For most college students, the highlight of a trip to the Big Apple after going through an intensive course of study is usually an elevator ride to the top of the Empire State Building or achieving “face-time” in the crowds of the Today Show. But for our Model United Nations Delegation, a recent journey to New York was an opportunity to compete with more than 5,000 students from around the world as international diplomats!
This year our student delegation represented ICELAND. Preparation for this role was both challenging and demanding, requiring long hours honing public speaking skills, developing leadership skills with negotiations and caucusing, continuous research in and outside the classroom, studying foreign policy, and intensive writing and editing while working on resolution papers until they were finalized.
Persistence toward excellence is indeed rewarding. Monroe Community College was awarded its second “Distinguished Delegation Award” among 192 other colleges and universities. As a final gesture of achievement, we were also honored with the “Excellence in Position Papers” Award, which is not just an honor but one of the most difficult awards for a student delegation to achieve.
On the behalf of the Office of Student Life and Leadership Development, we thank the following students for their excellent work:
Jessica Boothman
Timothy Gaura
Elaina Caven
Victor Kogan
Veronica Ciaramella
Tiffany Laursen
Claire Corvaisier
Joshua Ryan Robbins
Carla D’Aiuto
Julieanne VanAalst
Annabella Efinger
Kathleen Welch
Stevan Veljkovic
Nicholas Pellegrino
A special thanks to colleagues, Professors Louis Andolino, Louis Silvers and Donald Beech for their hard work and commitment to collaboration, and their continued dedication to student success.
Shirley Batistta-Provost
Office of Student Life and Leadership Development
05/04/2011 |