AIRC is UA's leading international affairs organization, engaging students across the university on global issues. It also serves as the umbrella organization for UA's Model UN Team, TILE, MUNOP, and ALMUN. Model United Nations is a traditional part of The Alabama International Relations Club. Attending both crisis and traditional conferences yearly, AIRC's traveling team enjoys enriching experiences across the globe. Simulating a crisis within a governing body, each delegate is challenged to react to new scenarios with innovative ideas. The Tuscaloosa Initiative for Language Education (TILE) is a program run by the Alabama International Relations Club at the University of Alabama. The goal of the program is to introduce middle school students to second languages in order to foster interest in the culture and language of another country. Our tutors are placed in groups of two or three to go into the schools and teach at least one day a week lessons composed of cultural and language education in a wide variety of languages. The tutors are 300 level or higher and are responsible for devising lesson plans to keep the students engaged. If you are interested in teaching foreign languages to middle school students, this is the program for you! The purpose of the Model UN Outreach Program (MUNOP) is to teach high school students from the impoverished Blackbelt about Model United Nations and bring them to ALMUN 2018. This program is important because it not only increases the global awareness of these students, but also gives them the opportunity to interact with college students and experience the atmosphere of a college campus. Since 2009, MUNOP (formerly BBDI) has been assisting successful helping students. Each year, through multiple training sessions that take place over the course of five months, these students are able to learn the role of the United Nations in the world structure, the proper way to do Model United Nations. The program culminates yearly with these students attending the Model United Nations conference hosted by the Alabama International Relations Club in February. At the conference these students, along with students from four other schools, debate international issues in several different committees led by students from the Alabama International Relations Club. Entering its tenth year, ALMUN is a high school-level conference held at the University of Alabama every February. ALMUN was founded by members of the Alabama International Relations Club and is an entirely student-run event with staff members coming from all areas of study at the University of Alabama. The conference strives to provide delegates of all experience levels with debate that is stimulating and brings attention to international issues facing global citizens today.
