not pictured freshman Emily Tang
Twenty students represented Loomis Chaffee at the annual Boston Invitational Model United Nations conference, hosted by Boston University and held virtually February 5–7.
Pelican delegates who took home honors for their committee work include:
Senior Nicole Ramenda – Best Delegate
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Spain
Topic 1: Digital Privacy and the Internet of Things
Topic 2: Free Speech and Censorship on the Cloud
Senior Clara Chen – Best Delegate
Airbnb Board of Directors
Krishna Rao, Global Head of Corporate Development
Topic 1: COVID-19 and the Future of Airbnb
Topic 2: Regulation and Airbnb
Senior Harry Knight — Outstanding Delegate
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Australia
Topic 1: Establishment of a Monetary Union
Topic 2: Mitigating Pollution in Southeast Asia
Junior Ryan Fortani — Outstanding Delegate
Press Corps
Mother Jones Magazine
Topic: Ethics of Controversial Issues
Sophomore Ignacio Feged — Best Position Paper
Disarmament & International Security Committee
Spain
Topic 1: The Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Topic 2: Instability and DDR in the Sahel
Junior Meghan Hall – Best Position Paper
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Norway
Topic 1: Negotiating a Long-Term Ceasefire in Donbass
Topic 2: Strategizing Against Hybrid Warfare
Sophomore Michelle Liu — Verbal Commendation
Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Committee
Spain
Topic 1: Protecting Women in Migration from Human Trafficking
Topic 2: Political Representation
Junior Julia Lantner: Greece – Verbal Commendation
Junior Pilar Wingle: Spain — Verbal Commendation
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Topic 1: Forced Displacement Due to Climate Change
Topic 2: Refugee Access to Education
Senior Brett Donshik – Verbal Commendation
British Monarchy 2025
Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby
Senior Aidan Gillies – Verbal Commendation
Joint Crisis Committee/with Rome — Battle for the Ancient World
Egypt: Horemheb
The very next week, six Loomis Model UN students earned awards at the North American Invitational Model United Nations Conference, staffed and organized by Georgetown University through the Georgetown International Relations Association. Held annually for around 3,000 students in 40 committees, ranging in size from as small as 20 to the larger ones of more than 120 students per committee.
Pelican delegates who took home honors for their committee work include:
Junior Pilar Wingle - Verbal Commendation
When the Clocks Were Striking Thirteen: 1984
Napier, Inner Party, Ministry of Plenty, Ration Officer
Topic A: Totalitarian Governments and Civil Liberties
Topic B: Collective Action and Public Organization
Senior Clara Chen - Book Award
Spirits in Full Swing: Campaign for the 21st Amendment, 1932
Edward “Duke” Ellington, Famed Jazz Musician and Community Leader
Topic A: Formation of National Campaigns
Topic B: Crime and Law Enforcement
Topic C: Election of 1932
Sophomore Michelle Liu - Honorable Delegate
UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees)
Portugal
Topic: Internal Displacement, Climate Change, and Ethnic Tensions
Junior Ryan Fortani - Honorable Delegate
Here Comes the Sun: The Court of Louis XIV, 1665
Henri de Ruvigny, Envoy to England
Topic A: Developing Domestic Institutions
Topic B: Foreign Expansion
Senior Victoria Che - Outstanding Delegate
Santé, Austerité, et Solidarité: French Ministry of Health, 2013
Gilles Sicart, Directorate of Legal Affairs (DAJ)
Topic A: Population Health
Topic B: Health Service Delivery in Austerity
Topic C: Emerging Health Technologies
Senior Aidan Gillies - Best Delegate
Politburo of the Soviet Union, 1948
Alexei Kosygin, Minister of Finance
Topic A: Expanding and Securing Soviet Influence
Topic B: Advancing Communism on the Korean Peninsula