ISCO gathered to elect new community leaders and host a game night Wednesday
The International Student Cultural Organization (ISCO) is dedicated to bringing domestic and international students together, promoting unity and shedding light on the diversity of Troy University.
On Wednesday, ISCO held a game night and elected new student leaders.
“Our group goal is just to get domestic students and foreign international students together in a setting where they can kind of intermingle in order to get to know more about the other cultures or other kinds of people and learn new things,” said Thomas Baker, a junior history major.
Baker was elected as the chair of the activities committee, which means he is the main organizer for activities and events ISCO organizes. He is also over ISCO’s country ambassadors.
Other roles elected included the digital marketing team and the chair of internal communications.
Each student elected to positions volunteered without opposition.
After the elections concluded, the organization began its game night.
To a backdrop of music and standard, unassuming Patterson Hall classroom visuals, both international and domestic students quickly began playing board games. The games included Loteria, Hot Takes, Trivial Pursuit and more.
Despite running far past the time limit set in place for the event, students found themselves glued to their seats waiting to see if they could advance their game pieces closer to victory.
“My voice is gone because I was yelling over everyone trying to say the trivia questions,” said ISCO President Nautica Morgan, a senior biomedical science major from Jack, Alabama.
One part of ISCO’s motivation for events such as its game night is for students to meet others that they otherwise wouldn’t.
“I have made so many amazing friendships through ISCO,” said ISCO Vice President Sarah Campbell, a senior broadcast journalism student from Pensacola, Florida. “Being involved with the organization has given me the opportunity to meet so many amazing people from around the world that I would have never met otherwise.
“ISCO is kind of like a family, so everyone has grown very close. I wouldn’t trade my experience for the world.”
ISCO’s next event is the Peace Walk, celebrating the International Day of Peace. On Thursday, Sept. 19 at 6:30 p.m., International and domestic students will walk together from Hawkins Hall to the International Arts Center (IAC) carrying flags from different countries to represent international peace.
“This event is such an important representation of international culture and peace,” Campbell said “I would recommend students to come out, support their country and have the chance to mingle with international students.
“The peace walk is a way for students to walk together as one, despite all of our differences.”
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