Interview by Shelby Xu, ’24 Sophia Fulton is currently in language training before her first tour as a Foreign Service Officer. She joined the Foreign Service through the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship. Sophia received her undergraduate degree as a Business Fellow focusing on Finance, Economics, Arabic & Middle Eastern Studies, and Political Science from […]
Continue reading →Interview by Junhui Fitch T.J. ‘s journey in international studies began with an inspirational geography teacher in high school. After being assigned to learn the history and culture of Serbia, he became very interested in languages and in connecting with people around the world. As a student at Baylor University, T.J. majored in international studies […]
Continue reading →Interview by Isabelle Zgorzelski Youshay Rizvi has grown up seeing the world from multiple perspectives. Youshay is a proud first generation American whose parents immigrated from Pakistan to the United States in the 1990s. While growing up, Youshay also had the opportunity to travel and live around the world due to his parents’ work in […]
Continue reading →Baylor Model United Nations Team traveled to Japan over Thanksgiving break to compete in an international conference. Before the conference began, the team learned about Japanese culture and history, visiting Hiroshima and Kyoto. The NMUN-Japan conference was hosted by Kobe City University of Foreign Studies in Kobe, Japan. Two of the seven delegates, Chris and […]
Continue reading →Outstanding Delegation Representing Qatar On April 9-15, sixteen members of Baylor’s Model United Nations team traveled to New York to participate in the National Model United Nations Conference (NMUN-NY), marking the first in-person conference for the team in New York since 2019. Baylor’s team represented Qatar in eight committees simulating the work of the United […]
Continue reading →When the Model United Nations team’s spring conference was canceled due to the pandemic, Dr. Rebecca Flavin designed a simulation to take the place of the conference. The members of the team formed task forces to study the many ways the pandemic affects the world and make recommendations to the United Nations General Assembly about […]
Continue reading →By Dr. Rebecca Flavin, Baylor Model United Nations Faculty Advisor On February 7-9, 2020, thirteen members of the Baylor Model United Nations team participated in the 5th Annual Texas Model United Nations Conference. The Osgood Center for International Studies staged the conference, and the University of Houston Honors College serve as hosts for the conference where […]
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