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Record Year for HSU Model United Nations
In its largest year yet, the HSU Department of Politics’ Model United Nations program sent 31 students to San Francisco to participate in a five-day intercollegiate simulation of the United Nations. Students participating in the program as part of Professor Noah Zerbe’s Model United Nations course collected five Meritorious Delegation Awards, which recognize outstanding academic preparation for and participation in the conference. The awards placed HSU among the top three performers at the conference for the third year running.
Humboldt State University’s Model UN program has grown to represent seven countries in just its third year of existence, making it one of the largest and most successful programs participating in the conference. During the simulation, students play the role of diplomats representing their respective countries in international negotiations. While participating in the simulation, HSU students debated a wide scope of contemporary international issues and United Nations policy with almost 600 students from schools across Australia, Canada, the Philippines, Russia, and the western United States. Topics on this year’s agenda included UN Cooperation in Humanitarian Disaster Relief, Reforming the Bretton Woods Institutions, Dismantling the Refuse of the Cold War, Preventing Genocide, and Protection of the Climate for Present and Future Generations.
Students participating in the Model UN program were: David Bording, Stephanie Dowdle, Rina Ferrario, and Virginia Otey (representing the Democratic Republic of the Congo); Dominic Efferson, Carly Hanssler, Morrissa Hudson, Terra Kopf, Dominic Lether, Rebecca Singleton, and Patrick Sullivan (representing Italy); Christopher Bennett, Andrew Bond, Ryan Hawley-Jones, and Ryan Sousa (representing Qatar); Jasmin Cookman, Lizz Fehr, and Dina Haigounian (representing Rwanda); Set Bradley, Jesse Donnelly, Vy Ortiz, and Lauren Perez (representing Sri Lanka); Sarah Daniels, Michael Lockary, Jon Mabee, and Annalise von Borstel (representing Sweden); Jeff Guiterrez, Rory Kalin, Claire Price, and Desiree Woods (representing Venezuela). The course will be offered again in the Spring 2010 semester.
For more information, contact Noah Zerbe at 707-826-3911 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).