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CONGRATULATIONS TEAM 2008 FOR WINNING THE MODEL UN OUTSTANDING DELEGATION AWARDS!

What is Rider Model UN?
National Model United Nations (NMUN) is a University-wide co-curricular annual special project within the Political Science Department. It has been active since 1967 and is open to students of all schools and majors. Stretching from late September to the Saturday before Easter, NMUN requires research, writing, speaking, caucusing, and bargaining at a consistently rigorous level. There have been 39 teams and some 300 participants in Rider NMUN.

Purpose
NMUN allows Rider University students to participate in the largest intercollegiate simulation in international relations, matching them with students from a cross-section of 200 colleges and universities in the USA, Canada, Europe, and Japan.

Eligibility and Requirements
NMUN is open to all sophomores, juniors, and seniors who have at least a 2.5 overall grade point average and who have completed either Global Politics (was International Relations, POL 215) or an acceptable substitute with at least a C+ before the start of the Spring semester. The essential qualities required of team members are an ability and willingness to carry a demanding research schedule, an ability to meet deadlines, enthusiasm and reliability, and getting along with teammates.

What Do You Get out of It?
Participants not only learn first-hand aboutvarious issues of international politics and economics, but also how to speak extemporaneously in front of a large audience of strangers, to take leadership initiatives in debates and caucusing, to work cooperatively with people they have never met before to solve common problems, to fashion workable compromises through negotiations, and to grow in self-knowledge and self-confidence.

A Lifetime of Benefit
NMUN alumni consistently rate the NMUN experience as the single most memorable and beneficial experience they ever had at Rider, in terms of developing initiative, maturity, judgment, self-confidence, the ability to think on their feet and hold their ground in real-life discussions and negotiations.

Honors and Awards
Nineteen NMUN Teams from Rider have received honors and awards, including "Best Delegation" and "Distinguished Delegation" awards.

For more information, please contact:

• Dr. Barbara Franz
  Fine Arts 272
  (609) 896-5262
  bfranz@rider.edu