ACMUN – Government, Public Service, and International Studies /politicalscience UCA Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:47:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.1 UCA Model UN students participate in 15th ACMUN Conference at Harding University /politicalscience/2025/11/08/uca-students-participate-in-15th-arkansas-collegiate-model-united-nations-acmun-conference-at-harding-university/ /politicalscience/2025/11/08/uca-students-participate-in-15th-arkansas-collegiate-model-united-nations-acmun-conference-at-harding-university/#respond Sat, 08 Nov 2025 14:10:22 +0000 /politicalscience/?p=42736 Seventeen members of the UCA Model United Nations (MUN) student organization represented nine countries at the 15th º£½ÇÉçÇø Collegiate Model United Nations (ACMUN) Conference held at Harding University in Searcy, º£½ÇÉçÇø on Friday, November 7, 2025.Ìý More than 60 delegates from º£½ÇÉçÇø State University-Jonesboro, Harding University, John Brown University, Northwest º£½ÇÉçÇø Community College, and UCA represented countries in the Security Council, Council of the Arab League, Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC), and Human Rights Council (HRC).Ìý The UCA delegations included France (Dice Ferguson and Bethany Alford), Greece (Hlib Shevchenko), Haiti (Jasmine Strickland), Japan (Adrian Chavez and Natalie Hood), South Korea (Stephany Morales and Izzy Funes), Qatar (Corbin Williams, Waylon Matthews, Connor Farmer, and Elizabeth Velasco-Moya), Saudi Arabia (Codie Cash), South Africa (Taylor Brewer, Lillian Ward, and Maritsa Rosas), and Turkey (Ava Walker).Ìý At the end of the conference, awards were presented to the Best Delegates and Best Delegations, including members of UCA’s delegations to the conference: Hlib Shevchenko (Greece) was presented the Best Delegate award in the Security Council.Ìý Corbin Williams and Waylon Matthews (Qatar) were presented the Best Delegate-Honorable Mention award in the Economic & Social Council.Ìý In addition, Best Delegation-Honorable Mention awards were presented to UCA’s delegations representing Greece and Qatar.

UCA students at the ACMUN conference at Harding University in Searcy, AR.

]]> /politicalscience/2025/11/08/uca-students-participate-in-15th-arkansas-collegiate-model-united-nations-acmun-conference-at-harding-university/feed/ 0 UCA students participate in 14th ACMUN Conference at NSU /politicalscience/2024/11/03/uca-students-participate-in-14th-acmun-conference-at-nsu/ /politicalscience/2024/11/03/uca-students-participate-in-14th-acmun-conference-at-nsu/#respond Sun, 03 Nov 2024 15:16:32 +0000 /politicalscience/?p=41178 Twelve UCA students representing the UCA Model United Nations (MUN) student organization participated in the 14th º£½ÇÉçÇø Collegiate Model United Nations (ACMUN) Conference held at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma on Saturday, November 2, 2024. The ACMUN conference was held jointly with the Oklahoma Model United Nations (OKMUN) Conference. The UCA group, which included Abdulaziz Karamah Anike, Abbie Asher, Dice Ferguson, Jaylan Harris, Nadira Souley Issaka, Moustapha Kone, Julien Mrad, Grace Mureithi, Julia Ray, Laura Carrillo Rodriguez, Kyle Urban, and Ava Walker, represented the countries of Algeria, Ecuador, El Salvador, India, Qatar, Sierra Leone, and Ukraine. The conference included simulations of the UN General Assembly (1st Committee), UN Human Rights Council (HRC), UN Security Council, and the Council of the Arab League. Dr. Mark Elrod and Dr. Mark Mullenbach, faculty members in the Department of Government, Public Service, and International Studies, served as the faculty advisors for the UCA students. The following UCA students were recognized for their performances at the 14th ACMUN Conference: Julien Mrad – Outstanding Delegate (Security Council, Algeria); Grace Mureithi – Outstanding Delegate (UN General Assembly 1st Committee, Ukraine); and Kyle Urban – Outstanding Delegate-Honorable Mention (UN General Assembly 1st Committee, Qatar).

