David Perry
The 2020 Model U.N. conference in Leuven, Belgium went well for the UMass Lowell team. The River Hawks won seven individual awards during the March 3-7 event, and the social activities, including a vast farmerâs market in the town square, were fun and plentiful.
Though COVID-19 cases were beginning to rise, the pandemic didnât impact the competition. But things were about to change.
âI think itâs safe to say that the students did not understand the extent of the trouble,â says Jack Bove, then-president of UMLâs Dean Bergeron International Relations Club, which sponsors the Model U.N. team.Â