The Inter-Sorority Council elected its executive board yesterday. The new five-member board will work with the outgoing executive board to appoint the new committee chairs Sunday.
ISC members elected Sigma Kappa member Christina Valencia as president, Alpha Delta Pi member Katie Straw as vice president of judiciary, Tri Sigma member Elizabeth Snyder as vice president of administration, Delta Gamma member Christina Saunders as vice president of recruitment, and Zeta Tau Alpha member Darcey Kennedy as vice president of Finance.
The new executive board members highlighted their plans and goals for ISC this year.
Snyder named reaching out to other organizations and the community as one of the board's goals.
"Last night, many of the candidates were talking about reaching out to the other organizations on Grounds and the Charlottesville community at large," Snyder said. "Many organizations can give to the ISC, and we can help them grow."
Snyder said another goal is to reach out to every sorority member even though each house already is in correspondence on a regular basis with the ISC.
Increasing members' knowledge of the ISC judiciary process is another goal, Straw said.
"Basically, we want to increase education about the ISC judiciary process so that people know what the various infractions are so that we actually get cases brought forward," Straw said.
The board also will work to continue improving the ISC recruitment process, enhancing the new online recruitment system and promoting more women to participate in recruitment and increasing their chances to be placed in a house, Saunders said.
"About 20 women did not receive bids, but we want to decrease that number to zero," Saunders said of this year's recruitment.
The election process consisted of candidate speeches followed by a question and answer session, said Chris McGill, assistant dean of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life.
"Before last year, we never had the question and answer session but used a pro-con system, which meant that people were speaking on other people's behalf," McGill said. "The question and answer system gets a lot deeper, allowing the voting delegates to ask specific questions and for specific clarifications so you get more than a speech."
A single vote from each of the ISC's 16 chapters and a single vote from the past executive board determined the new leaders. Each chapter is represented by up to four members who attend the election, but some chapters choose to have only two in attendance, McGill said.
Aaron Laushway, associate dean of students and director of fraternity and sorority life expressed optimism about the new ISC leaders.
"They continue to elect strong leaders," Laushway said.
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