MPH MUN Team Performs Well at Syracuse University

On January 6-7, 2017 the MPHMUN team traveled to Syracuse University and competed in the prestigious Central New York Model United Nations Conference, sponsored by Fayetteville-Manlius High School. Over 600 students from 30 different New York State high schools were in attendance for this debate conference.  The MPHMUN team performed spectacularly well, garnering 5 major outer committee awards and eight honorable mentions.  Twenty two students competed in this conference conference and 13 earned recognition.

MUN Director Jeff Mangram says, “I am going to continue to demand excellence from the team! I am going to continue to demand that the students exemplify the 5C’s: Character, Caring, Chemistry, Commitment, and Competence in everything that we do!”

The following students won awards:

Zachary Montas—representing South Africa in the GA Historical Committee earned Best Delegate Award

Aiden Meyer—representing the country of Colombia in the United Nations High Commission for Refugees won the Best Delegate

Charlie Mann —representing the country of South Africa in the Commission on the Status of Women earned Best Delegate Award

Theo Eckert-Budis —representing the Ashoka Foundation in NGO Forum earned Outstanding Delegate

Jacob Roy— representing Malaysia in the Security Council earned Outstanding Delegate

Ahmad El-Hindi—representing Malaysia in the GA Historical Committee earned Honorable Mention.

Daniel Braverman—representing Finland in the GA Plenary earned Honorable Mention.

Amina Kilpatrick—representing Finland in the ECOSCO Plenary earned Honorable Mention.

Louisa Morrow—representing Finland in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural committee earned Honorable Mention.

Andrew Benincasa—representing Malaysia in the Disarmament Committee earned Honorable Mention.

Aaron Lesch—representing South Africa in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural committee earned Honorable Mention.

Olivia Markwood—representing Malaysia in the Social, Humanitarian and Cultural committee earned Honorable Mention.

Lucia Oesterlund—representing Colombia in the Commission on the Status of Women committee earned Honorable Mention

 

A huge congratulation to these students and the entire team!  The MPHMUN  team’s next conference is hosted by Harvard University in Beijing, China in March 2017.