Model United Nations provides students with the opportunity to develop solutions to today's international problems. Each semester our team represents a different Member State in the United Nations and researches its policies, including its positions on international security, economic development, sustainability, and social-humanitarian efforts. At Model UN conferences, students act as diplomats for their assigned nation within a particular UN committee. The goal of these conferences is to foster diplomacy and cooperation as students write resolutions and reports, just as Member States in the UN do. While the educational experience is the true reward of any Model UN event, at many conferences awards are given to teams and individual students who excel at adhering to the constraints of domestic and international politics, public speaking, and leadership within their committee.
Fall 2024 semester:
Meeting on Mondays 5:45-8:30pm beginning August 26th
Fall 2024 leadership team:
Head Delegate: Isabella Zarate
Bella, Katy, TX, is a senior in her fourth year of MUN, and fourth semester as a head delegate. She is double-majoring in international studies and environmental studies, with a minor in poverty studies & social justice. Bella chose to be a leader of Model UN to help other students find a place at Baylor that both appeals to their interests and that they can belong to. “My favorite part of MUN is the people I’ve met through it who have become some of my favorite people at Baylor.” Bella has visited 15 countries with Baylor, both through Model UN and study-abroad programs. After completing her B.A., Bella will pursue a Foreign Service Officer position that focuses on helping marginalized communities fight the impacts of climate change. Oh, and she has four dogs!
Co-Assistant Head Delegate: Sigrid Hiser
Sigrid, North Grafton, MA, is a junior at Baylor. She is a University Scholar with concentrations in international studies, Chinese and political science. Sigrid is in her third year of Model U.N, and has been a head delegate for two semesters. Sigrid wanted to be a leader to be in a position to give support to new MUN members that she was given when she first started out. Post graduation, Sigrid will continue much of what she has been a part of in MUN by working in the international
relations field. “I love meeting people from all over the world at conference and working on collaborative solutions with each other for real world issues.” In addition to being a beloved head delegate of Baylor MUN, Sigrid is also a competitive sailor. Catch her cruising!
Co-Assistant Head Delegate: Tori Jones
Tori, San Antonio, TX, is a senior at Baylor majoring in international studies, with minors in Arabic and legal reasoning & analysis. She is beginning her third year of Model UN, and her second semester as one of our head delegates. Tori chose to be a co-head delegate to foster personal growth and to serve in a club that she loves. “My favorite part of MUN is the people both in Baylor MUN and who you meet at conferences! You get to learn about all sorts of things and places and travel for free!” Post-graduation, Tori will pursue a Master’s Degree and hopes to eventually work for the U.S. Agency for International Development, the State Department, or a humanitarian Non-Governmental Organization. When she’s not busy with her academic or professional engagements, Tori can be found climbing rocks, being featured in the 2011 Guinness book for world records, or trying to figure out how to hula hoop.
Publicity Chair: Bri Uptain
Bri, Jackson, WY, is a junior at Baylor. She is majoring in physics, with minors in international studies and history. Bri is in her second year of Model UN. Follow the instagram @baylormodelun to catch all the cool team flicks on and off campus! “Model UN has given me opportunities that would otherwise not have been possible -- traveling across the country, and the world, meeting incredibly intelligent and humanity–minded people, bonding with an amazing group of people on campus, and learning under the guidance of a professor who wants nothing but success and growth for her students.” Bri will pursue law school post-grad. She likes pasta and Instagram.