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NMUN 2012: A Review

Led by Dr. John Griffith of the Department of English, eleven of NTUT students participated in the 2012 National Model United Nation (NMUN), representing the Dominican Republic in seven NMUN committees, on April 2 through April 11.

NMUN was formed in 1968 by the National Collegiate Conference Association in partnership with the United Nations Department of Public Information. It is hosted in New York, U.S.A. every spring. Every NMUN event has more than 5,000 student delegates from all over the world, and it is globally recognized as the largest and one of the most prestigious model United Nations events.

Students from NTUT represented the Dominican Republic in the First Committee, the Second Committee, the Third Committee, the Rio+20, the Commission on the Status of Women, the Organization of American States, and the Arms Trade Treaty. They covered core international issues including global economy, regional security, global environment management, gender equality, and humanitarian relief.

NTUT has been recruiting students to participate in NMUN since 2007. The delegation this year was selected in November 2011 and trained under the supervision of the chair of Department of English Dr. Yung-hua Yang. During the four months of training, student delegates were equipped with topic-oriented research skills and presentation skills. The result of the training was evident during the NMUN event as the NTUT delegates received much praise from delegates of other countries. Link Hung, a junior English major, was also appointed as the rapporteur of the Economic and Social Council.

NTUT student delegates also seized this opportunity to introduce Taiwan and NTUT to delegates from other countries, realizing diplomacy on a personal level. In addition to the scheduled meetings at NMUN, the student delegates also visited Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York and chatted with many of Taiwan’s diplomats.

Final Delegation training schedule updated

The training schedule of the Final Delegation has been updated. Please go to the Final Delegation Training page for more information.

Remember, as a final delegate, you must attend all training sessions.

The Final Delegates

Based on the point system of selecting the Final Delegation, there are twelve Reserve Delegates are chosen as the Final Delegates (henceforth referred as Delegates). The Delegates and their assigned committees are listed in the following chart:

Committee	Members
GA1st	Bailey, Veronique; Hong, Shih-Yang
GA2nd	Wang, Kuan-Chieh
GA3rd	Nie, Guang-Yan
CSW	Wu, Huei-Fang; Haung, Man-Ying
CSustD	Chen, Kun-Tien; Peng, Ji-Yao
OAS	Lee, Kuan-Chen; Norman D.H. Riedel
ATT	Huang, Hsin-Yen; Fu, Jason L.

Important Dates & Things

Dates	Things
January 2 (Monday)	E-mail Amy a copy of your passport photo page Confirm with Amy your name as it appears on your passport and passport number Report to Amy if you have already had a US visa
January 10 (Tuesday)	Pick up US visa application documentations in Room 301-1 of the General Education Building between 12:00 and 13:00
before January 15 (Sunday)	Post your reflection of the Reserve Delegation Training to the Facebook group NTUT GOES TO NMUN 2012
before February 14 (Tuesday)	Finish the position paper of the committee that you are in and e-mail it to Amy
February 20 (Monday)	Report to Amy on the status of your US visa application (you should have received the visa by this day)

Training Orientation and Committee Assignment

The Training Orientation and Committee Assignment took place in Room 301-1 of the General Education Building on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. Dr. Yang, the director of the NTUT GOES TO NMUN 2012 program, opened with a congratulation to the 16 students who made it to the Reserve Delegation.

Dr. Yang then got down to the business. She talked about the training sessions that will last from November through December, collevtively termed as the Reserve Delegation Training. The training sessions will consist of three major components: the Small Group Discussions, the Rules of Procedures sessions, and the Topic Presentation sessions. Students are expected to conduct their own discussions for at least four times during the course of the Reserve Delegation Training (the Small Group Discussions), learn about the Rules of Procedures that are used in all United Nations committees (the Rules of Procedures sessions), and talk about what they learn from the group discussions (Topic Presentation sessions). NTUT will be representing the Dominican Republic in NMUN 2012, and students are divided into different groups, each representing a different committee and addressing different issues on behalf of the Dominican Republic in NMUN 2012.

Dr. Yang also talked about the selection of the final delegates representing NTUT in NMUN 2012. Only 12 out of the 16 reserve delegates will be selected into the final delegation representing NTUT in NMUN 2012. The scheme is an accumulative, point-based system that has two parts: the Base Points and the Training Points. Each Reserve Delegate is given points based on their performance at the Reserve Delegation Selection (the Base Points). The Reserve Delegate also receives additional points accumulated to their Base Points from the three major components of the Reserve Delegation Training. The top 12 Reserve Delegates with the highest accumulative points by December 30 will be made the Final Delegates representing NTUT in NMUN 2012.

Link Nie, a junior English major, was also selected as the provisional Student Delegation Chair, assisting Dr. Yang and Ms. Amy Shen of of NTUT Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence in organizing and hosting all Reserve Delegation Training events. Robert Hsiao and Alicia Chen, two students who represented NTUT in NMUN 2009, in which NTUT won an Honorable Mention, will also head the Rules of Procedures sessions in the Reserve Delegation Training.

Dr. Yang ended the meeting with a word of encouragement and wished the best for all Reserve Delegates in making it to the final delegation.

Onward we go: the Reserve Delegation Training

A congratulation to those who made it to the Reserve Delegation. As you know, what comes after being selected as a Reserve Delegate is your Reserve Delegation Training, which is going to take place from November through December. Your performance during the Reserve Delegation Training will be evaluated using an accumulative, point-based system. The top 12 Reserve Delegates (out of 16) with the highest accumulative points by December 30 will be made the Final Delegates representing NTUT in NMUN 2012.

