Faculty of Communication and Environment

On June 21, 2023, the Faculty of Communication and Environment said goodbye to two long-serving members of staff, Professor Dr Anja von Richthofen and Mr. Ralf Postulka, who have worked with great commitment for the education of students and the development of the university since the early days. The official farewell was characterised by gratitude, appreciation and a farewell mood.

The Nitrate Scouts project team develops and tests educational modules on the topic of nitrate in groundwater in cooperation with various stakeholders. On a visit to Haus Riswick, agricultural business management students from the Kleve Technical College for Agricultural Economics got the chance to apply new teaching materials that had been developed by the project team and formulate suggestions.

The symposium "Working with newcomers/ Samenwerken met nieuwkomers" on June 7, 2023, met with an enthusiastic response. Initiated by the Samenwerkingsverband Burgerkracht Europa (SBE), a network of organisations to which Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences is an associate partner, the event comprised a total of 14 workshops as well as panel discussions, in which lighthouse projects on important topics relating to welcome spaces and the integration of newcomers were presented.

On Saturday, June 3rd, 2023, the Faculty of Communication and Environment invited all those interested in studying or just curious to the Open Campus Day. The varied, informative programme, the numerous hands-on activities and not least the sunny weather attracted numerous visitors to the campus in Kamp-Lintfort.

As part of the KLIMA.PROFIT NRW project, six companies from the districts of Kleve and Wesel visited Rhine-Waal University to take part in a workshop. The KLIMA.PROFIT NRW project is a model project co-financed by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia that supports companies in an advisory process to acquire competence in dealing with climate change.