Society for International Students

The Society for International Students would like to introduce its new Executive committee leaders. Elections were held on Friday November 8, whereby students were given the chance to vote online. The new president, Katya Solomkina, is a very energetic and friendly young lady who is a sophomore from the country of Kazakhstan. She is also a senator of the Student Government Association at Valdosta State University. We are very excited to work with her because we know she will do an extraordinary job at representing the Society for International Students on campus.

Our newly elected vice president,Gloria De la Garza, is a Freshman majoring in Chemistry. She is from Mexico and has shown interest in making the Society of International Students her priority.
We are eager to see how the SIS grows with the new leadership of these two talented young ladies. With talent being mentioned, our newly elected event coordinator, Tatiana Tsaruk, is a very artistic young lady. She enjoys singing, dancing and art. We are glad to have her on our committee because we know she has creative ideas for our events. Returning to her previous position, Marie Reyes is our treasurer once again. We are also happy to have her back because she will be important in helping the newly elected officers with their roles. Giselle Greaux is our new Publicity Coordinator and we believe she will do a great job in this position. She is an International Business and Marketing major who contributed to the creation of the new App, Blazernation here at VSU. She is very friendly and outgoing, which is a great quality we appreciate in our leaders. We are so excited to be working with such talented and friendly young ladies. Our newly elected secretary, Dilcia Turcios is a senior majoring in Intercultural Communication. She loves learning about new cultures and sharing her own. She is a very dynamic young lady that loves to meet new people. We are excited to have her on our committee because she has shown interest in making the SIS her priority as well.
This year we created a special position Graphic Designer for a very talented young lady, her name is Eliza Reyes. She is a sophomore from Belize Central America who has been creating all the SIS flyers and graphics needed to promote our events.
We really appreciate her work and time she has given to this organization. We would like to officially welcome her to the Executive Committee and let her know that we look forward to continue working along with her. We would like to thank all of these brave young ladies for accepting these important positions and to be the leaders of a growing international student community. We look forward to making 2014 a better experience for international students here at Valdosta State University.