They have won Best Large Delegation at Duke University (DUMUNC), they have won Outstanding Large Delegation at the University of Virginia (VAMUN), and they have won Best Large Delegation at William and Mary High School Model UN Conference (WMHSMUN), just to name a few. Now, Langley’s Model UN team will be hosting their first conference, VIMUNC, on home turf this year.
From March 21-22 schools from Virginia, Maryland and Washington D.C. will be attending this conference. So far, the schools that have signed up are Cooper, Longfellow and Kilmer Middle Schools as well as McLean, Marshall, CD Hylton, Bishop Ireton and Osbourn Park High Schools.
“NOVA and DC have some pretty fierce competition in general, so we’re hoping there are a lot of strong competitors at VIMUNC,” said Chief of Staff, senior Grace Sununu.
Each delegation must pay $20 per delegate. The money collected will go towards the running of the conference, future conferences, and next year’s VIMUNC.
Senior Natalie Fahlberg is the Secretary-General of VIMUNC and is in charge of the conference with help from her fellow secretariat members senior Jiho Kim, senior Grace Sununu, senior Hoonie Kim and junior Cameron Davis.
“Langley hosting VIMUNC has been a long-term dream for me and my fellow secretariat members! This has been in the works for a few years ago, but it honestly couldn’t have gotten underway without our amazing sponsors, Mr. Stone and Ms. Stocks,” said Fahlberg.
During VIMUNC, college-aged alumni of Langley MUN will be serving as Directors of Committees (Chairs) while current Langley MUN members will be serving as Co-Chairs. They will be judging the participating delegates and deciding awards.
“There will be a variety of committees for delegates to work in – from human rights in SOCHUM to the North Korean crisis in the joint crisis committees, to Harry potter in Dumbledore’s Army. There delegates will compose legislation in the forms of resolutions and directives that will be composed of compromises to resolve conflict,” said Director of Registration, junior Katherine Cassidy.
Even though, Langley MUN will not be actively participating in the conference as a competing team, they look forward to the success of the conference.
“I’m personally really excited to get to see the result of what will have been a year of hard work! Getting to see all the committees that we have been planning for so long will be great, and I’m really hoping the conference will be a success,” said Sununu.