MAL Alumni Newsletter | Issue 1, December 2003

Text Box: from different regional models is exciting. I’ve no doubt that the experience of administering such a large scale Model will be invaluable." Josie also spoke of how the Models have influenced her career goals. "When I entered college," she said, "my goal was to attend graduate school and become an attorney in the United States Army. After two and a half years with Model Arab League, however, I’ve decided to work on Middle East issues for our government."

Text Box: WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 2003 — Josie Fingerhut is a junior at long-time Model participant Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She is participating in her third Model Arab League season. In November, at the Northeast University Model in Boston, she served as chair of the Joint Defense Committee. She will serve as the Assistant Secretary General of the coming year's National University model in April. Although Converse College has always been a powerhouse in the Model Arab League, the Northeast Model included delegations from Harvard, Cornell, and Dartmouth, along with first time MAL delegations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and Bentley College. Asked about her delegation’s expectations in competing with schools of this caliber, Josie said, "The challenge brought by these Ivy League schools was as high as we expected." Converse's representation of Kuwait won it an Outstanding Delegation Award alongside Harvard. The host, Northeastern University, received an Honorable Mention

Text Box: for its Syria delegation. Josie also received the Best Chair Award for her work in the Joint Defense Committee. Josie is excited about the prospects for the upcoming National MAL. As Assistant Secretary General, she will have a significant role in the preparations for the event. “The group of people coming to the National Model will be one of the best groups we've seen: assisting with this Model is giving me my first opportunity to organize such a large and disparate group of people. Bringing delegations together

Text Box: High School Models: Atlanta: January 28-30 Boston: March 4-5 Virginia: March 4-6 Ohio: TBA Washington, DC: April 29-May 1

The first-ever National Council delegation to the League of Arab States in Cairo, Egypt meets with His Excellency Amr Moussa, the League’s Secretary General, and a former Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the League headquarters this last July. Go to www.ncusar.org/studyabroad for more information.

Visit www.ArabiaLink.com or www.saudi-american-forum.org to subscribe to two of the National Council’s news services.

Josie Fingerhut (right front) chairs the Joint Defense Council at the Northeast Regional MAL, held at Northeastern University in November.

Text Box: University Models: Michigan: February 18-20 Ohio: February 25 - 28 Rocky Mountain: February 26-28 Southeast: March 19-21 Mississippi Valley: March 17-20 National : March 31-April 3 Northern Rockies: April 15-17 Southwest: April 15-17 West Coast: April 16-18

The Model Arab League season began with the first-ever Northeast University Model in November, and continues until May of 2004. The following is the schedule of the other 15 models to be held throughout the country: