What now?

A thank-you to all who have submitted your applications. If you're interested in the distribution of applicant's college, you can take a look at the previous post Applicant statistics.

Now, I believe many of you are wondering what happens next. Here is what you should do next:

November 4, 2011 (Friday)

1. Go to Ms. Amy Shen in the Office of Academic Affairs (2nd floor of the Administration Building) at 12:30 and draw the order of your presentation in the Reserve Delegation Selection to take place on November 8
• Those of you who have the Unified General English Midterm Exam on November 8 will be arranged to present after 12:00.
2. The order of the presentation and the venue of the selection will be announced on this site by 18:00

November 8, 2011 (Tuesday)

The Reserve Student Delegation Selection will take place on 10:00-13:00. Below are the rules:

• Your presentation should take 3-4 minutes, leaving at least 1 minute for Q&A with the Selection Committee
• Make sure your PowerPoint slides do not contain pages and pages and pages of text but contain only your power points
• Make sure the amount of your PowerPoint slides does not exceed 10
• Make sure you know this is an English-only presentation
• Make sure you understand and agree that the selection process will be videotaped and shared on the website of the Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence

November 10, 2011 (Thursday)

The result of the Reserve Student Delegation Selection will be announced on this site.

Applicant statistics

Some corrections

Below are the corrections and updates we have made:

1. The Procedure to become the final NTUT student delegation has been updated
2. transcripts of English proficiency exams are not mandatory for the application; they are for extra points
3. proofs of participation in Fall 2011 NTUT English-related activities are not mandatory for the application; they are for extra points
4. the two phases of the Reserve Delegation Selection have been more detailedly defined

Don't worry too much about the position paper. Just pick a topic from either GA2nd or GA3rd and do your best. That's all we ask for, really: do your best.

How to write a position paper

Robert Hsiao, the electrical engineering senior student who participated in NMUN 2009, explains in details how to write a position paper. The video is also available on our Facebook group.

Still got questions? You can check out our FAQs, speak out or leave a message on our Facebook group.

FAQs compiled (updated!)

The answers to some of the questions that have been raised have been compiled and listed in the FAQs section. You can also ask your questions in the Speak Out! section.

Questions now on the FAQ list include:

• What counts as an NTUT English-related activity?
• Where can I get the proofs of English activity participation?
• Exactly what am I supposed to do with the position paper?
• The position paper looks really difficult...

Orientation

The orientation of NTUT GOES TO NMUN took place in the First Lecture Hall of the Integrated Technology Building on Thursday, October 13, 2011.

Dr. Yang of the Department of English (also the director of the NTUT GOES TO NMUN project) had a brief talk about the requirement of a student delegate and how to apply for the candidacy of a student delegate. She also talked about how you should prepare a position paper (a requirement for the student delegate candidacy application). The PowerPoint file she used on the day can be download directly or found listed at the top of the website sidebar.

Robert Hsiao, an NTUT electrical engineering senior who has previously participated in NMUN 2009, also talked about his experience and what the students need to prepare - especially mindset-wise - in the orientation.

Dr. Yang wrapped up the orientation with a word of encouragement.

If you would like to know more about the student delegation selection process and the application, you can go to the Student Delegation Selection section of this site for more information. Remember, you need to submit your application (together with all the other necessary documents) by Thursday, October 27, 2011 to Ms. Amy Shen of the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence. Don't wait; get to it! Let's go to NMUN 2012 together!

Back on track

Our apology that the domain name www.ntutgoestonmun.com that was intended for ease for memorizing uses some server redirection technology that the University websense service *just* hates. So, after some trial and error, we are back to the good, old ntutgoestonmun.blogspot.com URL.

The downloadable documents are also downward-saved from their Office 2007 version (.docx and .pptx) to their Office 2003 and below version (.doc and .ppt) to ensure a wider usability of the file.

Welcome!

Do you want to enhance your communication skills?

Do you want to take part in the trending global issues?

Do you dream of the world as the stage for you to play on?

If you do, you've come to the right place! NTUT wants to ready you to go to NMUN (National Model United Nations) and voice out your opinions in an international community. It is the best place to put your English negotiation and communication skills into practice; it is also the best place to broaden your sight on global issues and to know what others may be thinking. Of course, we don't just put you into the fire without equipping you. NTUT provides a first-class training program that prepares you all the necessary skills to allow you communicate with more than 5,000 students from top universities around the world.

So, why wait? Join us! Next stop, New York!