by Natalie Melms | Mar 16, 2020 | Editorial, MUN Articles
To prepare for a Model UN conference, a delegate will research a topic for weeks, write comprehensive papers on the issues, and synthesize creative global solutions. In addition to this, the delegate will argue for his or her research and debate the finer points of...
by Joel Shapiro | Mar 10, 2020 | Announcement, MUN Articles
My name is Joel Shapiro, I am a graduating senior from Maryland, and I am your Assistant Director for the first ever All-American Model UN Summer Ad-Hoc Academy at Johns Hopkins University from July 12th to 18th, 2020. I have an important update to the...
by Kaitlyn Saldanha | Mar 9, 2020 | MUN Articles, Profile
Joel Shapiro is the Secretary General for Thomas S. Wootton High School’s third annual Model United Nations Conference (WHSMUN), and an All-American Model UN veteran delegate. After having served on the conference staff of WHSMUN for three consecutive years, Shapiro...
by Kaitlyn Saldanha | Feb 29, 2020 | Editorial, MUN Articles
The most painful aspect of competitive Model UN is the intense and unavoidable subjectivity of the awards decision process. Ultimately, every conference and chair is different, and the tiny details which collectively determine a chair’s perception of each...
by Khadija Sow | Feb 10, 2020 | Feature Article, MUN Articles
Success in Model UN takes many different forms; no best delegate is exactly alike. Despite the intense uniqueness of the activity, there are patterns when it comes to the most common approaches that yield awards in Model UN committees. Each “type” of successful...