]]> /politicalscience/2024/11/03/uca-students-participate-in-14th-acmun-conference-at-nsu/feed/ 0 UCA students participate in 13th º£½ÇÉçÇø Collegiate Model United Nations (ACMUN) conference at ASU /politicalscience/2023/11/05/uca-students-participate-in-13th-acmun-conference-in-jonesboro/ /politicalscience/2023/11/05/uca-students-participate-in-13th-acmun-conference-in-jonesboro/#respond Sun, 05 Nov 2023 19:21:49 +0000 /politicalscience/?p=37564 Nineteen UCA students representing the UCA Model United Nations (MUN) student organization participated in the 13th º£½ÇÉçÇø Collegiate Model United Nations (ACMUN) Conference at º£½ÇÉçÇø State University-Jonesboro on Friday, November 3, 2023.Ìý The group, which included Julien Mrad, Jaycie Sturdivant, Dice Ferguson, Makenna Goss, Gabriel Mince, Ryan Webb, Laura Carrillo Rodriguez, Cooper Horton, Emily Temple, Lauren Clark, Abby Bunch, Mitchell Davis, Jaylan Harris, Aissata Diare, Lillie Webb, Allison Hellard, Jenna Taylor, Aminatou Adeniji, and Kyle Urban, represented the countries of Albania, Algeria, Brazil, Costa Rica, Czechia, Egypt, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan.Ìý The conference included simulations of the UN Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC), UN Human Rights Council (HRC), UN Security Council, and the Council of the Arab League.Ìý Dr. Mark Elrod and Dr. Mark Mullenbach, faculty members in the Department of Government, Public Service, and International Studies, served as the faculty advisors for the UCA students.

The following UCA students were recognized for their performances at the 13th ACMUN Conference: Julien Mrad – Outstanding Delegate (Security Council, Albania); Dice Ferguson – Honorable Mention (Arab League, Algeria); Makenna Goss – Outstanding Delegate (ECOSOC, Brazil); Gabriel Mince – Honorable Mention (Security Council, Brazil); Emily Temple – Honorable Mention (ECOSOC, Czechia); Lauren Clark & Abby Bunch – Honorable Mention (Human Rights Council, Czechia); and Mitchell Davis – Outstanding Delegate (Arab League, Egypt).Ìý In addition, the delegations of Brazil (Makenna Goss, Gabriel Mince, and Ryan Webb) and Czechia (Emily Temple, Lauren Clark, and Abby Bunch) were selected as Best Delegations-Honorable Mention.

]]> /politicalscience/2023/11/05/uca-students-participate-in-13th-acmun-conference-in-jonesboro/feed/ 0 UCA students participate in the 12th º£½ÇÉçÇø Model United Nations (ACMUN) conference at NWACC /politicalscience/2022/11/11/uca-model-un-students-participate-in-12th-acmun-conference-in-bentonville/ /politicalscience/2022/11/11/uca-model-un-students-participate-in-12th-acmun-conference-in-bentonville/#respond Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:38:13 +0000 /politicalscience/?p=34506 Fifteen UCA students representing the UCA Model United Nations (MUN) student organization participated in the 12th annual º£½ÇÉçÇø Collegiate Model United Nations (ACMUN) Conference at Northwest º£½ÇÉçÇø Community College (NWACC) on Friday, November 4, 2022.Ìý The group, which included Julien Mrad, Allison Hellard, Gabriel Mince, Cooper Horton, Skyler Austen, Makenna Goss, Ryan Webb, Claire Okoma, Joshua Waack, Jaycie Sturdivant, Aminatou Adeniji, Emily Temple, Erin Smith, Jackson Rogers, and Brooke DeSalvo, represented the countries of Gabon, People’s Republic of China, Cote d’Ivoire, Benin, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Kingdom.Ìý The conference included simulations of the UN Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC), UN Human Rights Council (HRC), UN Security Council, and the Council of the Arab League.Ìý Dr. Mark Elrod, a lecturer in the UCA Department of Political Science, was the faculty advisor for the UCA students.

The following UCA students were recognized for their performances at the 12th ACMUN Conference: Joshua Waack – Outstanding Delegate-Honorable Mention (ECOSOC, Cote d’Ivoire); Makenna Goss – Outstanding Delegate-Honorable Mention (ECOSOC, PRC); Julien Mrad – Outstanding Delegate-Honorable Mention (Security Council, UK); and Ryan Webb – Outstanding Delegate-Honorable Mention (Security Council, Gabon).Ìý In addition, the PRC Delegation (Cooper Horton, Skyler Austen, and Makenna Goss) was selected as Best Delegation in the Plenary Session of the General Assembly and Overall Best Delegation-Honorable Mention.

