Rektor´s Updates

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27th April 2025

Dear Parents and Guardians of Graduating Students,
Cc 10th Generation,

You are warmly invited to join what at RBC is called a ‘Closing Ceremony’ starting at 10:30am on Friday 23rd May, either online or at the College. The event is scheduled to last around 2 ½ hours.

The link to the livestream is: https://live.uwcrobertboschcollege.de

• For those Parents and Guardians who have decided to attend in person, you also are invited to ‘Coffee and Brezeln’ starting 9:30am, Friday 23rd, in the Mensa Courtyard.
• If you are intending to arrive by car, there is very limited parking available in the area next to reception and, on this occasion, spaces will be reserved for anyone with a disabled parking permit/mobility issues. More parking is available at the car park down the hill from the student village but if possible, we would recommend parking elsewhere and arriving on foot.
• There is limited seating for the Closing Ceremony, especially if we need to move indoors because of poor weather (that will be decided fairly last minute). All second year students have been allocated two tickets. I’m afraid that you cannot join us for the ceremony if you do not have a ticket.
• After the Closing Ceremony, lunch will be served, to which you are all warmly invited.
• We kindly request visitors to depart Campus by 4:00pm, to allow the college community again to become inwardly-focused in saying goodbye to each other at the end of almost two years of deeply-shared living and learning together, partly through rituals that have evolved in UWC and at RBC over the years.

The graduated students are required to have departed Campus by 12 noon on Saturday 24th May.

For Parents and Guardians travelling to Freiburg on Thursday 22nd May:
The Thursday is a somewhat awkward day for visitors. It is the day of the big clean-up in the student houses, and for packing. These are time-consuming tasks that need to be done, and often there is little energy or enthusiasm for this. Most students arrived in August 2022 with one or two suitcases, and most will not be able to leave with more than they arrived with – despite the steady accumulation of things over the almost two years. Experience suggests that these cleaning and packing tasks are not achieved before at earliest mid-afternoon. If you are visiting, please do not aim to meet with your child / RBC’s graduating student before 18:00 and before their House is released – if they leave before the House is released, they likely will be most unpopular with their roommates and House Tutor!
With the heavy work accomplished, on Thursday evening a closed college-community BBQ is scheduled, followed by a ‘Handover’ Ceremony from the graduating students to their 1st year peers. Again, by its nature this is a closed event.
I look forward to your joining either online or in person.

Best,
Helen, Rektor
helen.white@uwcrobertboschcollege.de

Find past letters / updates here:

• Update from January 27th, 2025 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from December 2nd, 2024 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from October 21st, 2024 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from September 24th, 2024 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from August 23rd, 2024 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from August 8th, 2024 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from April 19th, 2024 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from January 15th, 2024 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from December 18th, 2023 (Rektor’s Xmas Letter to Panrets and Guardians)
• Update from December 18th, 2023 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from November 7th, 2023 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from October 9th, 2023 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from September 29th, 2023 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from September 5th, 2023 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from August 17th, 2023 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update (1) from May 16th, 2023 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update (2) from May 16th, 2023 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from May 12th, 2023 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from April 5th, 2023 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from February 2nd, 2023 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from January 18, 2023 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from November 24, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from September 21st, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from August 31st, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from August 26th, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from August 24th, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Incoming Parents and Guardians)
• Update from August 10th, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from July 6th, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Incoming Parents and Guardians)
• Update from May 27th, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from May 17th, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from May 16th, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from May 10th, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from April 29th, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from April 1st, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from March 10th, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from February 23rd, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from February 17th, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from February 9th, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from January 20th, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from January 17th, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians) 
• Update from January 10th, 2022 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from December 10th, 2021 (Rektor´s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from December 2nd, 2021 (Rektor´s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from November 30th, 2021 (Rektor´s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from November 29th, 2021 (Rektor´s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from November 17th, 2021 (Rektor´s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from October 8th, 2021 (Rektor´s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from September 25th, 2021 (Rektor´s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from August, 29th (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from August 9th, 2021 (Rektor’s letter to 1st year Parents and Guardians cc. National Committees)
• Update from July 7th, 2021 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians of incoming students)
• Update from July 6th, 2021 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and 2021 Graduates with DP results)
• Update from June 18th, 2021 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians, copied to National Committees)
• Update from May 25th, 2021 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians of 1st year students)
• Update from May 17th, 2021 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians, copied to National Committees)
• Update from April 21st, 2021 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians, copied to National Committees)
• Update from April 1st, 2021 (Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians, copied to National Committees)
• Update from March 22nd, 2021 Rektor’s Letter to Parents and Guardians, copied to National Committees
• Update from February 19th, 2021 (Letter to Parents and Guardians, copied to National Committees)
• Update from January 29th, 2021 (Letter to Parents and Guardians, copied to National Committees)
• Update from January 7th, 2021 (Letter to Parents and Guardians cc. National Committees)
• Update from December 23rd (Letter to Parents and Guardians cc. National Committees)
• Update from December 10th (Letter to Parents and Guardians cc. National Committees)
• Update from December 3rd (Letter to Parents and Guardians cc. National Committees)
• Update from November 11th (Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from October 28th (Letter to Parents and Guardians)
• Update from October 16th (Letter to parents and guardians)
• Update from September 16th (Letter to all parents and guardians)
• Update from August 11th (Letter to first-year parents)
• Update from August 11th (Letter to second-year parents)
• Update from June 17th (Letter to first-year parents)
• Update from June 16th (Letter to second-year parents)
• Update from May 7th
• Update from May 1st (FAQ for parents and guardians of incoming students)
• Update from May 1st (letter to parents and guardians of incoming students)
• Update from April 21st (Information for returning students)
• Update from April 16th
• Update from April 1st
• Update from March 23rd
• Update from March 19th
• Update from March 16th
• Update from March 13th
• Update from March 12th
• Update from March 9th
• Update from March 2nd
• Update from February 26th

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