Chair Applications

  While of course the learning experience is the greatest benefit of all, we understand that chairing is a demanding and involved job. 

Thus, in recognition of being picked as one of five high school chairs for our conference, you will be rewarded with an official certificate of achievement from our team for exemplary writing/chairing skills and 25 hours of volunteering/service hours, signed off by our club advisor & professor Dr. Mily Kao. 

We are looking forward to reading your applications!  

 To apply, you must fill out the Chair Application form by the deadline, submit two position papers that will be attached to the Chair Application, and be available/present for the high school chair training, which is on 11/11/2022, at 6:00 p.m.. This is mandatory if you are picked as a high school chair. TBD if it will be in-person or on Zoom. This depends on the evolving nature of COVID-19. 

For position papers, you will write them under the premise that you are applying as a delegate. You will still pick a country that your school gets assigned to in whichever committee you would want to represent that country in. Write your two position papers on that committee and this way, in case one is not selected, one can still participate in our conference as a delegate without missing a beat. The position paper requirement simply informs our understanding of your research skills as a delegate, which are crucial to being an effective chair.  

 That's okay!  What we are looking for the most is passion for Model UN, with a reasonable level of experience (1-2 years minimum).

Moreover, we want to reassure potential applications who may be nervous because they do not know too much about chairing. Fear not!  We will be providing a complete and comprehensive chairing script and training for all our high school chairs. Each high school chair will also be partnered with two ASU chairs to help run each committee, so there will be ample opportunities for one to be taught and mentored as a new or experienced chair. 

Our team at ASU just wishes to provide multiple learning opportunities for the passionate high school MUN community of Arizona, so we decided to initiate this opportunity!