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Wright State President Cheryl B. Schrader joined the Model UN team in New York including for the opening ceremony.<\/p><\/div>\n

For the 40th consecutive year, Wright State University\u2019s Model United Nations team<\/a> won top honors at the National Model UN Conference<\/a> March 24-28 in New York City.<\/p>\n

Competing with teams from 193 universities from around the world, the Wright State team was one of only 27 schools to receive an Outstanding Delegation Award, the highest recognition possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud of this team for bringing unprecedented poise and professionalism,\u201d said Vaughn Shannon, associate professor of political science<\/a>. He and Liam Anderson, professor of political science, are faculty advisors to the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe head delegates were leaders who earned the respect from the team, and the team stayed focused and came together to make Wright State\u2019s 40th year at National Model UN an historic one,\u201d Shannon added.<\/p>\n

Each university is assigned a country to represent and students participate as delegates to various UN committees by engaging in debates and discussions about some of the most pressing issues in the world today. Representing Poland, the Wright State team researched and formulated political positions based on Poland\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n

\"\"Social media posts during the conference offered a glimpse at behind-the-scenes preparation and teamwork, personal reflections, as well as good wishes and congratulations from supporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last four years have been an absolute blessing,\u201d Daniel Palmer, a business economics major and veteran Model UN participant,said on Twitter. \u201cThis team helped shape me into who I am today.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"One of Palmer\u2019s high school teachers was part of Wright State\u2019s Model UN program and encouraged Palmer to join. Palmer interviewed as a freshman, made the team and has been involved the last four years. He will graduate from Wright State on May 4 and has aspirations to be president of the United States.<\/p>\n

Wright State President Cheryl B. Schrader joined the Model UN team in New York and posted on her Twitter feed: \u201cContinue to be impressed by @WSU_MUN team and the success and respect built up over 40 years of competition and experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2019 team includes head delegates Crystal Burns and Christian Cooper and student members Amanda Baker, Samantha Baxter, Daniel Bowman, Jackson Cornwell, Cameryn Drain, Leah Dryden, Salha El-Shwehdi, Derek Faulkner, Rahima Hamadi, Hannah Hays, Zachary Janow, Autumn Kern, Jarod Kiser, Ivan Mallett, Swaleh Ouma, Daniel Palmer, Gloria Pappaterra, Isabel Pappaterra, Meera Patel and Jaelynn Thomas.<\/p>\n

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At work all week, Model UN team members collaborated on position papers at the national conference.<\/p><\/div>\n

Wright State students won six Outstanding Position Paper Awards and two peer-selected Outstanding Delegate in Committee Awards.<\/p>\n

Outstanding Position Paper winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n