Collin College Model UN students (left to right, front row): Samantha Sayers, Jackson Reed, Gabi Duncan, Cassidy Carson, professor Sonia Iwanek, Joey Jones; (middle row): Susan Cubberly, Milena Espinosa, Jason Foley, Sarah Zakrzewski, Ian McCall, Adrian Tran; (back row): Jade Cardoso Soares Giovannini, Karen Lopez, Brian Castillo, Ann Offret and Mohammad Khan garner awards at a recent conference.
April 26, 2018- Sixteen Collin College students represented Honduras at the National Model United Nations Conference in New York recently. Competing against teams from around the world, the college’s team was awarded Outstanding Delegation, the highest award at the conference. In addition, students Samantha Sayers (Lewisville) and Mohammad Khan (Prosper) won an award for a position paper.
Additional award-winning students include Cassidy Carson (Plano), Brian Castillo (Plano), Susan Cubberly (Frisco), Gabi Duncan (Plano), Milena Espinosa (McKinney), Jason Foley (The Colony), Jade Cardoso Soares Giovannini (Denton), Joey Jones (Little Elm), Karen Lopez (Carrolton), Ian McCall (Celina), Ann Offret (Frisco), Jackson Reed (Aubrey), Adrian Tran (Carrolton) and Sarah Zakrzewski (Plano).
The students represented Honduras on the general assembly, organization for migration, organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons, economic and social council and United Nations environmental assembly committees.
According to Collin College professor Tracy Meyer, only the top 10 percent of participating colleges receive outstanding delegation, and only two percent of students win position paper awards.
“Collin’s Model UN team is such an amazing opportunity for students,” said Meyer, who along with professor Sonia Iwanek, is a Collin College Model UN advisor. “It teaches them real-world critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills that are applicable not just in the field of political science, but across all disciplines.”
For more information about the Collin College Model United Nations, contact professors Sonia Iwanek at siwanek@collin.edu or Tracy Meyer at tmeyer@collin.edu.
Collin College serves more than 53,000 credit and continuing education students annually and offers more than 100 degrees and certificates. The only public college in the county, Collin College is a partner to business, government and industry, providing customized training and work force development. In addition, the college operates the Collin Higher Education Center, which serves 3,200 additional students each year in partnership with The University of Texas at Dallas, Texas Woman’s University, Texas A&M Commerce, Texas Tech and the University of North Texas.