{"id":148,"date":"2025-04-17T18:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/by.uwcstaging.co.uk\/about-uwc-nc-name\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T12:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T12:14:19","slug":"about-uwc-belarus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/by.uwcstaging.co.uk\/en\/about-uwc-belarus\/","title":{"rendered":"Our history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-site-banner-block\"><section class=\"about-banner text-sideBySide about-banner--gradient-blue\" style=\"background-color:transparent\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"about-banner-bg\" src=\"http:\/\/by.uwcstaging.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/09\/5.-thailand--scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Our history\"\/><div class=\"about-banner-main \"><h1 class=\"about-banner-heading\">Our history<\/h1><\/div><\/section><nav class=\"custom-sticky__nav custom-sticky__nav--breakpoint-main\" data-current-post-id=\"148\"><div class=\"custom-sticky__nav__container\"><ul class=\"custom-sticky__nav__list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/by.uwcstaging.co.uk\/about-uwc-belarus\/\" class=\"custom-sticky__nav__list__item  active\" title=\"About UWC Belarus\">About UWC Belarus<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/by.uwcstaging.co.uk\/about-uwc-belarus\/what-we-do\/\" class=\"custom-sticky__nav__list__item  \" title=\"What we do\">What we do<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/by.uwcstaging.co.uk\/about-uwc-belarus\/contact-us\/\" class=\"custom-sticky__nav__list__item  \" title=\"Contact us\">Contact us<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"custom-sticky__nav__menu__wrapper\"><p class=\"custom-sticky__nav__menu__title\">About UWC Belarus<\/p><button class=\"custom-sticky__nav__menu\" type=\"button\"><svg class=\"close\" width=\"20\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 19\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M15.9742 14.2137C16.1415 14.381 16.2355 14.608 16.2355 14.8446C16.2355 15.0812 16.1415 15.3081 15.9742 15.4755C15.8069 15.6428 15.58 15.7368 15.3433 15.7368C15.1067 15.7368 14.8798 15.6428 14.7125 15.4755L10.0003 10.7618L5.2867 15.474C5.11939 15.6413 4.89246 15.7353 4.65584 15.7353C4.41922 15.7353 4.1923 15.6413 4.02498 15.474C3.85767 15.3067 3.76367 15.0797 3.76367 14.8431C3.76367 14.6065 3.85767 14.3796 4.02498 14.2122L8.73862 9.5001L4.02647 4.78647C3.85915 4.61915 3.76516 4.39223 3.76516 4.15561C3.76516 3.91899 3.85915 3.69206 4.02647 3.52475C4.19378 3.35743 4.42071 3.26344 4.65733 3.26344C4.89394 3.26344 5.12087 3.35743 5.28819 3.52475L10.0003 8.23838L14.714 3.52401C14.8813 3.35669 15.1082 3.2627 15.3448 3.2627C15.5814 3.2627 15.8084 3.35669 15.9757 3.52401C16.143 3.69132 16.237 3.91825 16.237 4.15487C16.237 4.39148 16.143 4.61841 15.9757 4.78572L11.2621 9.5001L15.9742 14.2137Z\" fill=\"black\"><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"open\" width=\"17\" height=\"13\" viewBox=\"0 0 17 13\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><line x1=\"1.771\" y1=\"1.40039\" x2=\"16.0002\" y2=\"1.40039\" stroke=\"black\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"><\/line><line x1=\"1.771\" y1=\"6.5\" x2=\"16.0002\" y2=\"6.5\" stroke=\"black\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"><\/line><line x1=\"1.771\" y1=\"11.6006\" x2=\"16.0002\" y2=\"11.6006\" stroke=\"black\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"><\/line><\/svg><span class=\"open\">Menu<\/span><span class=\"close\">Close<\/span><\/button><\/div><ul class=\"custom-sticky__nav__menu__list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/by.uwcstaging.co.uk\/about-uwc-belarus\/\" class=\"custom-sticky__nav__menu__link active\" title=\"About UWC Belarus\">About UWC Belarus<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/by.uwcstaging.co.uk\/about-uwc-belarus\/what-we-do\/\" class=\"custom-sticky__nav__menu__link \" title=\"What we do\">What we do<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/by.uwcstaging.co.uk\/about-uwc-belarus\/contact-us\/\" class=\"custom-sticky__nav__menu__link \" title=\"Contact us\">Contact us<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-studio14-blocks-content-wrapper-block content-wrapper\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In spring&nbsp;<strong>1994 U\u0142adzimir Ko\u0142as<\/strong>&nbsp;was elected as a chairman of the UWC Belarus National Committee. Meeting of board members, during which Mr. Ko\u0142as was elected, was initiated by the head of the Skarina Center, professor&nbsp;<strong>Adam Maldzis<\/strong>. His Polish colleague, Chairman of UWC Poland National Committee<strong>&nbsp;Paul Czartoryski<\/strong>, suggested creating a similar committee in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At that time, the United World Colleges movement consisted of 8 colleges all around the world. Each College had an enrollment of about 200 students from 100-110 countries. Every student was considered primarily as a representative of his own country and was suggested to be able to tell about the history and culture of its people, making young international community interested in his homeland. This was particularly important for Belarus, which was at the start of asserting itself as a separate and independent state. At the first UWC Belarusian Committee board meeting its members decided that an absolute advantage in the selection will have those teenagers who, in addition to the excellent general and academic knowledge, have&nbsp;<strong>a good knowledge of the Belarusian language and know the history and culture of Belarus<\/strong>. Such condition not only was an important prerequisite for a proper presentation of Belarus in an international community but also encouraged the interest of the Belarusian youth in their own national identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alona&nbsp;Novik (UWC&nbsp;Adriatic \u201996) became the first representative of Belarus in United World Colleges movement. The first Belarusian student was remembered not only with excellent reviews from her teachers and school management board, but also the fact that upon her diploma examination, Alona showed an amazing result and became a top 5% student among all International Baccalaureate graduates in the world that year. Since then Belarus and the Belarusian National Committee evoked curiosity from international UWC community and when UWC Colleges all around the world became home for many more exceptional students from Belarus, this curiosity grew into respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"--custom-fontfamily:&quot;Source Sans 3&quot;, sans-serif\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During&nbsp;<strong>30 years of existence<\/strong>, Belarusian National Committee was represented by students studying in seventeen colleges all around the world out of 18 existing. Now our alumni network includes about seventy UWC graduates who study in the best universities of the world and become pianists, violinists, sculptors, philosophers, artists, actors, singers, scientists, doctors, architects, businessmen, teachers, IT developers. 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