The Bakersfield College International Student Association club will now be known as the International Student Organization – or ISO.

The name change is due to the club’s former acronym, being the acronym of the International Student Affairs department, which also oversees international students here at BC. The department will keep the acronym ISA, while the club voted on and approved its  new title, ISO.

This has not stopped the new club, established and active for only a month, making its presence known at BC.

ISO has 111 active members currently, “all with no promotion,” according to club president Roshelle Czar.

The club has been busy, placing first during the International Women’s Week and placing second during this year’s blood drive. Being a new club on campus, this speaks to the overall motivation of the club regarding its executive board and members.

ISO’s executive board is comprised of Czar, the club president, vice president Simoneel Czar, secretary Sahar Fouranzafar, treasurer Betty Ruiz, and ICC officer Cristel Andrade.

The club’s first official promotion was scheduled to be during Spring Fling. Unfortunately, Spring Fling was canceled. The club acted quickly deciding to go ahead with its promotional event, despite the cancellation.

ISO hosted an event on April 8 that spread awareness of the club while allowing BC students to experience a cultural aspect that is very much a part of their campus. The club sold cupcakes and foreign treats, such as baklava.

There was also an opportunity for students to adorn themselves with henna, an Indian art, which decorates the body with elaborate designs. There were also bindis for sale, which is a forehead decoration worn in south and southeast Asia. The ISO members were also dressed in native attire representing the foreign countries the students are originally from.

The club meets in the executive boardroom, located in CC-4, every Thursday from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. and welcomes not just international students, but any and all BC students that are interested in the international community.