Nineteen Richland Northeast High School students came home with individual awards from the recent Ivy League Model UN Conference, held January 31, 2007- February 3, 2008 at the University of Pennsylvania.

The students, all members of RNE's nationally recognized Model UN team, competed against more than 2,000 students on 182 delegations from private and public schools across the U.S. and China, which sent a team this year.

RNE's award winners and the areas they represented were:

•Outstanding Delegate, Malaysia: Jessie Johnson, WHO

•Honorable Mention, Malaysia: Leacy Burke and Elyse Kriegshaber, Social and Humanitarian; Erin Harvey and Hermon Whaley, Science and Technology; and Darby Shuler and Paul White, UNICEF. Ukraine: Francie Berger and John Parvin, UNDP

•Verbal commendations, Malaysia: Kate Nielsen, Disarmament; Tre'vell Anderson and Emily Padget, Special Political; Caroline Corley and Rachel Lourie, Legal; David Wile and Hallie Carde, Global Summit; Kelsey Stegall and Maggie Lawrence, Human Rights; Connie Ding, WHO.

Led by faculty advisor Lynn Washington, the RNE Model UN team has racked up 18 consecutive years of first- place awards at the National Model UN Conference in New York City.