Faculty News

The Orchester at Georg-Foster Gymnasiums in Kamp-Lintfort invites students to join in.

Photo: Original by Pambieni / pixelio.de

Change is coming to the Bergwerk West in Kamp-Lintfort: renovation efforts have begun in the landmarked storage building of the historic Kamp-Lintfort colliery. The goal of the renovation is to modernise and convert the rooms for use by Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences.

Recycling ocean waste into clothing will be the interesting focus of this semester’s kickoff lecture in Studium Generale on Wednesday, 21 October at 6pm in Building 1, 2nd floor, room 105 on the Kamp-Lintfort Campus (Friedrich-Heinrich-Allee 25, 47475 Kamp-Lintfort). The lecture will be held in English and is free to attend for all.  

Erstsemester-Studierende aus den Studiengängen „Medien und Kommunikationsinformatik“ und „E-Government“ der Fakultät Kommunikation und Umwelt in Kamp-Lintfort nahmen erneut an einem Wettbewerb zur Berechnung von im Computer gespeicherten Zahlen teil. Dominic Claßen und Rene Heinen konnten sich dabei gegen ihre Kommilitonen und Kommilitoninnen durchsetzen und errangen die ersten Plätze.

Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences will be hold the “Festival of the Good Life – In welcher Gesellschaft wollen wir leben?”, a day dedicated to ethics and ethical issues, on October 7, 2015 on the Kamp-Lintfort Campus. In numerous lectures, presentations and workshops, the festival will provide a critical look at our current social systems with regard to ethical behaviour and socially-responsible business practices.

Ob Gesellschafts-, Gesundheits-, Sozial-, Ingenieurs-, Natur- oder Wirtschaftswissenschaften, an der Hochschule Rhein-Waal findet jeder das richtige Studienfach.

Welcome to the Faculty of Communication and Environment. We are delighted that you have chosen one of our degree programmes and hope you will enjoy your academic experience with us.

Moving to a new place can be exciting and you probably have thousands of questions floating around in your head. We just hope that this might answer a few of them.

On the 25^th of September from 10:00 p.m. to 2.00 a.m. at the Audimax.

Join in and dance to music on wireless headphones. Use your digital pen to draw colourful visuals onto a big screen. Don't miss Kamp-Lintfort's first Silent Party!

Each year Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences distinguishes two teachers for demonstrating engaging and exemplary teaching practice.

On 21 September 2015 Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences kicked off its 2015 orientation week with a warm welcome for new students in Kleve and Kamp-Lintfort. The University will start the winter semester 2015/2016 with a projected 6,000 new and returning students.

Erstmals trafen sich der Landrat des Kreises Wesel, Dr. Ansgar Müller, und der Landrat des Kreises Kleve, Wolfgang Spreen, gemeinsam mit der Präsidentin der Hochschule Rhein-Waal, Dr. Heide Naderer, der vormaligen Dekanin der Fakultät Kommunikation und Umwelt, Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Schramm-Wölk und weiteren Hochschulangehörigen auf dem Campus Kamp-Lintfort der Hochschule Rhein-Waal.

In Summer School: Storytelling, Digital Media & Museums, 30 young researchers from around the world will gather in a six-day workshop to develop and discuss new digital teaching methods inspired by the artist Joseph Beuys. The workshop will be held from 13 to 19 September in Museum Schloss Moyland.

Student Teresa Joeken designs winning book cover in a competition on ‘Digital Manufacturing’ held by the Information and Communication Design programme.

The next portfolio assessment for the degree programme Information and Communication Design will be on 31 August 2015.

Recycling is an important factor in conserving natural resources and greatly contributes towards improving the environment. To help you sort out your waste most efficiently, the ASK as part of Kamp-Lintfort’s municipality has now published a handy and descriptive waste recycling guide in English, German and Turkish. Let’s THINK GREEN!

Katja Kandora takes 2nd place in the 2015 Competition for Young Designers, which included 299 submissions from 22 universities across Germany.

Anthropomorphic User Interfaces for Android

21^st and 22^nd of July

Professor Dr. Ingeborg Schramm-Wölk, Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Environment at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, will officially take office on 1 September 2015.

Die Hochschule Rhein-Waal wird größer dank des Starterzentrums Dieprahm GmbH. Bereits zum Sommer 2016 sollen Studierende und Lehrende die Räume des denkmalgeschützten Magazingebäudes neben dem Campus Kamp-Lintfort nutzen.

BewohnerINNEN gestalten die Zukunft ihres Ortsteils, ihres Dorfes aktiv mit

Bild: Rainer Sturm / pixelio.de

Die Sendung Faszination Wissen: Smarte Spione - Wie uns Fernseher und Co überwachen wird am 15.06.2015 um 22:00 Uhr ausgestrahlt und steht auch in der Mediathek des Bayerischen Rundfunks zur Verfügung.

