McKendree University Delegates Win Outstanding Delegation Awards Representing Albania at Model UN Conference

(LEBANON, Ill., Dec. 2, 2025) – McKendree University participated in the American Model United Nations conference in Chicago from Nov. 22-25. More than 80 universities representing 120 countries attended the conference this year.

First-year students Elijah Hansel and Ava Schmollinger won an Outstanding Delegation Award for the General Assembly Second Committee (Economic and Financial). Participating students in addition to Hansel and Schmollinger include senior Grace Vincent, senior Jordan Wathen, senior Tyson Thompson, sophomore Ivana Milkova, sophomore Payton Dowler, and junior Anna Rose Sheehan. These Bearcats represented Albania this year.

McKendree has attended collegiate Model UN conferences for 21 years, and the program has won seven overall outstanding delegation awards and 26 outstanding committee delegation awards.

 

 

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