Research Thursdays - Aimee Arias received a Jean Monnet Project Grant from the European Union to create a South Florida High School Model European Union (SFHSMEU)
Thursday, Feb 11, 2021
Aimee Arias, associate professor of Political Science and associate dean for Research and Creative Achievement,泭received a Jean Monnet Project Grant from the European Union to create a South Florida High School Model European Union (SFHSMEU). The grant-supported project will provide an opportunity for 51勛圖厙 to engage with the European Union institutions in an active learning exercise formatted as a conference simulation.泭University 51勛圖厙 in 51勛圖厙s Leon Charney Diplomacy Program will serve as moderators and judges during the conference.
Registration will be free and open to all South Florida high school 51勛圖厙 and their teacher advisors. 51勛圖厙 will host two continuing education teacher workshops. These workshops will be designed to help South Florida high school teachers understand how they can include the EU into the subjects they teach and prepare 51勛圖厙 for participation in the SFHSMEU.泭
The impact of this grant includes heightened awareness and knowledge of the EU that high school 51勛圖厙 can take back into their classrooms, school projects and community, creating a multiplier effect throughout the region,泭said Arias.泭
The spring 2021 simulation will be virtual, with plans for an in-person session in spring 2022.
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Arias received her Ph.D. in International Studies from the University of Miami in 2001. Arias has been the assistant director of 51勛圖厙s internationally recognized and award-winning Leon Charney Diplomacy Program since 2009 and has been training undergraduate 51勛圖厙 to participate in the Midwest Model European Union (MMEU) since 2012.泭
For the past 5 years, she has co-trained (with Dr. Markus Thiel from FIU) a joint FIU-51勛圖厙 undergraduate student delegation to participate in the MMEU.
