On Wednesday, November 6, from 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., the International Relations Program will welcome to campus more than 400 students from numerous area high schools for the 46th Annual High School Model United Nations Conference.
Please take special care when driving in the area particularly from 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. as there may be student delegates and school busses doing drop off and pick up. Please also note that parking will be impacted.
Student delegates will represent countries from around the world to discuss, debate, and formulate resolutions on pressing issues of the day. Student volunteers from Canisius University will moderate and adjudicate the proceedings, which challenge participants to learn rules of parliamentary procedure as well as information about specific countries’ positions on controversial international issues. Our volunteer staff is largely drawn from our student club, the Model UN Diplomacy Organization (MUNDO).
There will be a significant number of young people milling about campus, particularly in the Chester HON ’01 and Diane Stranczek Science Hall Commons, the Richard E. Winter ’42 Student Center (Grupp, Regis, and Dining Hall), the 2nd floor of Churchill Academic Tower, and Montante Cultural Center. I thank you in advance for showing hospitality to our guests and welcoming them to our campus.
The International Relations Program also thanks the Canisius University staff (including events management, public safety, dining services, admissions, and especially Rachel Lapinski and Nurul Abdul Salam for their invaluable assistance). Thanks also to our hardworking student volunteers for making this stimulating and educational experience possible for our guests.
Submitted by: Richard Reitsma, PhD, associate professor, Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures; director, International Relations
