Gannon University

2009 GUMUN Staff

Being part of a college Model UN staff is a great experience.  Every year a dynamic group of Gannon students comes together to organize one of the oldest high school Model UN conferences in the nation.  Although the majority are Political Science and International Affairs majors, other students from a wide range of majors in the arts and sciences also participate. Gannon students, under the direction of the Secretary General, handle everything from public relations to decorating the General Assembly to running the mock committees at the conference.  Every year to kick off the conference weekend Gannon officers participate in a flag raising ceremony with the mayor who issues a proclamation for support. 

2009 GUMUN Secretariat
 
 

The Gannon Model UN staff consists of roughly thirty Gannon students and a faculty moderator.  The Model UN club is open to students of all majors.  Paul Foust, an adjunct professor of Political Science at Gannon University, is the current General Moderator.  Foust has been the General Moderator since 1997.  The 2009 student staff is headed by Andrea Carnicella, a Political Science major who will serve as Secretary General for the 57th conference.

Issues for the 2009 Gannon Model U.N. Conference are:

1. Improving Universal Literacy and Education

2. Controlling International Piracy