FAU Diplomacy Team Places First at Washington, D.C. Competition
FAU 啵啵直播秀 Karina Nentwig and Emaad Khan attend the annual diplomacy competition in Washington, D.C.
The Leon Charney Diplomacy 啵啵直播秀 at Florida Atlantic University recently competed in the annual diplomacy competition in Washington, D.C. The program received seven Delegation awards, finishing first place overall out of 61 competing universities. FAU was represented by 72 啵啵直播秀 who joined more than 800 college 啵啵直播秀 from other universities, representing various countries as 啵啵直播秀 step into the shoes of diplomats to solve global problems.
FAU鈥檚 diplomacy program has won a total of five national titles and is currently the top-ranked academic diplomacy program in the country.
The Leon Charney Diplomacy 啵啵直播秀, which trains 啵啵直播秀 in world affairs, dispute resolution and debate, was established in 1996 and is a unit of the Peace, Justice & Human Rights Initiative. To date, the program has won 66 national and international awards for academic excellence.
In 2017, the program was named to honor the diplomatic legacy of Leon Charney, who played a key role in the 1978 Camp David Accords.聽 FAU professors Jeffrey Morton, Ph.D., Annette LaRocco, Ph.D., and Timothy Steigenga, Ph.D., all direct the program, which will next compete in Kobe, Japan.
鈥淓xperiential learning for our 啵啵直播秀 in the Leon Charney Diplomacy 啵啵直播秀 uniquely prepares them for myriad careers in which research, presentation of complex ideas, and cross-cultural negotiation are key elements of success,鈥 said Michael Horswell, Ph.D., dean of the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. 鈥淒r. Morton and his colleagues have mentored our 啵啵直播秀 to an unprecedented level of national titles, and we are very proud of that achievement.鈥澛
For more information about the Leon Charney Diplomacy 啵啵直播秀, visit www.fau.edu/artsandletters/pjhr/diplomacy/.
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