Model United Nations is a student organization that allows students to experience what actual United Nations members deal with everyday. Each Model UN team represents a country. Each team is responsible for researching their country and for pushing mock referendums that will be voted on. There are three conferences MUN Baruch participates in. One takes place in Montreal, Canada, while the other two are here in New York City. Each, with its own characteristics, is designed to let students experience what United Nations members do to get their ideas voted on. At the end, the team with the most votes and best research wins. Model UN meets every Tuesday and Thursday during club hours, and conference training are Fridays from 6PM to 9PM.

This club was appealing to me because I am a part of a United Nations campaign that focuses on gender inequality throughout the world. Being a part of the United Nations is something I would like to accomplish later in life. With Model UN, I’ll be able to experience what being a UN member is like. Also, Model UN compliments my intended majors: Journalism and Political Science. By researching a certain country and finding resolutions to their political and social issues, I’ll be able to learn more about the political science of that country. Also, I can use a journalistic approach by presenting facts about issues within that particular country.