Model UN and debate team win
A Model United Nations group
and a parliamentary debate team at Reed will be enhanced by
a grant of $50,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Both
student programs were founded within the past year.
The Model United Nations
is a simulation of the United Nations General Assembly and
other multilateral bodies. Students who participate have a
unique opportunity to work on skills such as consensus building,
conflict resolution, and compromise and cooperation.
The parliamentary debate
team helps students develop valuable communication and presentation
skills, reinforces the critical thinking skills that students
develop in their academic coursework, and helps create a sense
of community through a shared extracurricular experience. In
its first year as a team, Reed competed at the National Parliamentary
Debate Association nationals at Portland State University.
Reed student Misha Isaak ’04 was ranked fifth in the
nation at this competition.