Model UN Team Victorious in D.C.

The Manhattan College Model UN team traveled to Washington, D.C. on Oct. 29 to participate in the National Model United Nations – DC conference. Sixteen Manhattan College students represented Uganda and Venezuela on six committees: General Assembly First Committee (disarmament); General Assembly Third Committee (social and humanitarian); Security Council, United Nations Environment Programme, African Union and the Special Session on Children and Armed Conflict. The Uganda Delegation won one of three Outstanding Delegation awards (the highest one awarded). In addition, Chris Tucci ’11 and Brian Donovan ’10 won the outstanding position paper award in the Special Session on Children and Armed Conflict.

The following students participated in the three-day conference:

Irfan Ahmed ’10, international studies and economics

Emily Attwater ’10, international studies and philosophy

Ryana Barbosa ’11, marketing and global business

Cristina Baglio ’12, international studies

Patrick Casey ’12, government and sociology

Kelly Dantuono ’10, English

Brian Donovan ’10, history and psychology

Caroline Faughnan ’12, government and communication

Sergiu Frasineanu ’11, economics

Britney Hayes ’10, communication

Jacqueline Patchen-Johnsen ’12, international studies

Caleb Merrill ’12, international studies and government

Amanda Scott ’10, international studies

Chris Shemanski ’11, government and economics

Andrew Tratner ’11, government

Chris Tucci ’11, international studies