{"id":266,"date":"2014-08-27T09:16:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T09:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/2014\/08\/27\/diversity-celebrated-at-newbold-college-opening-assembly\/"},"modified":"2014-08-27T09:16:16","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T09:16:16","slug":"diversity-celebrated-at-newbold-college-opening-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/diversity-celebrated-at-newbold-college-opening-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity Celebrated at Newbold College Opening Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;\">17 September 2011 Bracknell, United Kingdom <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Calibri;\">[<em>ted<\/em>NEWS] The largest gathering of students and staff for some years attended last week\u2019s Newbold College Opening Assembly in Salisbury Hall. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;\">A feature of the assembly was the celebratory and affirming visual display of the flags of the 62 countries representing the diversity of students and staff members on campus presently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/sites\/default\/files\/the%20winners.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" \/>Newly arrived Principal, Dr Philip Brown, began his opening address with a challenge to students and staff alike \u2013 lunch (on the Principal) at The Warren, a local upmarket eatery, for the first student to identify the flags of all 62 countries correctly. This \u2018Challenge\u2019 was won jointly by Mervi Kamus from Estonia and Sonja Kalmbach from Sweden andGermany.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri;\">Dr Brown\u2019s opening address focused on the theme of: <em>\u201cYou are the Keeper of the Keys to Your Mind (and Heart)\u2026 Who will you let in today?<\/em>\u201d <\/span> [<em>ted<\/em>NEWS]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>ted<\/em>NEWS Staff: Miroslav Pujic, director; Deana Stojkovic, editor<br \/> 119 St Peter&#8217;s Street, St Albans, Herts, AL1 3EY, England<br \/> E-mail:\u00a0tednews@ted-adventist.org<br \/> Website: www.ted-adventist.org<\/p>\n<p> <em>ted<\/em>NEWS is an information bulletin issued by the\u00a0communication department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the\u00a0Trans-European Division.<br \/> You are free to re-print any portion of the bulletin\u00a0without need for\u00a0special permission. 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