Welcome to Georgia Southern University's Model United Nations Program. Georgia Southern University began its Model United Nations (MUN) program in 1972 under the direction of Dr. Lane Van Tassell and Dr. Zia Hashmi. In that year, Georgia Southern hosted its first annual High School Model United Nations Conference with five schools in attendance and some 50 delegates. That same year, Georgia Southern sent its first college delegation to the National Model United Nations (NMUN) Conference in New York City.
In 2007, Georgia Southern University hosted its 36th Annual High School Model United Nations Conference with 22 schools and over 450 delegates in attendance. It was also recognized by the NMUN Secretariat for its 36 years of continuous participation in the NMUN Conference, making it one of only five programs participating in the Conference for 35 years or more.
In 1982, Georgia Southern became one of only three schools in the country to host a Middle School Model United Nations Conference. In November 2006, we hosted 25 schools from Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee with over 500 middle school students in attendance. The great success of our Georgia Southern Middle School MUN Conference led us to inaugurate a second Middle School MUN Conference in Savannah, Georgia in 1997. In 2007, over 20 schools participated in the Middle School MUN Conference in Savannah with over 400 delegates in attendance.
Georgia Southern University is very proud of its long-standing commitment and dedication to the Model United Nations. Each year, our Middle and High School MUN Conferences bring over 1,000 students to the campus of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia, or to the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah, Georgia.
Each year, nineteen outstanding Georgia Southern students, together with the outstanding high school delegate selected from our High School MUN Conference, travel to New York City to participate in the National Model United Nations Conference. In 2007, the NMUN hosted two conferences in New York City with over 4,000 college students from nearly 300 schools from all five continents. Indeed, 50 percent of participants in the NMUN Conference come from outside of the United States. Throughout its history, Georgia Southern has been recognized for its outstanding preparation with several awards of distinction.
Georgia Southern University would like to welcome you to the exciting world of Model United Nations and hope that you will join us for an upcoming conference. UPDATED 11/15/2007
