<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2020/shivani-patel-criminal-justice.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>01/03/2020</pubDate><title>Criminal Justice Major Reflects on ‘Gratifying Experience’ at Model United Nations Conference in Germany</title><description>For Shivani Patel ’21, recruitment director for the University’s Model United Nations program, MUN enabled her to network with students from around the world, step out of her comfort zone, and develop a sense of resilience and self-confidence.</description><hide-description/><author>Shivani Patel ’21</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>January 3, 2020</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2020/shivani-mun-group.jpg" alt="Image of a group of students."/></image><image-caption>The University of New Haven’s Model United Nations delegates in Erfurt, Germany.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2020</tag></tags></item>