/news-archive/tag/sydney-brazil/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:44:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2019/12/03/students-win-awards-at-model-arab-league/ Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:44:43 +0000 /news/?p=75836 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students win awards at International Model Arab League]]> Two University of Arkansas at Little Rock students took home awards for their diplomatic efforts at the International Model Arab League. Sydney Brazil, philosophy major, won the Outstanding Delegate Award for her notable efforts representing the country of Tunisia on the Council of Social Affairs ministers.听 Madison Rodgers, a junior political science major, received an honorable mention in the Outstanding Delegate category for her excellent work representing the Sultanate of Oman on the Council of Economic Affairs. They were among 17 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students who competed in the international competition for university students from Oct. 19-22 at the Universit茅 International de Rabat in Morocco. 听鈥淚 was so grateful for this opportunity,鈥� Rodgers said. 鈥淭raveling to Morocco was truly life-changing and gave me a whole new perspective on how I look at life. I had never won an award at a Model Arab League conference before, and I put in a lot of work during this conference in pursuit of one. I will remember it forever.鈥�听 The major issues Rodger鈥檚 council discussed included addressing economic inequality and job insecurity in the region.听 鈥淲e also discussed how to expand non-oil sectors in order to diversify the region鈥檚 economies,鈥� Rodgers said. 鈥淎rab citizens are all affected by economic inequalities and job insecurity and that affects the overall economy. Diversifying the economy is very important because if the demand for oil begins to shrink, this will cause a drop off in many Arab, oil-based economies, so other avenues need to be explored.鈥�听 The Model Arab League is a student leadership development program created by the. It is a simulation of an international organization, the League of Arab States, which represents 22 countries. In the upper right image, Model Arab League Advisor Rebecca Glazier (middle) poses with Sydney Brazil (left) and Madison Rogers (right), who won awards at the International Model Arab League in Morocco.]]> /news-archive/2019/03/14/bilateral-model-arab-league/ Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:19:40 +0000 /news/?p=73689 ... Three 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students win awards at Model Arab League]]> Three University of Arkansas at Little Rock students won awards during the Feb. 15-17 in Houston.听 The Model Arab League is a student leadership development program created by the. It is a simulation of an international organization, the League of Arab States, which has 22 member countries. Julie O鈥橦ara, senior political science major, won the Outstanding Delegation Award, while Solane Nemera, senior political science major, and Sydney Brazil, junior philosophy major, won the Distinguished Delegation Award. 鈥淲inning an award was a huge surprise because Solane Nemera and I were in a committee with very talented and prepared delegates,鈥� Brazil said. 鈥淚 thought we did a great job, but it was still a shock to win an award at my first Model Arab League conference.鈥� Brazil and Nemer represented Egypt on the Special Council on Women and Children, where they spent a majority of time discussing the impact of displacement and conflict in preventing children from accessing a stable education and evaluating ways in which the Model Arab League can reduce the number of children who are out of school. 鈥淭he amazing thing about the Model Arab League is that you are debating about very relevant issues,鈥� Brazil said. 鈥淣egotiating with other delegates and working on draft papers really gets your adrenaline pumping, while passing a resolution that offers a potential solution gives you such a sense of accomplishment.鈥� More than 20 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students participated in the conference. They met with the Egyptian Consulate to help them prepare to represent Egypt during the conference. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students also represented Kuwait and Morocco. 鈥淚 applied for Model Arab League because it sounded really fun,鈥� Brazil said. 鈥淚 have always been interested in international relations and was curious as to how diplomacy worked. My experience thus far has been so amazing. I鈥檝e made new friends, learned about a part of the world I wasn鈥檛 very familiar with, and improved my presentation and critical thinking skills. It has added so much value to my life through awareness of issues in other parts of the world and truly awesome friends.鈥� Students who competed in the Bilaterial Model Arab League include Anna Aguilar, Mariam Bouzihay, Nora Bouzihay, Sydney Brazil, Angela Burton, Colin Davies, Landon DeKay, Molly Edwards, Ravan Gaston, Jorge Gonzalez, Dorothea Greulich, Leon Kockaya, Faith Madkins, Kristen Miller, Claire Mitchell, Solane Nemera, Jonathan Nwosu, Jessica Olson, Julie O鈥橦ara, Hope Roberts, Madison Rogers, Makell Swinney, and Issac Thomas. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students will next compete in the National University Model Arab League Conference April 4-7 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.]]>