]]> /politicalscience/2022/11/11/uca-model-un-students-participate-in-12th-acmun-conference-in-bentonville/feed/ 0 Department hosted the 10th º£½ÇÉçÇø Collegiate Model United Nations (ACMUN) conference /politicalscience/2020/11/11/department-of-political-science-sponsors-10th-annual-acmun-conference/ /politicalscience/2020/11/11/department-of-political-science-sponsors-10th-annual-acmun-conference/#respond Wed, 11 Nov 2020 22:17:01 +0000 /politicalscience/?p=24305 The Department of Political Science and the UCA Model United Nations (MUN) student organization hosted the 10th annual º£½ÇÉçÇø College Model United Nations (ACMUN) Conference on Friday, November 6, 2020.Ìý Delegates from seven colleges and universities in º£½ÇÉçÇø, as well as Oklahoma State University and Universidad de La Salle in Bogotá, Colombia, participated in the first virtual Model United Nations conference hosted by UCA. The delegates represented 40 countries in simulations of four committees, including the Economic & Social Council, Human Rights Council, Council of the Arab League, and Security Council. Twenty-seven of the participating delegates received Outstanding Delegation and Outstanding Delegation-Honorable Mention awards.Ìý Abby Mattingly, a senior majoring in International Studies and French, served as the President of the UCA Model UN student organization in 2020-2021.Ìý Dr. Mark Elrod and Dr. Mark Mullenbach serve as faculty advisors for the UCA MUN student organization.

]]> /politicalscience/2020/11/11/department-of-political-science-sponsors-10th-annual-acmun-conference/feed/ 0 Department hosts the 9th º£½ÇÉçÇø Collegiate Model United Nations (ACMUN) conference at UCA /politicalscience/2019/12/19/department-of-political-science-hosts-the-9th-acmun-conference/ /politicalscience/2019/12/19/department-of-political-science-hosts-the-9th-acmun-conference/#respond Thu, 19 Dec 2019 02:32:19 +0000 /politicalscience/?p=23420 The Department of Political Science and the UCA Model United Nations (MUN) student organization hosted the 9th annual º£½ÇÉçÇø Collegiate Model United Nations (ACMUN) conference at the University of Central º£½ÇÉçÇø on November 1, 2019.Ìý More than 100 college and university students from º£½ÇÉçÇø State University-Beebe, º£½ÇÉçÇø State University-Jonesboro, Hendrix College, Harding University, Lyon College, Northeastern State University (Tahlequah, Oklahoma), Northwest º£½ÇÉçÇø Community College-Bentonville, University of º£½ÇÉçÇø-Little Rock, University of º£½ÇÉçÇø Community College at Morrilton, and UCA participated in the conference, including simulations of the Security Council, Human Rights Council (HRC), Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC), and the Council of the Arab League.Ìý Members of the UCA Model United Nations (MUN) student organization represented the countries of Algeria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, France, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Poland, and Venezuela.Ìý Dr. Mark Elrod and Dr. Mark Mullenbach served as faculty advisors for the UCA MUN delegations participating in the conference.

Outstanding Delegations:
Security Council – United Kingdom (Hendrix College)
Economic & Social Council – Philippines (Hendrix College)
Human Rights Council – United Kingdom (Hendrix College)
Council of the Arab League – Morocco (University of º£½ÇÉçÇø-Little Rock)

Outstanding Delegation-Honorable Mentions:
Security Council – Equatorial Guinea (Northwest º£½ÇÉçÇø Community College), Indonesia (Lyon College), Poland (University of Central º£½ÇÉçÇø), Russian Federation (Northeastern State University), South Africa (Harding University), and United States of America (Lyon College).

Economic & Social Council – Canada (University of Central º£½ÇÉçÇø), Denmark (Hendrix College), Ethiopia (Northwest º£½ÇÉçÇø Community College), Ireland (University of º£½ÇÉçÇø Community College at Morrilton), Japan (University of Central º£½ÇÉçÇø), Mexico (Northwestern º£½ÇÉçÇø Community College), Morocco (University of º£½ÇÉçÇø-Little Rock), People’s Republic of China (Harding University), Russian Federation (Northeastern State University), Sudan (University of º£½ÇÉçÇø-Little Rock), and United Kingdom (Hendrix College).

