ODU Model UN High School Conference – A Photo Essay

Photos by Megan Morrow '10

Close to 900 students, from 48 high schools across the region were in Norfolk to represent 160 member states in simulations at the 34th Old Dominion University Model United Nations High School Conference, Feb. 17-19 at the Sheraton Waterside Hotel.

Hosted by ODU's Model United Nations Society, the conference is the university's largest student-run event. It involves the direct participation of about 1,000 people, including high school teachers and the ODU students who run the conference.

Aaron Karp of the political science and geography department, faculty sponsor of the ODU Model United Nations Society, addresses the high school conferees at the opening ceremony.

Simon Serfaty, professor and eminent scholar of political science and geography, welcomes students to the conference.

Adam Bullock, secretary-general of the ODU Model UN Society.

Douglas Johnson and Amanda Johnson, secretary-treasurer and assistant secretary-treasurer of the society, register conferees.

Conference delegates cast their votes during a General Assembly Committee session.

Delegates consider the issues during a committee session.

The ODU Model United Nations Society leadership.

Delegates confer at an NGO Forum Committee meeting.

James McPherson, chair of the Historical U.S. Senate Committee for the society, addresses the delegates.

Josefina Escobar, chair of the NGO Forum at the conference and the society's administrative secretary, addresses the delegates. She is flanked by Jason Buijs (left), society president, and Adam Bullock, secretary-general of the society.

Matthew Grizzle, former secretary-general of the society, chaired the Legal Committee at the conference.

The conference leadership.

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