the transition from Frank Reichert to Sunniva Whittaker as rector of the University of Agder.

Representatives from the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany visited UiA for the RISE_SMA-project kick-off. The purpose is to identify risks and opportunities of social media for the domains: society and crisis communication.

The university board adopted Monday 17 June the recommendations for three new vice rectors and a new dean at the Faculty of Humanities and Education. The vice rectors and the dean receive a fixed-term appointment from 1 August 2019 to 31 July 2023.

“Drawings from the University of Agder’s Beat art collection will be exhibited at Cornerteateret in Bergen during the Bergen International Festival from 25 May to 23 June”, says Mette Line Pedersen, UiA’s art historian responsible for the Beat art collection among other things.

CEO Tom Fidjeland in Cameron Sense, Kristiansand, and student Robin A.R. Moudnib are the only board members who continue to sit on the UiA Board in the autumn.

Coffee hour is an intercultural meeting place at UiA, bringing people together regardless of their religious orientation. The student chaplain, Hans Jørgen Wennesland, is the initiator of the event.

Benedicte Nordlie continues as leader of the STA board next year. This became clear when the Student Organisation of Agder held elections for next year’s councils, boards and committees on Wednesday.

It is still possible for students to put themselves forward for the internal student elections at UiA. The deadline is 22 May.