University of Montana issued the following announcement.
Many students earned awards during the 55th annual Montana Model United Nations Conference, hosted online Nov. 13 by the University of Montana. More than 130 students from nine Montana high schools participated.
The top five high school seniors – who will be offered $1,000 scholarships to attend UM – were Eva Bruce of Flathead High School in Kalispell, Fiona Marrow of Big Sky High School in Missoula, Amelia Hartshorn of Bozeman High School, Grace Johnson of Helena High School and Claire Vlases of Bozeman High School.
Each student wrote an outstanding position paper and actively and accurately represented his or her country during a day of debate on world issues.
At Model UN conferences, students represent countries from across the world. Like real-world diplomats, they participate in UN committees such as the General Assembly and Security Council. By writing, negotiating and voting on resolutions, students learn to examine international affairs from different perspectives and experience what it is like to cooperate in solving real-world problems.
Schools also won awards at the conclusion of the conference. The participating schools were divided into small and large delegations based on number of students attending the conference and judged on the overall preparedness, participation and excellence of their delegates.
The three school award categories include Outstanding School for the top 10%, Distinguished School for the top 20% and Honorable School for the top 30%.
The small-delegation school winner was Helena High School, advised by Lauren Gustaffson. The large delegation winner was Flathead High School, advised by Sean O’Donnell.
The top 20% of the teams representing countries and students who attended the conference also received awards, as did UM students who planned and staffed the conference.
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