Model UN Shines in Boston

A polished and practiced group of Brooks students represented itself and its school well at the annual Boston Model UN Conference (BosMUN) this spring. Brooksians had a chance to model the negotiation skills they had practiced as some of the 1,400 delegates who spent a weekend working on global issues that ranged from access to healthcare to support for refugees to the status of women worldwide.

Model UN faculty advisor Michele Musto notes that BosMUN was back at its full size and force following the ebbing of the COVID-19 pandemic this year, and she says that she enjoyed watching her students experience interacting with the sheer number of schools and delegates in attendance. And, she adds, “it’s always a delight to see students fired up about researching international politics and debating it in their free time.”

Tvisha Devireddy ’23 drew special notice. She earned a Verbal Commendation Award for her work as Switzerland in the World Health Organization.

“It felt really great being recognized for my preparation and everything I’ve learned over four years in Model UN,” Devireddy says. “I absolutely loved getting to represent Switzerland in the WHO, and as someone interested in a career in the healthcare field, it was fascinating to approach public health from this lens.”