Administration
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ABOUT THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF NORWAY (ACN)
K
rista Lauritzen is the Administrative Director
of ACN. Krista is from Two Harbors, Minnesota
and while attending Augsburg College in Minneapolis,
participated in an exchange program in Norway
at the University of Trondheim. She said it was
a life experience that will never be forgotten
and recommends study abroad to all students. While
in Norway she met her husband Roger. They lived
in the U.S. for a number of years and have been
in Norway for the last nine years. They have two
sons, Lars Kristian 16 and Kai Erik 10.
Her
responsibilities include budgeting, fund raising,
hiring of staff, the general wellbeing of the
students and the everyday operation of the campus
and it's buildings. She also is responsible for
the recruiting of both American and Norwegian
students to the program.
Krista
would like students coming over to ACN to know
that it is an excellent way to live in another
country while studying in a non-threatening environment.
The atmosphere is relaxed and students are given
the opportunity for individual attention from
their instructors. All classes at ACN are taught
in English (with the exception of the Norwegian
class) so American students should feel very comfortable.
Since it is a smaller school, the students get
to know each other on another level and are able
to learn more about each other's culture. One
of the nice aspects of this school is that all
of the Norwegian students you meet will attend
the University of North Dakota so the friendships
you make can continue to grow. Krista thinks it
is important for American students to experience
another culture. Students can learn about the
United States from a different perspective.
Within
the next five years the school will begin offering
a larger curriculum and is hoping to continue
to develop the summer school program. If you have
any questions for Krista email her at kristal@online.no
M
arit Elvss is the Academic Dean at ACN. She was
born in Moss and also attended high school in
Moss. She received a scholarship to study at Georgia
College in Milledgeville, Georgia. She finished
her undergraduate degree at Georgia State University
and obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing.
She then returned to Norway and obtained a Masters
Degree in International Business from the Norwegian
School of Economics and Business Administration,
located in Bergen. Marit moved back to the United
States once again and worked in the Washington
D.C. area. She worked for two years as a public
school teacher and two years as a store manager
for Staples. She then received a second Masters
Degree in Business from Indiana University in
Bloomington, Indiana.
Marit
returned to Moss in the fall of 1999 to assume
her current position of Academic Dean. She is
currently in her second year at ACN. Her responsibilities
include hiring of professors, coordinating the
schedule, academic advising and teaching. Marit
hopes that the college will experience moderate
growth, with about twenty-five percent of the
students being American. This would give the Norwegians
more of an American feeling and also add to more
variety and perspectives in the classroom. You
can email Marit at: melvsaas@online.no
S
iv L¿nningdal is the first smiling face you will
see as you enter the administrative offices at
ACN. She is from the western part of Norway and
speaks a Norwegian dialect called "nynorsk". She
is married and has three daughters: Hege and Line
born in 1974 and Silje born in 1984. Siv has been
with ACN since 1993 as Office and Accounting Manager.
Her responsibilities include: accounting, generating
monthly financial reports, budgeting, buying and
selling books, stamps and other school items.
Siv
is also the person who will be answering the phone
at ACN and the person to go to for practical issues.
If you have any queries you can reach Siv at:
siv@americancollege.no
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