Model United Nations Club (MUN) gives students the opportunity to participate in a simulation of the United Nations General Assembly and attend the annual National Model United Nations Conference in New York each spring.
UIS students in MUN partake in the United Nations simulation where resolutions are discussed, debated, and voted upon by all countries represented in the council and committees. The simulations are as close to reality as possible. Each delegation attempts to take on the character, as well as the policy, of its assigned country and peace treaties, caucuses, and walk-outs by dissatisfied delegates are frequent.
Student involvement in MUN begins in the fall each year, as the UIS delegation begins to form and members gather information about the country they will represent. In the spring, the delegation submits resolutions to the National MUN and attends the conference in New York.
For more information please reach out to the MUN faculty Co-Advisors: Professor Adriana Crocker and Professor Ali Nizamuddin.
Earning College Credit with Model United Nations
Students in MUN can also earn college credit through PSC 478: National Model United Nations (1 credit hour) and PSC 483: Model United Nations (3 credit hours). In the fall, MUN students can enroll in PSC 478 where they will work to form the UIS delegation and members will begin to gather information about the country they will represent. In the spring, MUN students can enroll PSC 483, and the delegation will submit resolutions to the National MUN and attend National Model United Nations Conferences in New York, where resolutions are discussed, debated, and voted upon by all countries represented in the council and committees.
Model United Nations Competition
MUN students pictured sitting in the UN General Assembly Hall, including (from left to right, top to bottom) Romi Trujillo Agostini, Jocelinne Michel Martinez, Emmanuelle Mossi-Yakana, Robert Fair, Eli Benner, Cedric Birgans, Aubrie Mozingo, Aurora Gallagher, Matthew Edwards, Randi Hirschel, Austin Green, Robert Demonte, Symone Calliste-David, Nathan Schleiden, Alex Rankin, Lucas Schilling, Jacob Laurenzana, and Joel Lemmert.
Pictured outside the UN Building in front of the sculpture Non-Violence, including Robert Fair, MUN Adjunct Advisor, and Joel Lemmert, Graduate Assistant, attended the 2023 Model United Nations Conference in New York along with UIS students who participated in the competition: Eli Benner, Cedric Birgans, Symone Calliste-David, Robert Demonte, Matthew Edwards, Aurora Gallagher, Austin Green, Randi Hirschel, Jacob Laurenzana, Jocelinne Michel Martinez, Emmanuelle Mossi-Yakana, Aubrie Mozingo, Will Newton, Alex Rankin, Lucas Schilling, Nathan Schleiden, and Romi Trujillo Agostini
Students (left to right) Randi Hirschel, Austin Green, and Eli Benner, pictured in front of the rostrum inside the UN General Assembly Hall.
UIS Students Matthew Edwards (left) and Symone Calliste-David (right) work on resolutions
Pictured at the MUN Competition in New York: Dr. Adriana Crocker, Political Science Professor and MUN Faculty Advisor, and Eric Motyll, Graduate Assistant, attended the 2019 Model United Nations Conference in New York from April 14th–18th along with the UIS students who participated in the competition: Collin Cisco, Luke D’Elia, Jason Edwards, Roberto Flores, Karen Galvez, Sonia Hernandez, Brandon Klages, Conor McKenzie, Christian Meza, Christine Noppenberger, Krupa Patel, Alexander Phelps Payton Raso, Daniel Rude, Aaron Shrestha, Deeanna Stalets, Jessica Villegas, Abisoye Ariwoola and Dede Aggrey.