Thursday, April 11 (3 p.m. - 6 p.m.) Niagara Falls State Park (pick up and return, Best Western on the Avenue) FREE
Thursday, April 11 (7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.) Dinosaur BBQ 301 Franklin St. (walking distance from the Best Western) (pay for your own dinner)
Friday, April 12 (10 a.m. Buffalo City Hall - leave Best Western at 9:30 a.m.) FREE
Saturday, April 13 (7 p.m. - 9 p.m.) Student Mixer at Day's Park Tavern (walking distance from the BW). $15 includes buffet dinner and one drink ticket. You DO NOT need to be 21 to attend the student mixer.
SUNYMEU Opens Friday, April 12 (4 p.m.) ends Sunday, April 14 - 6:00 p.m.
SUNYMEU 2024 Keynote Speaker
Ryan Meilak, Head of Outreach-Congressional Liaison, European Parliament - Washington, D.C.
Mr. Meilak will also serve on the SUNYMEU Expert Witness Panel (Saturday morning) and be available to discuss internship opportunities with the European Parliament during Saturday lunch.
Faculty team is in place. The student directors will be selected in the fall 2024 semester.
SUNYMEU is managed on a two-year basis by a SUNY campus. SUNYMEU is hosted by a SUNY campus during even years and at the SUNY Global Center during odd years.
The IEUSS Board awarded the directorship of SUNYMEU 2024 & 2025 to SUNY Buffalo State University. SUNYMEU directors must be SUNY employees (see IEUSS By-laws).
SUNYMEU is a program sponsored by the Institute for European Union Studies at SUNY (IEUSS), but the simulation itself is designed as a student-run and student-directed activity - from writing and selecting the agenda items to chairing the meetings, agreeing the Conclusions, and selecting awardees. Indeed, once SUNYMEU formally opens, the students "take the reins," while faculty are on hand for advice (if requested) and to serve as expert witnesses. That SUNYMEU is student-run, and student directed points to the reason why the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union (GS) and the European Commission delegations are so crucial to SUNYMEU. The GS organizes the agenda items prior to the simulation and a GS member is assigned to each functional meeting to support the member states in their work. The GS is careful to stay neutral and not "side" with a particular member state. The Commission, also represented at each functional meeting, represents the European Union and the integration project. While neither the Commission nor the GS votes, these bodies are crucial to the functioning of the EU, and so to, of SUNYMEU.
Laurie Buonanno
SUNYMEU 2024 Faculty Co-Director
IEUSS Director; Professor, SUNY Buffalo State - Department of Political Science, Public Administration & Planning
Mia Raj
SUNYMEU 2024 Student Director (alter ego: Secretary General of the Council and the European Council)
SUNY Buffalo State University - BA International Relations, May 2025
Raymond Rushboldt, SUNYMEU 2024 Faculty Co-Director; IEUSS Board Member; SUNY Fredonia, Department of Political Science and International Affairs
Greg Rabb
SUNYMEU 2024 Faculty Co-Director
IEUSS Board Chair; Lecturer, SUNY Buffalo State - Department of Political Science, Public Administration & Planning; Emeritus Professor, SUNY Jamestown Community College
