The University of Illinois Springfield Model United Nations Club received one of the Model U.N.'s highest global awards recently in New York City.
The UIS delegation was one of 17 to win an Outstanding Delegation Award at the 2010 conference, which ended April 3. More than 400 international colleges and universities competed at the event.
Model United Nationals is a conference that simulates a U.N. meeting.
"We've been participating for over 25 years in the National Model U.N. Conference, and this is the top award we've got so far," said Driss Elakrich, head delegate.
The award was featured in a April 15, 2010, article in the State Journal-Register.
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