League Reaffirmation - Johnson County Community College

Model UN team
For fall 2007, the JCCC Model United Nations team
received an Outstanding Delegation Award for its
portrayal of New Zealand at the American Model
United Nations International Conference. In addition,
the team also received certificates of accomplishment
for representing both the countries of New Zealand
and Ukraine.
Sixteen JCCC students competed with other colleges
and universities from across North America. In particular,
student Jared Hedge played a key role in the team’s
success. Hedge represented New Zealand on the
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific and received exceptional scores for global
dialogue, diplomacy and multilateral negotiations.
The team adviser is Dr. Brian Wright, associate
professor, political science.
The team has won awards at the last eight conferences
attended. The conferences help students to further
understand global issues and international relations in a
forum that allows them to discuss global concerns in an
atmosphere that is similar to that of the United Nations.
The JCCC Model UN team is planning to attend the
Mid­West Model United Nations in St. Louis in February
2008, where they will represent Peru and Cuba.
In addition, they will attend the National Model United
Nations Conference held in New York at the United
Nations in March 2008, where they will, along
with Wichita State University, be representing the
Philippines. The team will be running the Metro Kansas
City Model United Nations conference for area high
school students in April 2008.
“Model United Nations are simulations of the
real United Nations in which student delegates
assume the roles of diplomats of the countries they
represent in attempting to reach solutions to the
major problems facing the world today. Model
United Nations provides JCCC an opportunity
to highlight its academic excellence and for the
students an out­of­the­classroom opportunity to
expand their knowledge of the United Nations
and to broaden their perspective on the world.”
– Dr. Brian Wright,
associate professor, political science;
team adviser, Model UN
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