Bilal Shah & Leigh Jones
Austin Hanna
"Three Guilford Technical Community College students were recently recognized for
their achievements in representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during
the Southeast Regional
University Model Arab League competition March 14-16 at Converse College in
Spartanburg, S.C.
Austin Hanna of Raleigh,
N.C. received the Distinguished Delegation Award for his participation in the
Joint Defense Council. The award signifies Hanna as one of the top five
delegations in their committee of 23 member states.
Bilal Shah of High Point and
Leigh Jones of Greensboro received the Outstanding Delegation Award for their
work in the Economic Committee, which signifies they were one of the top two
delegations in their committee of 23 member states.
The students are members of
the GTCC Model United Nations Club. Matthew DeSantis is the club’s academic
advisor and an assistant professor of political science at GTCC.
“Seeing three of our
students recognized at the conference was an unbelievable feeling,” DeSantis
said. “This is only our third competition as a club and, in many cases, we are
competing against delegations and students who have participated in model
simulation since high school. The conference was a wonderful experience for all
of our students and will help us in our preparation for our next conference later
this month when we will be competing against significantly more delegations
from across the country.”
On April 10-12, the Model
United Nations Club team will compete at the Southern Regional Model United
Nations (SRMUN) conference in Charlotte, N.C., where they will represent the
Czech Republic. GTCC will compete against more than 60 colleges and
universities including Indiana University, University of Cincinnati, University
of Kansas and the University of Oklahoma.
Model Arab League is a
diplomatic simulation and leadership development program. It is designed to
give students insight into the Middle East and Arab world as well as build
critical leadership skills from public speaking to negotiation and compromise.
Guilford Technical Community College is the third largest
of 58 institutions in the NC Community College System. GTCC serves more than 40,000
students annually from four major campuses and three specialized centers. Learn
more at www.gtcc.edu."
Submitted by Carla Kucinski for GTCC
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