Passing on the Baton

The former director of the ISS, Nita Kapoor, welcomes the new director, Anne Cathrine Uteng da Silva, as both digital and in-person courses begin for the summer 2022 students.

The former director at ISS Nita Kapoor and the new director at ISS Anne Cathrine Uteng da Silva outside the University of Oslo.

The former director at ISS, Nita Kapoor, and the new director at ISS, Anne Cathrine Uteng da Silva (on the right), are welcoming the international students to the University of Oslo. (Photo: Sissel Drevsj? /UiO)

Step by step, or director by director: We move through changing times, holding on to the ideals of international goodwill by promoting academic achievement through international learning and cross-border friendship. Humanistic and social values have been rooted at the heart of the International Summer School ever since its foundation in 1947, standing the test of time.

The leadership baton was passed on in May. As the present and the former director, we both were humbly reminded that in leading such a wonderful institution as the ISS, we are just instruments for the larger cause. The ISS has brought thousands of students, faculty and staff members, donors and partners together through the years. Each of whom are building blocks in a dive