March 29th marked another wonderful day for the NURTURE Global Project and its members. With spring officially returning to Norway, last Saturday’s beautiful weather provided the perfect opportunity for NURTURE’s Ph.D. and MSc exchange students to gather in Oslo for some social activity and a change of scenery. Professor Shegaw Anagaw Mengiste, NURTURE Project’s coordinatorContinue reading “A Spring Gathering in Oslo: NURTURE Exchange Students Connect and Explore”
Category Archives: Social Event
Women Empowerment and Global Collaboration
We are thrilled to conclude the NURTURE project staff mobility program, hosting seven brilliant female academics from five partner universities and two senior officials from the University of Gondar (UoG) under the SEARCH project, on Friday 27th June 2025! At USN Vestfold Campus, the delegation met with Rector Pia Cecilie Bing-Jenssen and faculty members fromContinue reading “Women Empowerment and Global Collaboration”
NURTURE’s first female PhD Exchange
NURTURE is proud to have overcome the expected and unexpected challenges to welcome its first female Ph.D. exchange, Elsabet Wedajo Welde, from Jimma University in Ethiopia to continue her academic journey at the University of South-Eastern Norway, campus Drammen. Since the start of the project, one of the main objectives of NURTURE has been toContinue reading “NURTURE’s first female PhD Exchange”
Visiting Vigeland Sculpture Park
A few days before the current batch of Staff Exchange for the NURTURE project comes to an end, Prof. Shegaw Anagaw Mengiste, the NURTURE project’s manager, arranged another gathering for Berhanu and Shegaw Marie, the staff exchange of Fall of 2024, to spend another day out in Oslo and visit the amazing Vigeland Sculpture ParkContinue reading “Visiting Vigeland Sculpture Park”
Oslo Gathering for Fall 2024 Exchange
On 30th November 2024, Berhanu and Shegaw Marie, two Staff Exchanges of the Fall of 2024 NURTURE project were invited to Oslo for sightseeing and to share their experiences about their stay in Norway. Dr. Shegaw Anagaw Mengiste, the NURTURE project’s manager, and Gholamhossein Kazemi, the NURTURE project’s assistant, organized this gathering. We all metContinue reading “Oslo Gathering for Fall 2024 Exchange”
NURTURE’s Farewell Gathering for Spring 2024 Staff Exchange Guests
On Friday 14th June, NURTURE conducted a social event to farewell its staff exchange guests who were here in Norway, Dr. Fasika and Dr. Abraham. Dear Fikerte and her family hosted NURTURE’s guests at their house like they did for previous guests. She is a very kind Ethiopian lady residing in Drammen who always supportsContinue reading “NURTURE’s Farewell Gathering for Spring 2024 Staff Exchange Guests”