Rider University Student Interns At United Nations

Susan Campbell of Fairfield, Conn., a junior Political Science, French and Global Multinational Studies triple major at Rider University, is interning with the United Nations this summer.

Campbell is working in the U.N. Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)'s partnership to relocate their annual conference from the U.N. Headquarters in New York to the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organizational Headquarters in Paris. Campbell is responsible for bringing the concept of Student Global Village to the table. The Global Village program engages Rider and American University in Cairo students in constructive dialogue through live video feed.

In a separate assignment, Campbell will be working with the Lebanese Emigration Research Center at Notre Dame University in Lebanon to collect information on Lebanese who have immigrated through Ellis Island.

Aside from pursuing a triple major, Campbell is engaged in many activities geared toward civic duty at Rider and the surrounding community. Since her freshman year, she has worked at Mercer Street Friends Food Bank through the Rider Community Scholars/Bonner Leaders program. Recently, she has helped bring back an educational nutrition program for area school children. This year, she was also president of Rider’s Global Multinational Society and member of Rider’s Model U.N. Team.  Next year, Campbell will serve as the team’s head delegate.

Submitted on May 19, 2008