{"id":14724,"date":"2019-04-02T17:46:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T17:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/02\/clarks-model-un-team-earns-awards-at-harvard-conference\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:24:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:24:39","slug":"clarks-model-un-team-earns-awards-at-harvard-conference","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/02\/clarks-model-un-team-earns-awards-at-harvard-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Clark\u2019s Model UN team earns awards at Harvard conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n            \n            <p class=\"intro news-subhead\">Seven students recognized at prestigious national event <\/p>\n            <p><html><body><\/p>\n The Clark Model UN team: Front, from left: Antonella Davi &rsquo;19 and August Welles &rsquo;19, MUN co-presidents; second row:&nbsp; Abhiram Kolluri &rsquo;22, Ryan Freed &rsquo;22, David Treus &rsquo;21, Joey Nguyen&nbsp; &rsquo;22; third row: Professor Srinivasan Sitaraman, Alex Dunhom &rsquo;21, Zoe Redfern-Hall &rsquo;21, Aandishah Samarra &rsquo;22, Cate Brown &rsquo;22, Valeria Chavez &rsquo;21, Dasan DeSilva &rsquo;22; back row: Ethan Lutz &rsquo;21, Atlas Kinzel &rsquo;21, Julien Faucheux &rsquo;21, Luke Watson-Sharer &rsquo;21.\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Clark&rsquo;s award-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmun.org\/\">Model United Nations<\/a> team had a successful showing at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hnmun.org\/\">Harvard National Model UN Conference<\/a> last month; seven members of the team earned awards for their performance.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alex Dunhom &rsquo;21 received an award for the NGO program<\/li>\n<li>Ethan Lutz &rsquo;21 and Ryan Freed &rsquo;22 won awards for Disarmament and International Security<\/li>\n<li>August Welles &rsquo;19 and Atlas Kinzel &rsquo;21 won awards for the Social and Humanitarian Council<\/li>\n<li>Luke Watson-Sharer &rsquo;21 and Cate Brown &rsquo;22 were recognized for the Arctic Council<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Harvard National Model UN Conference, which draws 3000 delegates from 80 countries and is staffed by more than 230 Harvard undergraduates, is described as &ldquo;the oldest, largest, and most prestigious collegiate Model United Nations conference globally.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Harvard event is &ldquo;one of the most competitive conferences on the collegiate Model UN circuit,&rdquo; says Antonella Davi &rsquo;19, president of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MUNatClark\/\"> Clark Model United Nations<\/a> team. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s one we look forward to every year.&rdquo; Davi and Welles led the team.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The level of preparation required of each delegate is enormous, expectations are high, and the pressure to perform well can be daunting, but all of these things act as drivers for us, not deterrents: there is definitely no shortage of commitment amongst Clark&#8217;s team,&rdquo; said Davi. &nbsp;&ldquo;As head delegates, we could not be more proud of what our team has accomplished not only at HNMUN, but throughout this year.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When they returned to campus, the Model UN team hosted its first middle school conference, &ldquo;WooMUN-I,&rdquo; which brought approximately 100 middle school students to Clark. Gari De Ramos &rsquo;21 organized the conference.<\/p>\n<p>The team competed in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyumunc.org\/\">New York University Model UN Conference<\/a> at the end of March &mdash; where the team received several verbal commendations &mdash; and is preparing for the and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcmun.org\/\">Five Colleges Model UN Conference<\/a>, April 5 &ndash; 7 at Mount Holyoke College.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/programs\/majors-minors\/political-science\/\">Political Science<\/a> Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.clarku.edu\/faculty\/facultybio.cfm?id=461&amp;progid=16\">Srinivasan Sitaraman<\/a> advises the Clark Model UN team.<\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven students recognized at prestigious national event <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14725,"template":"","meta":{"story_color":"#525250","story_headerImg":14725,"section_label":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[223,239],"displayed_author":[324],"featured":[],"topic":[256,151,336,378,264,265,119,121],"class_list":["post-14724","story","type-story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clark-community","category-worcester-world","displayed_author-clark-news-and-media-relations","topic-awards-and-honors","topic-hands-on-learning","topic-major-in-political-science","topic-model-united-nations","topic-political-science","topic-politics-and-government","topic-student-life","topic-undergraduate-students"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Clark\u2019s Model UN team earns awards at Harvard conference | ClarkU News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/02\/clarks-model-un-team-earns-awards-at-harvard-conference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Clark\u2019s Model UN team earns awards at Harvard conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Seven students recognized at prestigious national event\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/02\/clarks-model-un-team-earns-awards-at-harvard-conference\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ClarkU News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-04T18:24:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/MUN-team.