MPHMUN Announces China Conference Awardees

On March 16-19, 2017, the MPHMUN team competed in the prestigious Harvard Model United Nations China 2017 Conference, in Beijing, China. Over 1,000 students were in attendance for this debate conference.  Over 60 high schools were represented, coming from 12 different nations. The MPHMUN team performed spectacularly well, earning the Best International Delegation Award!

“This is the most accomplished MUN team that I have directed in my 15 years as the MUN director, ” says Jeff Mangram. “From top to bottom, freshman to senior, we are consistently excellent!  To have 17 of 18 delegates earn public recognition at the closing ceremonies is unprecedented! We are a veteran team this year and the experience was on display at this conference, as the students demonstrated a seriousness of purpose. Our goal was to execute at a very high level to get the outcome we wanted.”

According to Mangram, the students were “focused, poised, and competitive” during the four-day conference. He also commented on how impressed he was with his senior leadership (Trilok Reddy, Amina Kilpatrick, Zach Montas, and Jeongyoon Han), as they served as role models to those who will follow in their footsteps and exemplified the team’s core values: Character, Caring, Chemistry, Commitment, and Competence.

Mangram feels strongly that with both their recent success and historical accomplishments, the MPHMUN team is one of the best high school Model United Nations programs in the world. “As we were going up as a team to receive the Best Delegation Award, I could hear people saying Manlius Pebble Hill is from Central New York, somewhere near Syracuse. People around the world are talking about MPH!”

The following students won awards: 

Maggie SextonDwyer and Madeleine Mafrici– representing Germany in the World Bank earned Best Delegate Awards

Aiden Meyer and Keerthi Martyn—representing Germany in the United Nations Human Rights Council earned Outstanding Delegate Awards

Trilok Reddy and Daniel Braverman—representing Germany in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization earned Outstanding Delegate Awards

Theo Eckert-Budis—representing Germany in the World Trade Organization earned Outstanding Delegate Award

Jeongyoon Han—representing Ireland in the United Nations Global Compact earned Outstanding Delegate Award

Jacob Roy—representing Germany in the Disarmament and International Security earned Honorable Mention

Amina Kilpatrick–representing the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the World Health Organization earned Honorable Mention

Olivia Markwood—representing Germany in the World Health Organization earned Honorable Mention

Lucia Oesterlund—representing Ireland in the World Health Organization earned Honorable Mention

Malachy Reagan—representing the United Kingdom of Great Britain in the United Nations Global Impact earned Honorable Mention

Charlie Mann —representing Germany in the United Nations Global Impact earned Honorable Mention

Ahmad El-Hindi—representing Ireland in the Disarmament and International Security earned Verbal Commendation  

Zach Montas—representing Germany in the Special Political and Decolonization earned Verbal Commendation  

Nathan Sonnenfeld—representing Ireland in the World Trade Organization earned Verbal Commendation