Human Rights Council – Argentina (Harding University), Brazil (University of Central º£½ÇÉçÇø), Denmark (Hendrix College), Italy (Hendrix College), People’s Republic of China (Harding University), Philippines (Hendrix College), Qatar (University of º£½ÇÉçÇø-Little Rock), and Saudi Arabia (University of º£½ÇÉçÇø-Little Rock).

Council of the Arab League – Algeria (University of Central º£½ÇÉçÇø), Israel (º£½ÇÉçÇø State University-Jonesboro), Kuwait (University of º£½ÇÉçÇø-Little Rock), Lebanon (University of Central º£½ÇÉçÇø), Saudi Arabia (University of º£½ÇÉçÇø-Little Rock), and Sudan (University of º£½ÇÉçÇø-Little Rock).

Best Delegation/Plenary Session:
Ireland – University of º£½ÇÉçÇø Community College at Morrilton

Best Delegation/Plenary Session – Honorable Mentions:
Denmark – Hendrix College
Italy – Hendrix College
Morocco – University of º£½ÇÉçÇø-Little Rock
People’s Republic of China – Harding University
Philippines – Hendrix College
United Kingdom – Hendrix College

 

]]> /politicalscience/2019/12/19/department-of-political-science-hosts-the-9th-acmun-conference/feed/ 0 Department hosts the 8th º£½ÇÉçÇø Collegiate Model United Nations (ACMUN) conference at UCA /politicalscience/2018/12/29/department-of-political-science-hosted-the-8th-annual-acmun-conference/ /politicalscience/2018/12/29/department-of-political-science-hosted-the-8th-annual-acmun-conference/#respond Sat, 29 Dec 2018 04:54:15 +0000 /politicalscience/?p=22656

The Department of Political Science and the UCA Model United Nations (MUN) student organization hosted the 8th annual º£½ÇÉçÇø Collegiate Model United Nations (ACMUN) conference at the University of Central º£½ÇÉçÇø on November 2, 2018.Ìý Nearly 100 college and university students from º£½ÇÉçÇø State University-Beebe, º£½ÇÉçÇø State University-Jonesboro, º£½ÇÉçÇø Tech University, Hendrix College, Harding University, Lyon College, Northeastern State University (Tahlequah, Oklahoma), Northwest º£½ÇÉçÇø Community College-Bentonville, University of º£½ÇÉçÇø-Little Rock, and UCA participated in the conference, including simulations of the Security Council, Human Rights Council (HRC), Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC), and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).Ìý UCA students represented the delegations of Bolivia, Brazil, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, France, Kazakhstan, Panama, Peru, South Africa, and Sweden.Ìý Dr. Mark Elrod and Dr. Mark Mullenbach served as faculty advisors for the UCA delegations participating in the conference.

Outstanding Delegations:
Security Council – Cote d’Ivoire (Hendrix College)
Economic & Social Council – Australia (Harding University) and Nigeria (Hendrix College)
Human Rights Council – Senegal (Hendrix College)
UN Environment Programme – Senegal (Hendrix College)

Outstanding Delegation-Honorable Mentions:
Security Council – France (UCA), Kuwait (UA-Little Rock), Netherlands (NSU), Russian Federation (ATU), United Kingdom (ASU-Jonesboro)
Economic & Social Council – Democratic Republic of Congo (Hendrix College), France (UCA), Republic of Korea (Lyon College), Rwanda (ASU-Jonesboro), Sweden (UCA), and United Kingdom (ASU-Jonesboro)
Human Rights Council – Cote d’Ivoire (Hendrix College), Democratic Republic of Congo (Hendrix College), Ethiopia (UCA), Nigeria (Hendrix College), Philippines (ATU), and United Arab Emirates (UA-Little Rock)
UN Environment Programme – Australia (Harding University), Democratic Republic of Congo (Hendrix College), Kuwait (UA-Little Rock), Nigeria (Hendrix College), Peru (UCA), Russian Federation (ATU), and Saudi Arabia (UA-Little Rock)

Best Overall Delegation:
Nigeria – Hendrix College

Best Overall Delegations-Honorable Mentions:
Australia – Harding University
Cote d’Ivoire – Hendrix College
Democratic Republic of Congo – Hendrix College
France – University of Central º£½ÇÉçÇø
Guatemala – º£½ÇÉçÇø State University-Beebe
Kuwait – University of º£½ÇÉçÇø-Little Rock
Russian Federation – º£½ÇÉçÇø Tech University
Senegal – Hendrix College
Tunisia – University of º£½ÇÉçÇø-Little Rock
United Kingdom – º£½ÇÉçÇø State University-Jonesboro