The Reserve Delegation

The students who made it to the Reserve Delegation is as follows:

International Students
24	Bailey, Veronique
10	Simon, Samuel
30	Riedel, Norman D.H.
7	Mani, Verrappan
Final delegation from this group: 3 students

Non-English majors
29	Chen, Kun-Tien
16	Fu, Jason L.
23	Wang, Guan-Jie
1	Liu, Wen-Chuan
27	Hong, Shih-Yang
Final delegation from this group: 4 students

English majors
20	Wu, Huei Fang
34	Lee, Kuan-Chen
11	Nie, Guang-Yan
19	Peng, Gi-Yao
35	Huang, Hsin Yen
8	Haung, Mang-Ying
9	Liu, Chin-I
Final delegation from this group: 5 students

Students are divided into three groups: international students, non-English majors, and English majors. The evaluation standard in the Final Delegation Selection of each of these three group differs, and the number of students who will be selected into the final delegation is as follows (also listed in the above tables):

• International students: 3
• Non-English majors: 4
• English majors: 5

Congratulations to all who made it to the Reserve Delegation. Please be reminded that this is not the end of the final delegation selection. You still need to go through:

1. The Reserve Delegation Training (November 15 - December 24, 2011)
2. The Final Delegation (to be announced on December 30, 2011)

before you are confirmed the final delegate. And, after the Final Delegation Selection, there will also be a series of final delegation training. In short, this is only the beginning. Hang on, and you shall prevail.

We would also like to remind you to come to Ms. Amy Shen on November 21 to pick up your Certificate of Participation in the Reserve Delegation Selection. If you are in a General English class this semester, you can use the certificate to ask for extra points (maximum 2 points) to be added to your overall score.

Thank you again for participating in the NMUN 2012 Reserve Delegation Selection.

Thank you and...

Thank you all for participating in the NMUN 2012 Reserve Delegation Selection yesterday. We would also like to take this opportunity to remind you to come to Ms. Amy Shen on November 21 to pick up your Certificate of Participation in the Reserve Delegation Selection. If you are in a General English class this semester, you can use the certificate to ask for extra points (maximum 2 points) to be added to your overall score.

Thank you again, and the result of the Reserve Delegation will be announced here on November 10.

The order of the Reserve Delegation Selection

Important notes

1. Your PowerPoint file must be emailed to Ms. Amy Shen (amyshen@ntut.edu.tw) before 8:00am, November 8.
2. Your PowerPoint file must be named like this: presentationNumber-lastName.ppt. Note that we only accept .ppt files. Please down-save your .pptx before you email it.
3. You have to arrive at the venue 10 minutes before your scheduled presentation time. The Selection Committee has the authority to cancel your candidacy if you are late for your presentation.

Presentation arrangements

• Time: 10:00-13:00
• Venue: Room 715, General Education Building

TIME	No.	Name	Student ID
10:00~10:05	1	Wen-Chuan LIU	100A48014
10:05~10:10	2	Mamud Manneh	100399324
10:10~10:15	3	Kemo Sima	100399323
10:15~10:20	4	Fong-Lin Liu	100548005
10:20~10:25	5	Ping Huang	99540317
10:25~10:30	6	Sheng-Yang Wu	98830324
10:30~10:35	7	Veerappan Mani	99A09001
10:35~10:40	8	Mang-Ying Haung	98540302
10:40~10:45	9	Chin-I Liu	99540451
10:45~10:50	10	Samuel Simon	99318121
10:50~10:55	11	Guang-Yan Nie	98540452
10:55~11:00	12	Yi-Hsing Huang	100518034
11:00~11:05	13	Wei-Chia Lan	98820322
11:05~11:10	14	Chuan-Gang Liu	99540452
11:10~11:15	15	Yi-Chen Huang	99540315
11:15~11:20	16	Jason-L Fu	97350305
11:20~11:25	17	Wei-Yu Tseng	100548014
11:25~11:30	18	Boopathi. S	98A09004
11:30~11:35	19	Gi-Yao Peng	99540306
11:35~11:40	20	Huei-Fang Wu	97540305
11:40~11:45	21	Chia-Lin Lee	97820310
11:45~11:50	22	Chi-Lung Wu	95370318
11:50~11:55	23	Guan-Jie Wang	97320455
11:55~12:00	24	Bailey	98590345
12:05~12:10	25	Yi-Yun Dow	99320311
12:10~12:15	26	Lu-Hung Chiang	100310303
12:15~12:20	27	Shih-Yang Hong	99305342
12:20~12:25	28	Aung Kyaw Khaing	100340395
12:25~12:30	29	Kun-Tien Chen	100360302
12:30~12:35	30	David	100370386
12:35~12:40	31	Undarmaa Sukhee	100998003
12:40~12:45	32	Yi-Ting Wu	100840304
12:45~12:50	33	Yen-Ling Chen	100381301
12:50~12:55	34	Kuan-Chen Lee	98540304
12:55~13:00	35	Hsin-Yen Huang	97540350
13:00~13:05	36	Yao-Yu Tsai	98540303

Reminders

Below are reminders of what were announced on October 31.

• 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

The result of the Reserve Student Delegation Selection will be announced on this site on November 10.

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!