Students Attend Model African Union Conference

Several Africana and International Studies students shared their recent experiences at the 2018 International Model African Union Conference at Howard University, Washington, D.C. After learning about their designated country in a hybrid online Model AU course, the AS and IS majors led a Rowan delegation of students who represented Eritrea at the conference in February.

The Model African Union is a simulation of the proceedings of the African Union, augmented by pre-conference study at home institutions and Embassy briefings in Washington, D.C. It provides a unique opportunity for university and college students to study the role, structure, and activities of the African Union as well as the economic, social, and political-security issues facing African countries. Through simulation, students gain a better and clearer understanding of the capabilities and constraints that shape the policies of AU member states in the arena of intra-African diplomacy on issues of mutual concern.  In addition to a prepared agenda containing these issues, students in the Executive Council grapple with a contemporary crisis to be revealed at the Model.