Weekly Meetings on Mondays at 4:00 in AH 111.
Announcement: We have received recognition from DPU Student Senate. We have begun the registration process and have been assigned to represent the countries Luxembourg and Albania at this year's Midwest Model United Nations!
At one point in time DePauw University had a well-respected, award winning Model United Nations (MUN) Team. Unfortunately, this organization fell victim to time and budgeting constraints. However, today we are re-establishing the program. In conjunction with the increasingly global posture of the University and spurred by DePauw Discourse, 2007: Sustainability and Global Citizenship, the Political Science Department wishes to revive DPUMUN.
The Model United Nations Program is designed to educate students in the process of politicking. Competing in various inter-collegiate conferences enhances student awareness of global politics, problems, and solutions by respectfully representing all of the member states of the United Nations in Committee Simulations. These simulations provide students with much more than just a forum for role-playing. The Model UN program offers students opportunities for detailed research of individual states and rewards them for correct comparative analysis. Model UN enhances student knowledge of parliamentary procedure and its variants, similar to those utilized by the UN and other governing bodies. The Program also encourages student familiarity with the substantive product of the largest inter-governmental organization in the world. The Model United Nations Program further affords students opportunities for self exploration. Within this framework, students can test their hand at politics. This self-exploration permits students to determine if they are a "wheeler and dealer" or if they prefer to affect policy outcomes through "back-channel" negotiation. All of these educational opportunities occur in a context that introduces students to the difficulties involved with implementing "good" public policy.
We plan on attending the Midwest Model United Nations Conference this February. Please take a look at their website and the information available from UNA/USA about model UN programs in general.
We hope to see you there this Monday!
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