Model United Nations
Bellarmine Model United Nations program is one of Bellarmine’s fastest-growing co-curricular activities. As a part of Model UN, students role-play delegates of the United Nations and simulate UN committees to address global problems and issues. Model UN participates in 7-8 conferences per year. Some students choose to participate in all of the conferences, whereas others attend fewer as their schedules allow. Model UN, along with providing access to both local and national conferences serves as a platform to increase the global awareness of the Bellarmine community as a whole. It is entirely student-run and holds biweekly meetings based around both debate skills and international politics. Overall, Model UN's mission is to provide an environment that nurtures a global perspective of the problems facing our world and encourages students to work together to solve our common problems peacefully.
Bellarmine Model United Nations helps students develop valuable knowledge and skills such as:
- Research skills
- Writing skills
- Speaking skills
- Interpersonal communication
- Developing consensus
- Awareness of global issues
- How governments and Non-Governmental Organizations assist citizens in solving problems
- Developing a sense of our global community and responsibility to each other
- Understanding issues of social justice
Bellarmine Model United Nations Leadership Team 2021-22Mina Nair, B’22, President
Rachel Daniel, B’22, Secretary-General of BELLARMUN 2022
Bernice Samson, B’22, Chair of Communications
Mark Manaois, B’23, Co-Chair of Education
Sam Robinson, B’24, Co-Chair of Education
Jaylen Shawcross, B’22, Crisis Specialist
Chloe Mau, B’23, Chair of Logistics and Finance
Maya Loveland-Hyland, B’23, Co-Chair of Community Affairs
Mary Anna Joyce, B’23, Co-Chair of Community Affairs
Cecilia Elliott, B’22, Chair of Global Affairs
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