Moldovan Fellow Learns About Diplomacy through Model UN

UGRAD fellow Olga Bogdan has been learning about different nations and meeting many diverse people through her participation in Model United Nations (Model U.N.) with Johnson County Community College.  Olga traveled to Chicago and St. Louis for two Model UN conferences this year and will head to New York in April for the national conference.  Olga has written position papers, and represented both Poland and Kenya in addition to her home country of Moldova.  As a result of Model U.N., Olga says: “I felt a change in my attitude towards the opportunities of young people to influence the solutions of problems that affect them directly or indirectly.  I acquired diplomatic skills and knowledge of how to reach a consensus…with countries that have other approaches towards the issue than your country does.”