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Kettering Opens Ice Skating Model UN Club Attends Rink at Atwood Harvard Competition Stadium embers of the Model United Nations (MUN) club at Kettering MUniversity attended the 60th session of the Harvard National ettering University converted Atwood Stadium Model United Nations (HNMUN) conference Feb. 13 − 16 at the Kinto a free public outdoor ice rink for area Boston Park Plaza Hotel. residents and students. The ice rink opened in January and provided the community with a unique, The team was assigned to family activity during the winter months. represent the countries of Nepal and Serbia. Because of Atwood Stadium is an incredible the small size of the KU team, the delegation represented facility and we strongly feel only these countries in that this was a fun and joyful specifi c committees such as the Historical General experience for everyone. –Jack Stock Assembly, Legal Committee, and special political and decolonization committee. Topics discussed in these committees included cyber security and cyber defense, “This was a great opportunity for area residents and preventing narcotics traffi cking, multinational corporations and Kettering students to enjoy the outdoors during the international law, sustainable transport, sustainable agriculture and winter months while experiencing the grandeur and a comprehensive nuclear weapons test ban treaty. history of Atwood Stadium,” said Jack Stock, During the months of December through February, the delegation Director of External Relations at Kettering. “Atwood prepared for the conference by studying the history, culture, Stadium is an incredible facility and we strongly economics, politics and foreign policy of both nations so as to best feel that this was a fun and joyful experience for represent them at the conference. As a delegation, they were tasked everyone.” with representing the people of Nepal and Serbia just as their own Kettering acquired Atwood Stadium from the City nationals would represent them at the United Nations headquarters of Flint in August 2013. Under the framework of in New York. After this research, individual delegates then the agreement, Atwood Stadium became a part of studied their committee topics in the context of the countries they Kettering University’s campus. It still remains a venue represented to properly prepare them for debate and allow them to available to host high school football games, the develop their own ideas for solutions, as well as understand current annual Atwood Stadium road race, boxing matches, country foreign policy. concerts and other community events. The HNMUN conference was founded in 1955, 10 years after the creation of the United Nations. It is the oldest and largest conference of its kind, with more than 3,000 students and faculty from over 40 countries participating. HNMUN and conferences of its kind provide a simulation of how the United Nations tackles world issues. This was the third time a delegation from Kettering University participated at the HNMUN conference. The trip was sponsored by the Kettering Student Government, Student Life, the Liberal Studies Department, Offi ce of Multicultural Student Initiatives, Provost Robert Simpson and President Robert McMahan. The MUN club provides a platform to understand world diplomacy, improve negotiation skills and broaden world perspective. Read more: https://www.kettering.edu/news/ kettering-university-unveils-ice-rink-atwood- stadium SPRING 2014 5