Last month, Molloy’s Model United Nations Club attended their first conference of the year at Columbia University’s Morningside campus. Ten Molloy students, representing all grades, traveled with Ms. Hipkin to Manhattan to compete against more than one hundred students from several other NYC and Long Island schools during the day-long conference.
Run by Columbia University students, the conference featured committees on topics as varied as Chile’s political crisis in 1973, the Wikileaks scandal, the Incan Empire, and indigenous rights in Latin America, as well as fictional committees on The Maze Runner and Game of Thrones. Students also got to hear an opening speech from the Ambassador of Poland to the United Nations, Krzysztof Szczerski, as well as panels from current Columbia students and alumni. Stanners Stutee Oke ’23, Laiba Ahmad ’26, Moises Bien Nunag ’25, Kida Bernal ’25, Yosef Naser ’26, Bryana Quintero ’25, Gia Shinas ’25, Tehya Ross ’26, Val Savage ’24, and Jules Nohar ’25 did an excellent job, even though for most it was their first conference! Both Valerie Savage and Jules Nohar received awards, with Valerie receiving an Honorable Mention and Jules being recognized as the most improved delegate in their respective committees.
Congrats to all students on a job well done!