Cedarville NewsModel UN Prepares Students for Foreign Service
by Tessa Landrum, Student Public Relations Writer
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Dr. Frank Jenista, a Cedarville College 1968 alumnus, founded the school’s Model United Nations (U.N.) team following a 25-year career as a U.S. Diplomat. Now, Cedarville students are training to follow in his footsteps.
Model U.N. team members are selected by Dr. Glen Duerr, associate professor of international students, and his colleagues in the department of history and government.
“In general, students have a strong grounding in international affairs before joining the team,” said Duerr. “Many take related classes, which helps them to learn more about the subject matter.”
Originally published on February 10, 2021 3:39 pm
Since the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol Building, extreme groups and militias across the United States – and how to respond to them – are getting increased attention.
Ohio ranks second in the nation for the highest number of active, extreme anti-government groups, according to a recent report by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which found 566 groups in the United States in 2020. Ohio has 31; only California had more, with 51.
“Ohio has been a state that has had a lot of militias and a lot of people involved in the militia movement for quite a while, really since the 1990s, when the militia movement really got started,” said Karl Kaltenthaler, director of security studies at the University of Akron.
Combating Conspiracy Theories Requires a Unified Front Preventing political violence, similar to what happened in the U.S. Capitol last week, will require active, collective efforts in combating conspiracy theories. Lynn Hulsey, Springfield News-Sun | January 11, 2021 | Analysis
(TNS) The violent assault on the U.S. Capitol last week by supporters of President Donald Trump could spark a pivotal moment of reckoning over the nation s bitter political divide, but it will take work by everyone to battle dangerous conspiracy theories and heal the divisions, according to local experts in politics and history. It s going to take a collective effort. Everyone needs to be thinking about their role: clergy, educators, parents, community leaders, etc., said Lee Hannah, associate professor of political science at Ohio s Wright State University.