{"id":5872,"date":"2025-08-01T15:15:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T05:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/?post_type=article&#038;p=5872"},"modified":"2025-07-31T12:22:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:22:20","slug":"students-shine-at-model-un-conference","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/article\/students-shine-at-model-un-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"STUDENTS SHINE AT MODEL UN CONFERENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday 25 July, four of our senior students represented St Patrick\u2019s College Townsville at the inaugural William Ross Model United Nations Conference. Held at William Ross State High School, this student-led event welcomed delegates from across North Queensland to engage in a day of debate, diplomacy and global collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>Brooke McDougall, Mai Ly Nguyen-Wood, Immara Dyer Lewis, and Isabelle Tickle took on the roles of UN delegates, negotiating international policy and tackling the theme of <em>\u201cStrengthening global cooperation to build sustainable cities and communities.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The day was a fantastic opportunity for our students to develop their public speaking, critical thinking and teamwork skills while connecting with like-minded peers from other schools. Congratulations to our delegates for their confident participation and thoughtful contributions to such an important global conversation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/07\/Model-UN-William-Ross-SHS.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5873\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/07\/Model-UN-William-Ross-SHS-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/07\/Model-UN-William-Ross-SHS-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/07\/Model-UN-William-Ross-SHS-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/07\/Model-UN-William-Ross-SHS-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/07\/Model-UN-William-Ross-SHS.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday 25 July, four of our senior students represented St Patrick\u2019s College Townsville at the inaugural William Ross Model United Nations Conference. Held at William Ross State High School, this student-led event welcomed delegates from across North Queensland to engage in a day of debate, diplomacy and global collaboration. Brooke McDougall, Mai Ly Nguyen-Wood, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5882,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-5872","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/5872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=5872"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=5872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}