The ISC Executive Board will transition to new leadership on Friday, following elections held in December and the announcement of its newest chairs yesterday.
The ISC chose its president and four vice presidents in the December elections and appointed its various chair positions this past Sunday.
In previous years, the ISC held elections in February after the end of sorority rush, but according to current ISC President Massie Payne, that system did not allow new officials to become accustomed to their positions before Spring Break.
Payne added that having elections earlier would allow newly elected Executive Board members to shadow outgoing officials during rush and gain valuable experience for the coming year.
"Now that we're transitioning on Friday, I think we'll be able to get a lot more done before Spring Break," Payne said.
In addition to the move from February elections, current ISC Public Relations co-chair Marci Stewart said the ISC has made a few changes regarding informal rush in order to attract more transfer students and women who may feel excluded from the Greek system.
As a result of these changes, Stewart explained that more houses will be encouraged to take part in informal recruitment, which is held each fall for second years and transfer students. Through this, she said she believed more women will become involved with the Greek community.
Wallace Gundy, incoming alumnae and faculty relations chair, said she was looking forward to strengthening relationships with University alumnae from the Greek community.
"Having only had women here since 1970, there are plenty of alumnae ... whose entire experience was centered around sororities," Gundy said. "I would say my primary goal is to keep the ties strong between the current sorority community at the University as well as Greek alumnae of the University and work to rebuild those bridges."
Gundy added that she would like to expand the ISC's Faculty Fellows Program, which enables each sorority to be paired with a faculty advisor.
"I'd like to really encourage chapters to use the faculty fellows program and broaden it because I see faculty advisors as an untapped resource," Gundy said.
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