University to welcome guests from around the world
BY COURTNEY GAILLARD
THE CHRONICLE
Winston-Salem State Uni
versity will host the 13th
annual Model United Nations
conference (NMUN) at the
Adam's Mark Hotel April 11 -
14. The conference will bring
together students from col
leges around the state who
are members of the N.C.
Consortium tor International
and Intercultural Education
(NCIIE) to conduct mini-dia
logues to understand the dif
ferences that exist among the
United States and other coun
tries.
Student delegates will
pose as ambassadors or
diplomats representing the
countries that make up the
United Nations (UN) to
address the same global
issues currently ort the agen
da of the UN. The conference
comes at a time when conflict
resolution is being faced by
many leaders around the
world from the United States
to the Middle East, and stu
dents acting in these role
playing dialogues can widen
their communication and
interpersonal skills.
The Model UN began on
the campus of WSSU when
Dr. Donald Mac-Thompson,
professor of social sciences,
and several WSSU students
received information from
the UnitedQilations Associa
tion-USA about the chance to
start, up a branch of the
organization.
This conference will mark
the third time that WSSU will
host NMUN, having hosted
one in 1991 and again five
years later. Participating or
consortium schools of the
NCCI1E rotate hosting the
NMUN each year.
Local students will get the
opportunity to discuss world
topics concerning politics,
security," economics, health
and conflict. In past years,
student delegates included in
NMUN came from Canada,
Russia, Japan and Ireland, to
name a few. Students must
assume the roles and plat
forms of the countries they
are representing and are
required to remain in
character throughout
the mock delibera
tions on any given
issue.
"When the stu
dents simulate a
country, they have to
know its culture, its
religion, geography,
economic and mili
tary capabilities and
so forth of the entire coun
try," Mac-Thompson said.
Mac-Thompson appreci
ates the chance for WSSU to
host the conference again
because it presents an oppor
tunity for WSSU students to
do extensive research on
countries and various forms
of government around the
world that they
may not necessar
ily have knowl
edge of or even
support.
"We look for
ward to effective
deliberations by
students on topics
that they will be
discussing and we
are also looking
at the need of effective cau
cusing," said Mac-Thompson
who explained that he and
fellow advisers Professor
Marvin Johnson and Dr.
Michelle Linster-Glen have a
welliplanned conference to
offer to to all who attend. The
entire WSSU "family" makes
a big effort to support the
conference to make it a
worthwhile educational expe
rience for both the students,
faculty and dignitaries from
other universities.
Although the majority of
students who attend NMUN
are political science majors,
the Model UN is open to stu
dents working toward
degrees in all disciplines
with various academic inter
ests.
The NMUN conference
originated in 1923 as a simu
lation of the League of
Nations. The conference is
the largest and One of the
most prestigious Model UN
programs in the world.
Mac-Thompson
Walking
from pa^e AI
tainment, business and in vol
unteerism."
Laura Ellerbee and Jackie
Wilson lead groups that will
?-?Walk on B
Tuesday
and Thurs
day morn
ings, begin
ning at the
Health
Depart
ment. Rita
Powell's
group will
meet at
United Met
ropolitan to "
walk Tuesdays and Thursdays
at 5 p.m. Willie Leon Peay
leads a group that will meet at
Sunrise Tower, and Linda Lit
tle's group will meet Tuesdays
and Thursdays at 5 p.m. at
Experiment for Self-Reliance.
Local decision makers also
are invited to walk with the
groups to learn more about the
community and connect with
neighborhood residents.
The Be Healthy Coalition.
formed by the Forsyth County
Health Department, created
the trails. The medical center
sought and provided the fund
ing to create maps, create
walking groups and plan Her
itage Day, advising medical (
center staff on the project. The
African American Society of
Winston-Salem created a his
torical documentary that
formed the basis for the his- $
toricaL map
1 and ware.
On April
20 at II a.m.,
there will be a
Neighborhood
Heritage Day.
People can x
walk or take a J
trolley through \
historical '
areas while a l
local historian
. narrates the j
luur. r
Healthy adults at least 18 \
years of age may participate. 1
For more information, call
Gena Hargis at 713-4238.
"Why not promote wellness while we promote
heritage? Some of the local people we will learn
about have had an impact nationally in medicine,
entertainment, business and in volunteerism."
- Shedrick Adams
WWW wschronicle.com
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London 66 48 pc 57 45 pc 47 45 r 54 43 c 57 51 c
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