 

]]> /politicalscience/2018/12/29/department-of-political-science-hosted-the-8th-annual-acmun-conference/feed/ 0 Department hosts the 7th º£½ÇÉçÇø Collegiate Model United Nations (ACMUN) conference at UCA /politicalscience/2017/11/06/department-of-political-science-hosts-the-acmun-conference-at-uca/ /politicalscience/2017/11/06/department-of-political-science-hosts-the-acmun-conference-at-uca/#respond Mon, 06 Nov 2017 01:47:05 +0000 /politicalscience/?p=20871 The Department of Political Science and the UCA Model United Nations (MUN) student organization hosted the 7th annual º£½ÇÉçÇø Collegiate Model United Nations (ACMUN) conference at UCA on Friday, November 3, 2017.Ìý Some 75 college and university students from Hendrix College, Harding University, University of º£½ÇÉçÇø-Little Rock, º£½ÇÉçÇø State University-Jonesboro, º£½ÇÉçÇø Tech University, and UCA participated in the conference, including simulations of the Security Council, Human Rights Council (HRC), Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC), and the Executive Committee of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).Ìý U.S. Foreign Service Officer Kali Jones, Diplomat-in-Residence at Tulane University, spoke during the opening session of the conference in the UCA Student Center.Ìý The ACMUN conference was coordinated by Stephanie Gray, a UCA senior majoring in International Studies and minoring in French and Religious Studies.Ìý Dr. Mark Mullenbach served as the faculty advisor for the UCA delegations participating in the conference.

Outstanding Delegation:
Security Council – Russian Federation (Hendrix College)
Economic & Social Council – India (Hendrix College)
Human Rights Council – Nigeria (Hendrix College)
Executive Committee of the UNHCR – India (Hendrix College)

Outstanding Delegation-Honorable Mentions:
Security Council – Italy (º£½ÇÉçÇø State University-Jonesboro), United States (UCA), and Japan (UCA).
Economic & Social Council – Nigeria (Hendrix College), Lebanon (UA-Little Rock), United Arab Emirates (UCA), and Iraq (UA-Little Rock).
Human Rights Council – United Arab Emirates (UCA), India (Hendrix College), Iraq (UA-Little Rock), and Qatar (UA-Litle Rock).
Executive Committee of the UNHCR – Nigeria (Hendrix College), Russian Federation (Hendrix College), Qatar (UA-Little Rock), and Germany (Harding University).

Best Overall Delegation:
India – Hendrix College

Best Overall Delegation-Honorable Mentions:
Russian Federation – Hendrix College
Nigeria – Hendrix College
Qatar – University of º£½ÇÉçÇø-Little Rock
Germany – Harding University

]]> /politicalscience/2017/11/06/department-of-political-science-hosts-the-acmun-conference-at-uca/feed/ 0 UCA students participate in the 5th º£½ÇÉçÇø Collegiate Model United Nations (ACMUN) conference at ATU /politicalscience/2016/02/03/uca-model-un-students-participate-in-atu-model-un-conference-november-6-2015/ /politicalscience/2016/02/03/uca-model-un-students-participate-in-atu-model-un-conference-november-6-2015/#respond Wed, 03 Feb 2016 20:45:53 +0000 /politicalscience/?p=18065 Five UCA students and members of the UCA Model United Nations (MUN) student organization – Nick Cartwright, Jesus Torres, Shaye Davis, Erin Whitfield, and Ellen McKinnie – represented Russia and Venezuela at the 5th annual º£½ÇÉçÇø Collegiate Model United Nations (ACMUN) conference at º£½ÇÉçÇø Tech University in Russellville on Friday, November 6, 2015.Ìý Delegations from several other º£½ÇÉçÇø colleges and universities, including º£½ÇÉçÇø State University-Jonesboro, º£½ÇÉçÇø State University-Beebe, University of º£½ÇÉçÇø-Fayetteville, and University of º£½ÇÉçÇø-Monticello, also participated in the conference.Ìý At the end of the conference, Venezuela’s delegates (Jesus Torres, Erin Whitfield, Nick Cartwright, and Shaye Davis) were honored as Outstanding Delegates.

ATU MUN 2015 (2)Left to right: Nick Cartwright, Erin Whitfield, Shaye Davis, Jesus Torres, and Ellen McKinnie.

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