CONWAY, Ark. (November 29,
2017) – Five Hendrix students were recognized for their outstanding work at the
2017 American Model United Nations Conference, held November 18-21 in Chicago.
The students represented Indonesia.
Outstanding
Delegation Awards went to:
- David
Flora ’19, for the World Summit on the Information +10 Review Conference
- Jacob
Neeley ’18 and Sara Hoopchuk ’20, for the General Council of the Food and
Agricultural Organization (FAO)
- Madyson
Haskins ’18 and Graydon Carter ’19, for the Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Other student participants,
and the simulations they were on, included:
- Alex
Tiller ’19 and Elliot Anderson ’20 (General Assembly Plenary)
- Max
Hancock ’19 and Bailey Brya ’20 (General Assembly First Committee – Disarmament
& International Security)
- John
Tate ’19 and Sparrow Richards ’18 (General Assembly Second Committee – Economic
and Financial Affairs)
- Hayden
May ’19 and Jordan Borst ’19 (General Assembly Third Committee – Social,
Cultural and Humanitarian Affairs)
- Meredith
Warren ’19 and Cordell Campbell ’19 (Committee of Experts on Public
Administration)
- Drew
Coker ’19 (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons)
- Will
Berry ’18 (International Press Delegation)
- Sarah
Logan ’18 served as the delegation’s Permanent Representative, in charge of
strategy and logistics for the delegation as a whole at AMUN.
In addition, two
Hendrix students who previously participated in Model UN – Alec Harris
’18 and Christina Glasschroeder ’18 – served as volunteers on the AMUN staff
for a second year.
“In my nine years
of teaching Model UN, this was honestly the most remarkable delegation Hendrix
has ever fielded,” said Dr. Daniel Whelan, who chairs the Department of
Politics & International Relations at Hendrix. “From their research on the
issues and Indonesia’s positions, their keen resolution drafting, their
outstanding floor speeches, and their command of AMUN’s rules of procedure,
this group of talented students impressed me throughout the semester and
especially at the Conference.”
Ninety-eight
colleges and universities sent well over 1,500 students to represent 148 UN
Member States and Observers at AMUN 2017 – their largest conference in many
years. “While the number of students was up slightly, the number of represented
delegations was larger than last year,” Whelan remarked. “Awards don’t go to
individuals – they go to delegations, which made the awards process that much
more competitive. Even in that environment, all of our students were at the top
of their game – well prepared, highly engaged, and remarkably professional.
Hendrix can be very proud of all of them.”
About
Hendrix College
A private liberal arts
college in Conway, Arkansas, Hendrix College consistently earns recognition as
one of the country’s leading liberal arts institutions, and is featured in Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That
Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges. Its academic quality and
rigor, innovation, and value have established Hendrix as a fixture in numerous
college guides, lists, and rankings. Founded in 1876, Hendrix has been
affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. To learn more, visit www.hendrix.edu.