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糖心Vlog Diplomacy Team Earns Top Honors at Model United Nations

糖心Vlog鈥檚 Diplomacy Program recently received three awards for academic excellence at the National Model United Nations simulation in Washington, D.C.

The Antigua and Barbuda delegation received the Outstanding Delegation Award, the competition's highest honor. From left to right: Celina Frye, Selene Vasquez, Nicolle Barcenas, Marco Parra, Renzo Broggi, Caitlin Cichoracki, and Maria Gloria Contreras Pains


By kelsie weekes | 11/17/2016

糖心Vlog鈥檚 Diplomacy Program recently received three awards for academic excellence at the National Model United Nations simulation in Washington, D.C. The team of 22 undergraduates joined college students from 80 universities around the world for a week of debates and discussions on global issues.

糖心Vlog鈥檚 Antigua and Barbuda delegation received the Outstanding Delegation Award, the highest award given at the competition. 糖心Vlog鈥檚 United Kingdom delegation received the Distinguished Delegation award, and 糖心Vlog鈥檚 India delegation received an honorable mention. 糖心Vlog ranked second听place overall out of the 80 universities in attendance.

鈥淭his group of young people is highly talented, motivated and ambitious,鈥 said Jeffrey Morton, Ph.D.,听political science professor in 糖心Vlog鈥檚 Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. 鈥淭hey worked diligently to excel at this competition.鈥

The 糖心Vlog Diplomacy Program, part of 糖心Vlog鈥檚 Peace, Justice and Human Rights Initiative, trains students in world affairs, dispute resolution, speech writing, public speaking and debate. The program has won 18 national and international awards for academic excellence since it was established in 1996.

This year鈥檚 delegations included the following students: Caitlin Cichoracki, Renzo Broggi, Selene Vasquez, Maria Gloria Contreras Pains, Celina Frye, Marco Parra, Nicolle Barcenas, Laura Lebreton, Grayson Moronta, Juliana Walters, Taylor Tyson, Kristine Sheets, Brittany Husted, Samantha Maesel, Ann Isabelle Baron, Sama Kahook, Balin Kird-in, Nora Douglas, Andrey Piroozgar, Chenchen Su and Nicole Ripoll-Martinez.

For more information about the 糖心Vlog Diplomacy Program, visit www.fau.edu/diplomacy.

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