Baylor MOAS Team Represents Haiti and Bolivia at International Conference
Baylor MOAS Team members (left to right): Nouran Abdelrahman, Patrick Daly, Ayaan Ansari, Keegan Hunt, Jenna Moon, Roger Spletzer, Dr. Mark McGraw, McKenna Croft, Oliver Jamieson, Allie Tobin, Alejandra Arriaga and Kondwani Masamba
Baylor University’s Model Organization of American States (MOAS) team participated in the Washington MOAS Model at Trinity University in Washington, D.C., from April 6-10, 2026.
The Baylor University team took part in a diplomatic model among 20 national delegations from universities from across the United States and Colombia. Baylor's team represented the countries of Haiti and Bolivia in committees that debated resolutions designed to face hemispheric challenges such as border security, academic freedom, extrajudicial use of force, artificial intelligence, gentrification, and support for Haiti. The delegations also negotiated a notional crisis scenario that involved a humanitarian crisis and threats of U.S. military intervention in Cuba.
Roger Spletzer (senior, international studies, Chevy Chase, Maryland) and McKenna Croft (junior, political science, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) served as head delegates for Bolivia and Haiti, respectively. Croft was also elected to serve as the President of the General Committee for the 2027 model. Keegan Hunt (junior, political science, Raleigh, North Carolina) was elected Vice Chair of the Security Committee. Kondwani Masamba (junior, international studies, Pasadena, Texas) was selected to serve on the Assistant Secretary General’s Student Council for the coming year.
Other Baylor delegates were Oliver Jamieson (senior, communications, Chicago, Illinois), Alejandra Arriaga (senior, supply chain management, McAllen, Texas), Patrick Daly (senior, history, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands), Allie Tobin (junior, management information systems, Arlington Heights, Illinois), Nouran Abdelrahman (junior, political science, Austin, Texas), Ayaan Ansari (sophomore, political science, Tyler, Texas), and Jenna Moon (sophomore, international studies, Bedford, Texas).
The Baylor MOAS team will compete in the Eugene Scassa Mock OAS Summit of the Americas in November 2026 in Houston.
Baylor’s MOAS team is advised by Dr. Mark McGraw, lecturer in Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures in the College of Arts & Sciences.
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