Arkansas Model United Nations (AMUN)

12/01/2025

The Department of Government, Public Service, and International Studies (GPI) hosted the 60th Arkansas Model United Nations (AMUN) Conference at UCA on November 21-22, 2025. Nearly 600 high school students from Arkansas and Louisiana participated in the conference. Attending the opening session on Friday, November 21st were several former AMUN secretary-generals, including Brett Newcomb (AMUN S-G 1968), Larry Lanes (AMUN S-G 1976, and Bill Waddell (AMUN S-G 1977). David Gruber (AMUN S-G 1967) observed committee and plenary sessions on Saturday, November 22nd. Kyle Urban served as AMUN S-G in 2025. Dr. Don Baker, former UCA instructor and AMUN coordinator, gave the keynote address during the opening session. Dr. Baker has been a Foreign Service Officer (FSO) with the U.S. Department of State since 2005. The AMUN was established by Professor Simms McClintock during the fall of 1966. The first AMUN conference was held in January 1967. The second and third AMUN conferences were held in January and December 1968.

The Arkansas Model United Nations (AMUN) program was originally established by Professor Simms McClintock at Arkansas State Teachers College (ASTC) in the fall of 1966. The first AMUN conference was held on the campus of ASTC, now the University of Central Arkansas, in Conway in January 1967. The ci...

08/26/2023

UCA Political Science, Public Administration, and International Studies graduates:

You are cordially invited to attend a reception sponsored by the Department of Government, Public Service, and International Studies to honor the department's 2023 Distinguished Alumnus and Keynote Speaker, Justice Cody Hiland, Supreme Court of Arkansas.

The reception will take place on Tuesday, September 12th, 5:00pm-7:00pm in Buffalo Alumni Hall, 2490 Bruce Street, Conway, AR 72035.

Please RSVP to Rachel Glenn at [email protected] by September 5th.

We look forward to seeing many of you at UCA on September 12th!

08/07/2023

UCA political science, public administration, and international studies alumni: We have recently changed the name of the department to the UCA Department of Government, Public Service, and International Studies. We also have a new page. Please search for and "like" or "follow" the new department FB page, and please stay tuned for an invitation to an event at UCA on September 12th to help "kick off" the fall semester, honor a distinguished alumni, and celebrate new department name. We look forward to seeing many of you at the event!

UCA

03/09/2023

Current and former UCA Model United Nations (MUN) and Arkansas Model United Nations (AMUN) Conference participants: Please consider contributing to the Simms McClintock (AMUN) Fund on the UCA Day of Giving, March 9, 2023! You can find the Simms McClintock Fund in the searchable list of UCA funds. Thank you for your support!

From the expansion of academic programs to the addition of new facilities, UCA is growing — and your gift makes it possible. On March 9, let’s grow together.

12/10/2016

November 18-19, 2016

12/10/2016

The 51st AMUN conference was held at UCA on November 18-19, 2016. Nearly 600 delegates from 27 high schools in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee participated in the conference. Alex Battaglia, a senior majoring in International Studies at UCA, served as Secretary-General. Robert Andrew, U.S. Department of State Diplomat-in-Residence at the University of Oklahoma, gave the keynote address during the opening session on Friday, November 18th. The delegation representing the United Kingdom (Pope John Paul II High School in Hendersonville, TN) was presented the Outstanding Delegation award during the closing session on Saturday, November 19th.

11/26/2015

The 50th AMUN Conference at UCA last week was a tremendous success! Some 560 delegates from 29 high schools in Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Tennessee participated in the two-day conference. Several former S-Gs, including David Gruber ('67), Brett Newcomb ('68), Bill Waddell ('77), Lisa (Meisenbacher) Dearasaugh ('78), Timothy Troup ('83), David Allen ('84), Preston Scroggin ('87), Randy Grice ('89), Felicia (Scholl) Massa ('90), Robin (Hudson) Gifford ('91), Anatoliy Shatkovskyy ('09), Tyler Bittle ('10), Willis Arnold ('11), Jake Logan ('12), Logan Spurlock ('13), Stephanie Gray ('14), and Breanna Wilbanks ('15), attended the 50th AMUN reception & dinner on Friday evening. Thanks to everyone who helped make the conference a success!

10/02/2015

We are looking for contact information for several former AMUN secretaries-general: Charlene Coleman (1969), Lisa Meisenbacher (1978), David Bolin (1981), Stephen W. Lea (1985), Jody Webb (1988), Mike May (1992), Casey Semmler (1993) and Kevin Rogers (1994).

09/02/2015

If you are interested in attending the 50th Anniversary AMUN Reception/Dinner at UCA on Friday, November 20th, 6:30pm-8:30pm, please email me at [email protected]. I will send you a formal invitation if you provide me your mailing address.

04/29/2015

The University of Central Arkansas will be hosting the 50th anniversary Arkansas Model United Nations (AMUN) conference on November 20-21, 2015.

If you were involved in Model UN or AMUN at UCA over the past five decades, please let me know if you would like to participate in the 50th anniversary events, including a reception/banquet on Friday, November 20th. You can email me at [email protected], and I will make sure that you get a formal invitation.

11/19/2014

The 49th Annual Arkansas Model United Nations (AMUN) will take place at the University of Central Arkansas on Friday, November 21st and Saturday, November 22nd. Jose Guzzardi, 2006 AMUN Secretary-General and 2007 International Studies graduate from UCA, will give the keynote speech during the Opening Session at 1:00pm in Ida Waldran Auditorium. We are looking forward to seeing several hundred Model UN high school students and teachers from Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.
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The University of Central Arkansas will host the 49th Arkansas Model United Nations (AMUN) Conference on Friday and Saturday.About 425 delegates and faculty advisers from 24 high schools throughout Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Tennessee will participate in the opening session of the AMUN Conf…