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Derick L Hulme, Ph.D.

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Model United Nations accomplishments

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a-- Earned two "outstanding delegation" awards at the 2011 Midwest Model UN conference in St. Louis. There are five such awards available for the 75 delegations competing.
b-- Garnered eleven of the 18 individual awards available for the 800 delegates at the 2011 Midwest Model UN conference.
c-- Earned two "outstanding delegation" awards (the top award) at the 2011 National Model UN conference in New York. Alma has earned outstanding distinction for 15 consecutive years, and has won 28 outstanding awards in the last 17 years. The NMUN is the largest collegiate Model UN conference in the world with 5500 students from 245 colleges and universities competing on behalf of 40 foreign countries.
d-- Earned two "outstanding" distinctions for position paper quality at the 2011 National Model UN conference in New York. Alma has won 19 such awards since the award was initiated in 2000.

 

Alma College is among the top 40 baccalaureate institutions in the country for the percentage of students who choose to study abroad, according to a report published by the Institute for International Education. Among Alma’s graduates in the 2009–10 academic year, 61.4 percent participated in study abroad, which ranked 37th in the nation.

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Student Profile

Ryan Zavacky

Ryan Zavacky
Graduation: 2014
Major: Religious Studies and Political Science

St. Joseph junior Ryan Zavacky is a culture buff who is creating a worldly undergraduate experience for himself through his double major in religious studies and political science.

“I love learning about a country’s culture,” he says. “I knew that by studying religion, I could learn about a specific aspect of culture that relates to culture as a whole, often in connection with politics.”

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