Die Hochschule Rhein-Waal freut sich über ihre diesjährigen Bachelor- und Masterabsolventen. Im Rahmen einer feierlichen Absolventenverabschiedung mit anschließendem Sektempfang wurden 260 Studierende am 12. Juni 2015 in der Stadthalle Kleve und im Audimax des Campus Kamp-Lintfort mit den besten Wünschen für die Zukunft in das Berufsleben entlassen.

30 Studierende des Bachelorstudiengangs „Mobility and Logistics” der Fakultät Kommunikation und Umwelt der Hochschule Rhein-Waal besuchten im Rahmen einer Lehrveranstaltung im fünften Semester den Flughafen in Düsseldorf.

The social functions of gossip from a pyschological perspective make up the focus of the next Studium Generale presentation. Professor Dr. Freda-Marie Hartung, Professor of Personality Psychology and Career Aptitude Diagnosis at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, will hold the talk in German on June 2, 2015 at 6:00 pm on the Kamp-Lintfort Campus.

Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences invites all pupils, parents, friends and members of the public to take part in our Open Day on the Kleve and Kamp-Lintfort Campuses on Saturday, May 30, 2015.

Unternehmen suchen Fachkräfte, Studierende Plätze für Praktika oder Themen für Abschlussarbeiten. Beim Speed-Dating vom Förderverein Hochschule Rhein-Waal e. V. und der Hochschule kommen beide Seiten zusammen. 70 Studierende und 15 Unternehmen vom Niederrhein lernten sich auf diese Weise am 6. Mai 2015 auf dem Campus Kamp-Lintfort im 10-Minuten-Takt kennen.

As of the 1^st of May, 2015, Dr. Heide Naderer is the new president of Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences. Dr. Naderer was nominated for the post by the University Council in autumn 2014 and confirmed by the University Senate shortly thereafter.

A celebratory farewell was held today on the Kleve Campus for Professor Dr. Marie-Louise Klotz, founding president of Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences.

Mit dem Thema „Organspende auf stabilem Weg! Neue Aspekte und Entwicklungen im Jahr 2015“ befasst sich der nächste Vortrag im Studium Generale am 5. Mai um 18 Uhr auf dem Campus Kamp-Lintfort, Friedrich-Heinrich-Allee 25, Gebäude 01, 2. OG, Raum 01 02 105.

Die "Stiftung Standort- und Zukunftssicherung Kreis Wesel" unterstützt das zdi-Zentrum (Zukunft durch Innovation) Kamp-Lintfort durch die Anschaffung von 3D-Druckern für Keramik und Schokolade mit 24.000 Euro. Geplant werden auch gemeinsame Informations- und Fortbildungsveranstaltungen zu dieser Zukunftstechnologie.

As part of the Studium Generale lecture series for summer semester 2015, Elisabeth Verhaag, Expert for Nature Conservation in the North Rhine-Westphalian Chamber of Agriculture, will present on the topic ‘New Frameworks in the new Funding Period – Consequences for the Agricultural Sector’ on Tuesday, April 21 at 6:00 pm on the Kamp-Lintfort Campus (Friedrich-Heinrich-Allee 25, Building 01, 2nd floor, room 01 02 105). The talk will be held in German, and is free to attend.

And the winning designer is: Meltem Kalayci! As part of a co-operative effort with the real estate development and management firm RAG Montan Immobilien GmbH, the city of Kamp-Lintfort organised a logo design competition for students of the Information and Communication Design programme at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences.

On April 23, 2015, pupils from around the region will have the opportunity to participate in Girls’ Day and Boys’ Day at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences. This event is designed to give young people valuable glimpses into degrees and career paths that they might not have considered for the future.

As part of a semester project, postgraduate students from the International Management and Psychology degree programme at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences investigated the behaviour of consumers in NRW with regard to dairy products.

Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences is once again opening its door to pupils and future students with its Sneak Study programme. Between March 30 and April 10, 2015, pupils can get a ‘sneak peek’ of our lectures and seminars in Kleve and Kamp-Lintfort and learn a bit about what it’s like to study at a university of applied sciences.

NRW Minister of Science, Svenja Schulze, stopped by to see the project ‘Mobile – mobil im Leben’, on display in the joint stand of the NRW Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research at CeBIT 2015 in Hannover.

Design students take part in a competition to develop wall art for the Joint Research Centre

For the first time, the Rotary Club Grafschaft Moers has bestowed two alumni of Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences with a prestigious scholarship award.

