{"id":11253,"date":"2020-11-25T11:10:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T19:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/?p=11253"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:31:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:31:42","slug":"clark-students-and-model-united-nations-mun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarkcollegelibraries.org\/blog\/clark-students-and-model-united-nations-mun\/","title":{"rendered":"Clark Students and Model United Nations (MUN)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Clark College Model UN student delegate Max Banceu at NWMUN Seattle, November 2019. Photo by J. Cavalli.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A message from Professor Joe Cavalli, Clark MUN faculty advisor:<\/em><\/p>\n

“ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS<\/p>\n

IF YOU ANSWER YES TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
\nQUESTIONS, MODEL UNITED NATIONS IS FOR YOU \u2013
\n\u2713 Do you have an interest in world events?
\n\u2713 Are you a \u2018team player\u2019?
\n\u2713 Are you interested in different cultures?
\n\u2713 Do you want to hone your critical thinking
\nskills?
\n\u2713 Do you want to build confidence in your
\nspeaking skills?
\n\u2713 Have you ever wanted to be involved in student
\nactivities?
\n\u2713 Do you want to collaborate with your peers in
\naddressing \u2018real time\u2019 world issues?
\n\u2713 Would you like to meet students from different
\ncolleges\/universities?
\n\u2713 Do you like to compete?
\n\u2713 Finally \u2013 Do you ever wonder what the United Nations does?<\/p>\n

Please Contact \u2013 Joe Cavalli, Clark College MUN Program Director, jcavalli@clark.edu<\/a>”<\/p>\n

According to American Model United Nations International, the purpose of this organization is to bring global perspectives to future leaders. Clark students have the opportunity to participate in MUN activities and broaden their knowledge of global issues.<\/p>\n

Did you know that Clark students have participated in Model United Nations for decades? You can search the Clark College Student Newspaper Collection<\/a> for “Model United Nations” to read about Clark students’ MUN activities in the last century. For example, below is the content of an article from the March 2, 1962 issue of the Penguin’s Progress<\/a> (a predecessor of INDY), entitled Model council eyes ’62 Mun<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

International Relations Club members attended the second Model Security Council held at Lewis and Clark in Portland, Saturday, Feb. 24. The council was patterned after the United Nations council by countries and agenda presented. Clark represented the Irish Republic. Discussion centered upon the situation in the Congo, Netherlands, New Guinea, Angola, as well as the international problems of the ban on nuclear weapons’ testing and the organization of the secretary-general’s office. Molly Barry, Ceci Ryan, Judy Lecky, Carolyn Whitmore, Diane Betzing, Russ Erdman, and Ted Rogers attended the Security Council, one step in preparation for the Model United Nations to be held later in the spring at San Diego. Marshall Husson, faculty adviser went with the group.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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