Applying MUN Skills to Real Life – An Advisor’s Journey Helping a Student
Alberto Varela is an MUN advisor from Lima, Peru and has been involved with Model UN for 4 years. For 40 years, Alberto has been teaching subjects including English, Social Studies, and Philosophy. He...
View ArticleHow Model UN Helped Me Find the Perfect Major
Deciding what to major in is a very hard decision, especially for people who don’t really know where their passion lies yet. I was one of the many lost people who didn’t know what they want to do in...
View ArticleDon’t Start a War: Setting Goals for MUN Conferences
Katrina Hill is teacher in Roanoke, Virginia, where she teaches language arts and social studies to students in middle school. Katrina started the school’s Model UN program as an Advisor three years...
View ArticleHow MUN Helped Me Apply to College
The college application process is an incredibly stressful time for most high school students. Beyond SAT scores and grade point averages, many students worry about questions such as, “What...
View ArticleMUN Should Be Encouraged In Middle and High Schools
In many schools, Model United Nations is one of the most popular and well-funded clubs. Students are able to combine their passions for public speaking and global affairs with a fun extracurricular...
View ArticleA Guide to Choosing the Perfect MUN Conference for You
Guest article by Abhinav S Krishnan In recent years, hundreds of conferences have sprung up across the world, providing delegates with numerous opportunities and an increasingly pertinent question:...
View ArticleIUMUNC IV Recap
Guest Article by Duncan Justice Secretary-General Duncan Justice welcomes delegates to the fourth edition of IUMUNC From February 23 to February 25, almost 400 high school delegates met on the campus...
View ArticleJoin Us At WIMUN 2019 and Get the Real UN Experience!
WIMUN New York is the most accurate simulation of the United Nations! WIMUN New York is the Flagship edition of WIMUN, other editions include WIMUN India and WIMUN Brazil. WIMUN 2019 will be the fifth...
View Article2017-2018 North American Collegiate Model U.N. All-Star Team
Purpose: The purpose of the North American Collegiate Model UN All-Star Team is to recognize exemplary individuals in the college MUN community who have made a difference inside and outside of...
View Article2017-2018 North American College Model U.N. Final Rankings (World Division)
Which college Model UN teams are the best on the circuit? There are many definitions of success in Model UN, and awards are only one extrinsic way of measuring success. Nevertheless, awards have...
View ArticleApply for Senior Secretariat of WIMUN 2019! Applications are due by June 8th!
The WFUNA International Model United Nations Conference (WIMUN 2019) will be held from Jan 30- Feb 2, 2019 at the United Nations Headquarters and the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. The Senior...
View Article7 Reasons Why MUN Friendships Last Forever
When I first attended MUNI, I didn’t expect to stay close to the people I met. I never would have thought that I would meet some of my best friends through MUN. Here are some of the reasons why the...
View ArticleHow MUN Prepares You for Job Interviews
MUN connects to all of our lives’ aspects: friendships, international awareness, and especially the workplace. Each delegate practices collaborative, communicative, persuasion and research skills...
View ArticleThe Underrated Aspect of Model UN: Charity
Delegates flock to Model UN conferences from all over the world to debate theoretical solutions to real world issues such as human rights, hunger, women’s rights, access to healthcare, refugee crises...
View ArticleThe Top 150 High School Model United Nations Teams in North America from the...
Top 150 Model UN teams in North America for 2017-2018 included (clockwise from top left): Langley High School, The Dalton School, McLean High School, and Mira Costa High School As the school year has...
View ArticleMUN Is More Important Now Than Ever
Students use their voices to speak out on gun violence in schools with the March For Our Lives movement. By April 20, 2018, CNN found that there had already been 20 school shootings in the United...
View ArticleHow to Overcome Your Fears as a New Model UN Delegate
Joining MUN can be stressful and nerve-wracking. Every new delegate has concerns about what their first committee will be like, but there are ways to overcome these fears. Here are a few fears new...
View ArticleHow to Overcome Personal Bias in Model UN Committees
This guest article was written and submitted by Brian Johnson, a rising senior and the President of the MUN program at Robbinsville High School in Robbinsville, New Jersey. Everything we do in our...
View ArticleHow to Deal With Model UN Conference Crunch Time
Right after registering for a Model UN conference, it feels like it would be years until the competition weekend comes up. Time goes from telling your team 2 more months to 1 more month and then 1...
View ArticleWhy You Don’t Need to Win Best Delegate Every Time
This guest article was written and submitted by Brian Johnson, a rising senior and the President of the MUN program at Robbinsville High School in Robbinsville, New Jersey. So. You didn’t win best...
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