On February 23-26, 2017, Dr. Gloria Chuku led six UMBC students: Chidera Agwu, Maurice Cates, Ahmed Eludoyin, Mohamed Jalloh, Rungano Kaiyo, and Jessica Sackey as Delegates representing Mauritania and Sierra Leone, to the 15th Annual Model of African Union in Washington, DC. The Model AU provided the UMBC delegates a unique opportunity to study Africa and the African Union through simulation augmented by briefings by the staff of the Embassies of Mauritania and Sierra Leone.