International Relations at Home
FSU's IR Club
Mandy Schuler
Issue date: 2/24/10 Section: The Pulse
International Relations at Home
The International Relations Club at FSU takes world politics to the next level by bringing the United Nations to local high schools.
According to the club's president, Linnard Corbin, "The High School Model is one of the biggest events the club does during the school year." It is held in the spring, with fourteen or fifteen high schools represented by approximately 90 high school students. The model is a simulation of the UN Security Council, representing each of the fifteen countries on the council.
Corbin said the International Relations Club hosts and staffs the model for the high school students.
An experience such as this one gives high school students the chance to interact with other students while learning firsthand how the United Nations operates. It also provides the high schoolers with an opportunity to work with college students during the experience.
Dr. Stephen Twing, chair of the Political Science department and faculty advisor to the IR Club explained, "International relations is a sub-discipline of political science that deals with international diplomacy, global economics, the interaction of diverse cultures, etc."
Along with hosting and staffing the High School Model, FSU's International Relations Club also participates in a model UN at the University of Pennsylvania each year. "This gives FSU students a chance to experience the world of multilateral diplomacy first hand," said Dr. Twing.
Corbin also pointed out that FSU has the opportunity to participate at the model with schools like Harvard, Yale, the Naval Academy, West Point, and the University of Virginia. "In the past, the club has also taken field trips to DC and Baltimore," Dr. Twing adds.
Though focusing on international relations and diplomacy, the International Relations Club is open to all FSU students, regardless of major. Corbin said, "There is no membership fee and we meet Mondays at 3:30pm in Old Main, room 205."
The International Relations Club at FSU takes world politics to the next level by bringing the United Nations to local high schools.
According to the club's president, Linnard Corbin, "The High School Model is one of the biggest events the club does during the school year." It is held in the spring, with fourteen or fifteen high schools represented by approximately 90 high school students. The model is a simulation of the UN Security Council, representing each of the fifteen countries on the council.
Corbin said the International Relations Club hosts and staffs the model for the high school students.
An experience such as this one gives high school students the chance to interact with other students while learning firsthand how the United Nations operates. It also provides the high schoolers with an opportunity to work with college students during the experience.
Dr. Stephen Twing, chair of the Political Science department and faculty advisor to the IR Club explained, "International relations is a sub-discipline of political science that deals with international diplomacy, global economics, the interaction of diverse cultures, etc."
Along with hosting and staffing the High School Model, FSU's International Relations Club also participates in a model UN at the University of Pennsylvania each year. "This gives FSU students a chance to experience the world of multilateral diplomacy first hand," said Dr. Twing.
Corbin also pointed out that FSU has the opportunity to participate at the model with schools like Harvard, Yale, the Naval Academy, West Point, and the University of Virginia. "In the past, the club has also taken field trips to DC and Baltimore," Dr. Twing adds.
Though focusing on international relations and diplomacy, the International Relations Club is open to all FSU students, regardless of major. Corbin said, "There is no membership fee and we meet Mondays at 3:30pm in Old Main, room 205."