Of course not in the prospective MUIMUN composition – don’t worry guys, there’s still plenty for you to do! The test debate served as a first dip into MUN waters for those who have never participated in such a crazy thing before and wanted to know what to expect. Now they do and even if no resolution was passed in the end, it looked like a lot of fun for everybody. What could make a better impression of the upcoming conference?

We proudly announce that the WWU students parliament offers ten scholarships for students at the University of Münster to participate in MUIMUN! All you have to do is to write a short letter of motivation to our fundraising team (fundraising@muimun.org), explaining why just you deserve the scholarship most. Have you discovered a solution for the financial crisis lately? Have you cured an incurable disease? Do you think the WWU should take you into consideration for becoming the next honorary doctor? You know, stuff like this.

If you receive the scholarship, you will get one of the very rare chances to participate in the conference for free. So, be aware of the honour and now… what are you waiting for?

The conference will be held from 25th to 27th June 2012 in Bonn and deals with the topic “Culture. Education. Media. – Shaping a Sustainable World”. It offers workshops, exhibitions and plenary discussions. We recommend that all of you who possibly can take this opportunity and participate!

Speaking of being cooperative: we hereby announce that due to great demand the registration deadline for MUIMUN has been extended until February 29th! If you’re still waiting for visa or finance issues to be solved or are reluctant to decide right now whether to participate, you have one month left! However starting now accomodation cannot be guaranteed for unless you pay directly at registration.

Thus we are glad for the enhancement the Faculty of Landscape Ecology of the University of Münster has recently decided to add to our conference: Not only has Prof. Buttschardt agreed to become a MUIMUN faculty advisor, he has also created a new scholarship which will allow two students of the Faculty of Landscape Ecology of Münster to take part in the conference for free.

Any Münster students of this faculty interested in the scholarship should contact Prof. Buttschardt immediately.

Our Secretary General Jule Möllmann and Deputy Secretary General Carl-Philipp Sassenrath received the Award to the cheers of the whole team from the hands of Prorector Prof. Dr. Marianne Ravenstein. She lauded MUIMUN for “promoting the cultural understanding of international students and thus contributing to a lively connection between the University and its local, national and international environment”. The Students’ Award is endowed with 7500 €.

We are of course absolutely thrilled and delighted to receive such a strong acknowledgment of the good our work has done to the university and the city of Münster over the past six years. Our thanks go out to all our supporters from the university, the city, businesses and especially Münster’s Lord Mayor Mr. Markus Lewe for supporting our application for the Students’ Award.

We hope we can spread the MUN message throughout the world for yet another year and infect even more people with the MUN virus.

As a first step towards achieving that, we have just closed our first round of applications for MUIMUN 2012. About a third of all delegate positions is now filled. Those applicants who applied before December 31st will receive a 10€-discount on the conference fee if they pay before January 6th. But of course there’s still plenty of time to apply for a delegate position!

We hope to see you in Münster this year, and remember:

Change Today – Shape Tomorrow!

We hope all of you were able to spend those special days in harmony with your family and loved ones and took the advantage to forget about your daily labours for a while, collecting strength for another year of dedication, fun, success, good work and, hopefully, MUNing.

Our very special Christmas wishes go out to all our supporters, sponsors, donors, faculty advisors, volunteers, ambassadors, Committee Chairs and past and future delegates of MUIMUN all over the world.

The participant receiving the Best Delegate Award in BLIMUN 2012 will be granted free participation in MUIMUN 2012.

We look forward to welcoming him or her and hopefully many other motivated AUBG students in Münster!

Feel free to join us!