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1613\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/02\\\/clarks-model-un-team-earns-awards-at-harvard-conference\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/02\\\/clarks-model-un-team-earns-awards-at-harvard-conference\\\/\",\"name\":\"Clark\u2019s Model UN team earns awards at Harvard conference | ClarkU News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/02\\\/clarks-model-un-team-earns-awards-at-harvard-conference\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/02\\\/clarks-model-un-team-earns-awards-at-harvard-conference\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/37\\\/MUN-team.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-02T17:46:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-04T18:24:39+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/02\\\/clarks-model-un-team-earns-awards-at-harvard-conference\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/02\\\/clarks-model-un-team-earns-awards-at-harvard-conference\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/37\\\/MUN-team.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/37\\\/MUN-team.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1613,\"caption\":\"Antonella Davi and August Welles, MUN Co-Presidents, both class of 2019 2nd ROW- Abhiram Kolluri \u201922), Ryan Freed (2022), David Treus (2021), Joey Nguyen (2022) 3rd ROW- Professor Sitaraman, Alex Dunhom (2021), Zoe Redfern-Hall (2021), Aandishah Samarra (2022), Cate Brown (2022), Valeria Chavez (2021), Dasan DeSilva (2022) BACK ROW- Ethan Lutz (2021), Atlas Kinzel (2021), Julien Faucheux (2021), Luke Watson-Sharer (2021).\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/story\\\/14724#breadcrumbs\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":0,\"name\":\"ClarkU\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"ClarkU News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Stories\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-json\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Stories\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Stories\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Stories\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/story\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":6,\"name\":\"Stories\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/story\\\/14724\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"ClarkU News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Clark\u2019s Model UN team earns awards at Harvard conference | ClarkU News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/02\/clarks-model-un-team-earns-awards-at-harvard-conference\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Clark\u2019s Model UN team earns awards at Harvard conference","og_description":"Seven students recognized at prestigious national event","og_url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/02\/clarks-model-un-team-earns-awards-at-harvard-conference\/","og_site_name":"ClarkU News","article_modified_time":"2025-04-04T18:24:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":1613,"url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/MUN-team.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/02\/clarks-model-un-team-earns-awards-at-harvard-conference\/","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/02\/clarks-model-un-team-earns-awards-at-harvard-conference\/","name":"Clark\u2019s Model UN team earns awards at Harvard conference | ClarkU News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/02\/clarks-model-un-team-earns-awards-at-harvard-conference\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/02\/clarks-model-un-team-earns-awards-at-harvard-conference\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/MUN-team.jpg","datePublished":"2019-04-02T17:46:28+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-04T18:24:39+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/02\/clarks-model-un-team-earns-awards-at-harvard-conference\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/02\/clarks-model-un-team-earns-awards-at-harvard-conference\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/MUN-team.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/MUN-team.jpg","width":1500,"height":1613,"caption":"Antonella Davi and August Welles, MUN Co-Presidents, both class of 2019 2nd ROW- Abhiram Kolluri \u201922), Ryan Freed (2022), David Treus (2021), Joey Nguyen (2022) 3rd ROW- Professor Sitaraman, Alex Dunhom (2021), Zoe Redfern-Hall (2021), Aandishah Samarra (2022), Cate Brown (2022), Valeria Chavez (2021), Dasan DeSilva (2022) BACK ROW- Ethan Lutz (2021), Atlas Kinzel (2021), Julien Faucheux (2021), Luke Watson-Sharer (2021)."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/14724#breadcrumbs","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":0,"name":"ClarkU","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ClarkU News","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Stories","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Stories","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Stories","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Stories","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"name":"Stories","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/14724"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/","name":"ClarkU News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"fimg_url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/MUN-team-952x1024.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/14724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/story"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/14724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14724"},{"taxonomy":"displayed_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/displayed_author?post=14724"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=14724"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=14724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}