As part of a semester project, undergraduates from Information and Communication Design have developed wall art for display at a new e-mobility lab of the Joint Research Centre

The Digital Manufacturing Future Symposium 2015 on February 18 in Kamp-Lintfort will examine how the digital age is changing technologies, methods and systems of industrial production.

The project “Kamp-Lintfort Illuminated” (Kamp-Lintfort leuchtet) was opened to public on the 2nd of December.

The audience at the Audimax on the new campus enjoyed numerous interesting presentations and welcomed renowned guests from the world of politics and business.

Researchers from Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences develop award-winning concepts for the future of rural areas in Germany.

Designing tomorrow’s administration today

Join our interesting activities on Kamp-Lintfort Campus

Abwechslungsreiches Programm auf dem Campus Kamp-Lintfort

Regionalverband Ruhr und Hochschule Rhein-Waal veranstalten in Kamp-Lintfort erste WissensNacht Ruhr

Things you might want to know.

Interesting Programme on Kamp-Lintfort Campus on the 2nd of October 2014.

Students design campus version of Monopoly game.

Information and Communication Design student wins international poster contest.

Students have developed an app that navigates cyclers to places which inspired landscape artists.

Lots of visitors jouned the opening celebrations of the new campus and the open days on the 4th and 5th of April in Kamp-Lintfort.

Campuseröffnung und Tage der offenen Tür am 04. und 05. April in Kamp-Lintfort

Am 19. März 2014 geht die Kinder-Uni Hochschule Rhein-Waal bereits in die dritte Runde! Zum Start geht Prof. Dr. William Megill, Professor für Bionik, in seiner Vorlesung kindgerecht der Frage nach: „Was weiß die Natur über Maschinenbau?“ Der Eintritt ist kostenfrei.

The "Wissensallianz Rhein-Waal" is pleased to invite students to join the Master Class "Innovation Through Sustainable and Entrepreneurial Behaviour“ on 22 March, 2014. The event will take place in Burgers Zoo, Arnheim (Netherlands) and is free of charge for students and entrepreneurs.

Studierende aus dem Studiengang „Information and Communication Design“ der Fakultät Kommunikation und Umwelt der Hochschule Rhein-Waal entwickelten im Rahmen eines Semesterprojekts verschiedene Medien- und Imagekampagnen für die Sankt-Martinus-Stiftung des Caritasverband Geldern-Kevelaer e. V.

Studierende des Studiengangs „Information and Communication Design” der Fakultät Kommunikation und Umwelt der Hochschule Rhein-Waal entwickeln in einem Semesterprojekt unter der Leitung von Prof. Michael Pichler, Professor für Kommunikationsdesign an der Hochschule Rhein-Waal...

Zehn Studierende der Fakultät Kommunikation und Umwelt der Hochschule Rhein-Waal veranstalteten im Rahmen eines interdisziplinären Projektes einen Erlebnis- und Experimentiertag für Kinder zum Thema Energie und Nachhaltigkeit am Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2014 in den Räumen der Hochschule Rhein-Waal, Südstraße 9 in Kamp-Lintfort.

The Faculty of Communication and Environment is going to offer three new and exciting master’s degree programmes this summer.

In 2014, the Faculty of Communication and Environment will start its cooperation with the ”PAN Kunstforum Niederrhein” in Emmerich. The cooperation aims at fostering arts at a regional level, giving a fresh boost to culture and using synergies for knowledge exchange.

Last Monday, Shahin Zarinbal offered students of the degree programme "Information and Communication Design" insights into the design and publication of the “Kraut” magazine and the Portfolio Review.

The Faculty of Communication and Environment at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences had asked students of the bachelor’s degree programmes “Media Communication and Computer Sciences” and “E-Government” to take part in an internal contest calculating floating point numbers.

Public administration is facing a great challenge when having to decide for a future-proof IT strategy tailored to its needs. Cloud computing, big data, social media as well as the huge variety of mobile devices are in the focus of discussion also regarding IT security.

Global Entrepreneurship Week (18th to 24th of November 2013) is the world’s largest campaign to promote entrepreneurship.

Studierende entwickeln im Rahmen eines studentischen Wettbewerbs ehrenamtlich neue Kampagne für den Elsener Tisch e.V. aus Grevenbroich. René Roeterink und Julia Queda überzeugen.

Die Fakultät Kommunikation und Umwelt der Hochschule Rhein-Waal freut sich über seine erste Bachelorabsolventin. Linda Reiner aus Moers absolvierte in diesem Jahr als erste Studierende des Campus Kamp-Lintfort den Abschluss im Studiengang „E-Government“.