CF Students Receive Model United Nations Awards

Six students from the College of Central Florida’s Model United Nations Club received Outstanding Awards at the 2022 Southern Regional Model United Nations Conference held virtually Oct. 7-8. The awards recognize the student’s ability to carry out diplomacy through participation, ability to negotiate, debate professionally and interact with other students from around the nation.

This year’s conference focused on two global issues. The UN Conference on Trade and Development simulated the topic “Enhancing the Global Response to Food Insecurity in Conflict.” The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice explored the topic “Combating Cybercrime Against Critical Infrastructure.”

The following CF students won awards while representing and role-playing countries to resolve global problems:

Daniel Cepeda – Outstanding Position Paper Award for role-playing Ecuador

Daniel Fellows – Outstanding Position Paper Award and Outstanding Delegate Award for role-playing the Russian Federation

Frankelly Guzman – Outstanding Position Paper Award and Distinguished Delegate Award for representing the Dominican Republic

Sydney Henninger – Outstanding Position Paper Award for role-playing Canada

Valerie Lorenzo – Outstanding Position Paper Award for representing the Netherlands

Reagan Schroeder – Outstanding Position Paper Award for role-playing Poland

Model UN is an international extra-curricular global engagement activity through which student delegates spend months in preparation researching foreign policies and cultures. At conferences, they develop papers, which include their ideas to solve real-life problems that plague nations.

For more information on CF, visit CF.edu. For more information on Model UN, visit un.org/mun.