Erin's Graduation

This past weekend, the family ventured down to Statesboro for Erin's graduation. She graduated cum laude from Georgia Southern University with a Bachelor's in Interdisciplinary Studies. We're so proud of her! Here are a few of the pictures from the fun weekend!

Also, check out the GSU Model UN team article that was on the GSU website below the slide show. Erin is front and center - to the left of the girl in the red shirt. Very exciting accomplishment for GSU & the Model UN team- YEA Erin!!

Enjoy!

MODEL UN:




For the first time in its 37-year history Georgia Southern University’s Model UN delegation garnered the top recognition, Outstanding Distinction, at the National Model United Nations (NMUN) Conference. The delegation, often honored over the past decade at the “Distinguished” level, was selected for the Outstanding Distinction designation from more than 250 delegations representing colleges and universities around the world.

Nineteen Georgia Southern students traveled to New York City for the recent conference with their advisor and director, Barry Balleck, associate professor of political science.

“For many years we’ve been among the best,” said Balleck, “a perennial runner-up. To use a sports metaphor, this year’s National Model UN delegation brought home the championship.

“It’s like recruiting for sports teams,” said Balleck. “The University’s long-standing Model UN program is well-known throughout Georgia. Now that we have a championship, students interested in Model UN will be further motivated by our success to choose Georgia Southern.”

The delegation was also awarded Outstanding Distinction for Position Papers for the sixth time in seven years, and Georgia Southern students were voted as Outstanding in four of the 10 committees in which they were represented. The delegation competed against prestigious universities and colleges from the United States, Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. The awards at the National Model UN Conference are given at the Outstanding, Distinguished, and Honorable Mention Levels.

Ekene Elizabeth I. Agu, a student from Central High School in Macon, Ga., also traveled with the group. She was selected as the outstanding high school student at Georgia Southern’s High School Model UN.

Student members of the 2008 Model UN delegation include Christopher Joseph Ahearn, Lauren Taylor Balkcom, Nicholas Alan Burgess, Sara Desirae Christopher, Morgan Elizabeth Collins, Andrew John Cooper, Christopher Bentley Gaskins (head delegate), Jenna Michelle Heim, Alexander Raphael Johnson, Nicholas Colin Lomas, David James Long, Heather Lynn MacDougall, Casandra MoniQue Mason, Walter Lee Matthews IV, James Franklin McGuire III, Allison Nunziante, Erin Elizabeth Smith, Lauren Jean Waldron (head delegate), Harrison McClinton Wiener.