Jacob Groninga is a senior honors student at The University of Texas at Tyler majoring in political science with a minor in international relations. As a UT Tyler Model United Nations team member, he attended the National Model UN conferences in New York and Erfurt, Germany, in 2023, where the UT Tyler Delegation won the Distinguished Delegation and Honorable Mention awards, respectively. In 2024, he served as one of two head delegates for the 2024 NMUN conference in New York, where the team again won the Distinguished Delegation award. In October 2023, Groninga represented UT Tyler as an attendee at The Ivanov School for Young Leaders in Ohrid, North Macedonia. In other on-campus activities, he has been an active member of the ministry team for the Reformed University Fellowship, a member of the Honors College Logos student group, and a UT Tyler Esports shoutcaster. After graduation, Groninga intends to work in the public policy sphere.