Eleven members of Hamilton's Model European Union and Assistant Professor of Government Ted Lehmann will travel to Trier and Saarbruecken, Germany, from January 2-6, to participate in a Model European Union Simulation Conference (EUROSIM). The Model EU is a club that meets throughout the year to discuss European politics and prepare for conferences. This is Hamilton's 15th straight year as a participant in the conference. The students participating are Tamim Akiki '08, Elena Filekova '08, Stephen Sallan '08, Murtaza Jafri '08, Mariam Ballout '10, Matt D'Amico '08, Henok Alemayo '10, Reisa Asimovic '11, Robert Eisenhart '11, Zeynep Harezi '10 and Kasey Hildonen '10.
The overall purpose of EUROSIM is to provide a framework for a partial simulation of the decision-making process of the European Union using a specific issue. Organizationally, EUROSIM involves the participation of approximately 14 New York State and eight European colleges and universities.
Each educational institution is assigned a country; for example Columbia and K.U. Leuven play Belgium, Universitaet des Saarlandes and the University at Buffalo play Germany, and two delegations (one European, one American) are assigned the role of the EU Commission. Students are assigned alter egos. These are actual people in their country delegation; thus, one student will be Tony Blair, while another plays Karl-Heinze Funke. A topic is selected for each simulation and researching the topic constitutes an important part of the students' preparatory work. The group will also visit European institutions in Strasbourg.
The overall purpose of EUROSIM is to provide a framework for a partial simulation of the decision-making process of the European Union using a specific issue. Organizationally, EUROSIM involves the participation of approximately 14 New York State and eight European colleges and universities.
Each educational institution is assigned a country; for example Columbia and K.U. Leuven play Belgium, Universitaet des Saarlandes and the University at Buffalo play Germany, and two delegations (one European, one American) are assigned the role of the EU Commission. Students are assigned alter egos. These are actual people in their country delegation; thus, one student will be Tony Blair, while another plays Karl-Heinze Funke. A topic is selected for each simulation and researching the topic constitutes an important part of the students' preparatory work. The group will also visit European institutions in Strasbourg.
