22% of CIMUN Staff are Secretary-Generals of Other Conferences, or Presidents of their MUN Teams

Unlike traditional conferences, CIMUN staff members do not come from one particular university. Instead, CIMUN draws a diverse and talented collection of students, post-graduates and professionals from around the world selected through a highly-competitive application process. In 2008, 22% of our 80 staff members were either current or former Secretary-Generals or Presidents of prestigious university-level Model UN programs.

Since CIMUN's early days, we have been pleased to receive former CIMUN delegates as part of the staff cadre. This year, there are more staff applications of this nature than ever. We are proud and excited to welcome these staff members to the conference! Many Model UN conferences have difficulties recruiting staff, some even requisitioning delegates during the conference to become staff members. MUNDO is grateful that it has never had a shortage of interest among skilled MUNers, and that we are continually impressed each year by the quality of staff that apply.

CIMUN has one of the lowest staff-to-delegate ratios of any conference in the world. In 2008, we had as many as 80 staff members, giving us a staff-to-delegate ratio is 1:7.5. Most conferences will feature staff-to-delegate ratios of 1:11 or more (equivilant to CIMUN having 50 staff members). The direct effect of having more staff is the continuously improving quality of our simulations. In 2009, the Department of Simulations will comprise more staff than any other Department, including Committees.

To MUNDO, our staff is our most important asset, as it is their diligence and ability that makes ours conference truly special. If you are interested in joining the CIMUN staff, please fill out our staff application.

Academic Affiliations of Staff (local universities listed first):

• University of Illinois at Chicago
  DePaul University
• Northwestern University
• University of Chicago
  Columbia College Chicago
  University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
  Western Illinois University
  Northern Illinois University
  Southern Indiana University
  University of Notre Dame
  University of Wisconsin - Madison
  University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
  Michigan State University
• Western Michigan University
• Northern Michigan University
  University of Iowa
  Johns Hopkins University
  Brown Univeristy
• University of Innsbruck (Austria)
• Seattle University
  London School of Economics
  Vassar College
• George Washington University
  Wesleyan University
  American University
  Warsaw University (Poland)
  Dartmouth College
  Malaspina Universtiy
  Mount Holyoke College
  Kings College London
  University of Rochester
  University of Toronto
• Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Mexico)
• University of Washington
  University of California-Berkeley
  Seton Hall University
• Boston College
  Tufts University
• American University
• Creighton University
• St. Louis University
• University of Pennsylvania