Page 8, February 24, 1988 Capital Times
Model United Nations Comes To Penn State Harrisburg
Your Mission, Should You Choose to
Accept it
Clem Gilpin, lAA advisor addresses a group of newly-arrived
participants.
145 High Schoolers Invade
by Michele Hart Natio ns. Maria Rusynyk said that the
Capital College was invaded committees are given agendas of topics
`this weekend by 425 high school to discuss.
students from 29 area high schools. "We don't really limit them on
The students were here for the time unless they get really lengthy," she
16th annual Model United Nations, sa id .
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sponsored by the International Affairs , The Model U.N. proves to be a
Association. lot of work for members of the I.A.A.
The students came as delegates Oft. 42.5„students at this year's U.N.,
from 130 couutoes to debate isstiss - bb.:::: 125 Igtas,6l on campus with Capital
international importance. The delegates College Students.
were divided into four committies; Rusynyk said, "We have to
special political, political and security, start preparing in the fall. The students
social, humanitarian, and cultural. The start asking for their country
fourth committee was the security assignments in October."
council modeled after the real United
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• Penn State Harrisburg recently
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• Damansara Utama, a Malaysian junior
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• college, agreeing to provide consultation
and assist the school in faculty and
curriculum development. Damansara is
located in Kuala Lumpur, tropical
Malaysia's capital.
Dr. Frank Swetz, Professor of
Math and Director of International and
Intercultural Activities at Capital
College, says that this partnership is an
opportunity to assist the Malaysian
school in emulating an American-styled
program of education while acquiring a
better understanding of their culture.
Swetz has been involved in Malaysian
education for 20 years, teaching on and
off in the country during that time. He
has already provided Damansara with two
le Hart
Maria Rusynyk, secretary/treasurer of lAA works to get U.N.
participants registered.
American faculty from other schools,
and hopes to see more faculty and
student exchange in the near future.
Dr. Robert Simko, Associate
Professor of Geography and Planning at
Capital College, will be traveling to
Malaysia this fall to teach at Damansara
for a semester.
Our partner school has
approximately 2000 students and confers
an Associate of Arts Degree. The school
opened in 1983 with 146 students when
the government of Malaysia relaxed its
policies on allowing private institutiorts
to found junior colleges. Until 1960,
there was only one government-run
college in Malaysia. By 1980, there
were six colleges. •
The main goal of the college's
American program is to provide an
American style of education to prepare
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its students to attend schools overseas,
usually in the United States, and to help
the students gain a better mastery of the
English language.
Damansara's library holds an
insufficient collection of about 2000
books, hence the formal book drive
which ended last week. Student
Activities will accept books at any time
from students, and they may be dropped
off in Room 212. Texts and reference
books on business subjects, computer
science, history, politics, and writing are
especially needed.
This partnership, says Dr.
Swetz, is an example of the goal of the
International and Intercultural Program:
"to seek out opportunities to increase
international and intercultural awareness
of Penn State's community of faculty
and students."