The CSUSB Model United Nations program maintained its tradition of excellence at the recent National Model United Nations conference in New York City, bringing home a Distinguished Delegation Award, four Outstanding Position Papers in Committee Awards and an Outstanding Delegates in Committee Award. The team, representing the country of Mexico, received its award in the UN’s Grand Hall at the end of the annual conference, which ran from April 13-18.

“The amazing success at this international venue is proof of the amazing education and support they receive from CSUSB and the Inland Empire Community,” said associate professor Kevin Grisham, the faculty adviser to the CSUSB Model UN Team and chair of the geography and environmental studies department. “This success is even more amazing when you put it in the context of the previous four decades. This was the largest delegation we have ever taken to the National Model UN Conference and for 70 percent of the team members, this was their first time ever participating at the NMUN Conference.” With CSUSB’s participation in the National Model UN and international Model UN conferences for the last 28 years (the university has participated in the program for 42 years), the honors place the university among the top programs in the world.