ENVS 80 Students at Model Arctic Council in Alaska

Four Dartmouth students are participating in a unique biennial meeting that gives them hands-on experience in international politics, leadership, and collaboration on an international scale.

The Model Arctic Council (MAC) draws students from across the Arctic and the world to simulate the work of the Arctic Council, a leading intergovernmental forum promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic states, Arctic Indigenous communities and other Arctic inhabitants. This year MAC is being held at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, March 9-15, 2016. 

Dartmouth participated in the last MAC simulation in 2014 when earth sciences graduate student Alexandra Giese represented the US in Arkhangelsk, Russia. This year's Dartmouth delegation expanded to four students: Dickey Center Lombard Fellowship recipient Sappho Gilbert MPH'14, Gregory Poulin MALS’16, Lauren Bishop D’19, and Sydney Kamen D’19.

They are accompanied by Melody Brown Burkins, Associate Director for Programs and Research at the Dickey Center and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies, who encouraged students in her environmental studies course "Science Policy and Diplomacy" to apply last fall: "The MAC students will return to their universities as Arctic ambassadors--now versed in key issues of Arctic science, policy and diplomacy--to help their peers understand the rising importance of the Arctic to the world."

Read the full article at http://dickey.dartmouth.edu/news-events/students-model-arctic-council-alaska.