After one year of studying at the University Centre of the Westfjords, the 2009-2010 class of CMM students said good-bye to staff members last Wednesday. On Thursday the student group went on a field trip to Reykjavík to complete the last two elective courses of the CMM program, Energy and Materials Management and Coastal and Marine Conservation.

After completing 15 courses in diverse areas ranging from Economics to Fisheries Management and from Contamination to Tourism Planning the 12 month stay in Ísafjörður is now coming to an end for most of the 18 students. On this occasion the student association Ægir organized an informal farewell ceremony at lunch time on Wednesday. Amongst other events Ægir awarded receptionist Guðrún Sigríður Matthíasdóttir an award for being especially helpful in organizing things for the students and making them feel at home. This award is most certainly well deserved by Guðrún Sigríður and the University Centre congratulates her on receiving it.

While some students are going back to their home countries, or hometowns in Iceland to work on their theses, others are going to stay in Iceland, be it in the Westfjords or other places. But there's not going to be any break at the University Centre: Next year's 25 students from all over the world are already arriving in town and are going to be welcomed next weekend by staff members and the student association Ægir.