March 1, 2018

Model UN team brings home awards

WSU's Model UN team participated at the Midwest Model UN conference in St. Louis recently and brought home nine awards. The students represented the countries of Sweden and Nigeria and drafted resolutions to address a variety of global problems, including nuclear proliferation, the crisis in Yemen, ensuring access to energy for all, and implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The team will compete in Edinburgh, Scotland this coming week.

The award recipients were:
Cynthia Matson, Shivani Nagrecha, Stella Yang -- Outstanding Delegation Award (Ecosoc Plenary -- Nigeria)
Erendira Jimenez, Daisy Kerabo, Tim Dodd -- Honorable Mention Delegation Award (Ecosoc Plenary -- Sweden)
Stella Yang -- Outstanding Delegate award (ILO -- Nigeria)
Tim Dodd -- Honorable Mention and Delegate's Choice awards (WIPO committee -- Sweden)
Sarah Myose and Taylor Cook -- Outstanding Position Paper (2nd Committee -- Nigeria)
Carleigh Camacho -- Outstanding Position Paper (4th committee -- Nigeria)
Cynthia Matason -- Outstanding Position Paper (WIPO committee -- Nigeria)
Zubair Khan - Outstanding Position Paper (Security Council -- Sweden)