model united nations at ucla

BruinMUN 2013 begins TOMORROW! Are you excited, delegates? We are.

Follow us on twitter at @MUNatUCLA.

Our official hashtag is #BruinMUN2013, so use it here, use it on Facebook, and use it on Twitter.

If you want to staff BruinMUN, applications are UP! You can either be on dais, crisis, or conference services.

Just keep in mind that you've got to be free on November 9 and 10.

Do it. Just do it. It'll be good for you.

For those high schoolers reading this:

First of all, hi! Thanks for reading this blog.

If you haven't already checked, then the topic synopses have been uploaded. Definitely read them, research them, and write awesome position papers that will stun the chairs (like me) with the detail of your ridiculous research.

If you're in a novice committee, then don't be afraid to ask your schoolmates, high school advisor, or chair about anything.

If you want to contact your chair, then check the email at the bottom of the committee page. We'll be diligent in our response.

Alternatively, you can always message us here on Tumblr, DM us on Twitter, or write us a wall post on Facebook.

Who's excited?!

Well, we're excited to meet you and show you what MUN is all about (despite what its name sounds like, it's not just about debate, debate, debate).

We've got some great opportunities for you and your resume:

EXECUTIVE STAFF

We're looking for some executive staff to help out our various members of executive board and executive staff even. For example, if you like blogging, then we've got an assistant social media manager open. The message box is always open for your questions, though there's an application you'll definitely want to keep your eyes open for.

BRUINMUN 2013

Incidentally, the best is saved for last in this post.

There are a LOT of staff positions open for our fall conference for high schoolers. You can serve on dais, conference staff, or for our brand new International Press.

Pictures from Orientations 101-106. If you're in the second half of freshman orientations, come stop by our table and listen to all the awesome reasons you should join MUN@UCLA :)

For those of you interested in meeting us at your freshman orientation, we will have a booth at orientations 101, 104, and 106-112. Alternately, if your orientation is not one of the ones we listed above or you couldn't make it/find our table, we will also have a booth at the Big Activities Fair during Week 0!

President - Mark Warwick 

Secretary General of BruinMUN - Patrick Donovan  

Secretary General of LAMUN - Tyler Koteskey 

Chief of Staff - Kelsey Ziomek

Director of External Relations - Sarah Kirk

Director of Internal Relations - Alejandra Freer 

Director of Marketing - Jeremy Gonzaga 

Director of Finance - Justin Sherrill

Director of Technology - Zoe Tracy 

Director of Logistics - Freza Paro

Director of Travel Team - Rohit Reddy

BruinMUN 2013

November 9-10, 2013

BruinMUN is the high school-level conference that we host on-campus at UCLA. It is one of the premier high school MUN conferences on the West Coast. In 2012, we attracted close to a thousand students; a record which we are looking forward to surpassing this year. This year, we are going to have twenty-one different committees, with interesting and engaging topics and dynamics! It will also feature two new novice committees: Novice UNICEF and Novice UNHRC (the latter of which Adrienne is extremely excited to chair!)

UCLA students: Staff applications will open Week 1, so be prepared once fall quarter rolls around!

High school students: Register for BruinMUN (opening soon) <a href="http://www.bruinmun.org/high-school-conference/">here</a>. Once you've registered, you can gain access to topic synopses and start preparing for what is going to be an undoubtably exciting and intriguing weekend.

LAMUN 2014

April 3-6, 2014

LAMUN is the collegiate conference we host at the Sheraton in downtown Los Angeles. LAMUN 2013 featured eight exciting and dynamic crisis committees ranging from zombie pandemics to World War II. We're excited to expand our horizons for LAMUN IX. Stay tuned for more details!

UCLA students: Tentatively, chair and crisis director applications will open at the end of fall quarter, while staff applications will open at the beginning of winter quarter.

We have definite plans to travel to four conferences, with a fifth tentatively scheduled at this time. Follow us for updates!

1. Georgetown NCSC - October 2013

2. McGill University MUN - February 2014

3. UC Berkeley MUN - March 2014

4. University of Chicago MUN - April 2014

Tentative:

OCMUN - October 2013

MUN@UCLA has a competitive tryout process for all the conferences. While that does sound intimidating, your flight and hotel are all paid for by the club so all you have to do is bring yourself, WBD, and your research. It's a sweet deal.

We host tryouts at least a month prior to the conference. Application links and updates will be posted here. Alternatively, you could come to meetings and have fun with us.

This blog is currently run by:

Jeremy Gonzaga, Director of Marketing

Jeremy is a second-year Anthropology major who hopes to join the Foreign Service after graduation. He is extremely good at tactical games and at convincing people to join Model UN. He likes sleep and candy.

Adrienne Ou, Social Media Manager