Political Science Students Win National Conference Awards
November 22, 2022

(Back, L-R) Ian Moreno, Maria Miranda, Jorge Fernandez, Jeremy Schmuck; (Front, L-R) Gabriela Avila, Ange Nyantungane, Isabella Lawrence
A team of Angelo State University political science students earned individual and team awards at the 26th annual Eugene Scassa Mock Organization of American States (ESMOAS) Collegiate Summit of the Americas Conference earlier this month at Baylor University.
In the team section of the competition, the ASU team won a Distinguished Team Position Paper Award representing the Dominican Republic. In addition to Avila, the students on the ASU team were:
- Jorge Fernandez of San Angelo
- Isabella Lawrence of Brownwood
- Maria Miranda of Arlington
- Ian Moreno of Roby
- Ange Nyantungane of Manor
Jeremy Schmuck, assistant professor of political science, is the faculty sponsor for ASU’s ESMOAS team and accompanied the students to the conference.
The OAS was established in 1948 to achieve an order of peace and justice among its member states, promote their solidarity, strengthen their collaboration, and defend their sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence. Its membership consists of all 35 independent states of the Americas. More details are available at oas.org.