Columbia International College

Every semester Columbia welcomes new members to our Executive Student Leadership Teams in addition to those who have been selected to serve for another term.

In total there are over 60 members on four different Executive Student Leadership Teams, including:
• Columbia Crew
• Prefects
• Student Council
• YAA Council

What do the Executive Student Leadership Teams do?
All four teams have specific duties, but collectively all teams:
• Do a tremendous amount of fund-raising through monetary donations as well as food and clothing for the less fortunate.
• Assist in large school wide events such as Orientation, Prom, and International Games Day.

Each Leadership Team meets once a week
o Student Council – Tuesday at 4:15pm
o Prefects - Tuesday at 4:15pm
o YAA - Tuesday at 4:15pm
o Columbia Crew – Thursday at 4:15pm

*Executive Team Members: Please speak with your Team Lead for the specific location of your weekly meeting.

Columbia Crew
• Focuses on Athletics
• Works with Mr. Freddy
• Is in charge of score keeping and time keeping for intramurals
• Facilitate Games Day

Winter 2012 Columbia Crew members are:
Femi Alamu
Juliet Enyonam Amu
Anton Bordachev
Antonella Grazietta Fidanza Betancourt
Bowen Chen
Krithi Krishnan
Jia Xin (Violet) Liu
Jia Hui (Kristen) Ma
Mahnoor Marium Malik
Han Young (Amy) Oh
Hye Mi Park
Xin (Tc) Qi
Filipus Kurniawan Tjong

Prefects
• Focuses on Community Service in and outside of the school
• Works with Ms. Courtney
• Volunteer with organizations such as the Canadian Lung Association and World Vision
• Facilitate the International Cuisine Series, 30 Hour Famine, and Relay For Life.

Winter 2012 Prefects members are:
Shannon Briana Adams
Farhana Alnoor Bhanji
Ibragim Shaban Ogly Dibirov
Dara Duhita
Grace Felicia
Jochebed Sewah (Jay) Gyateng
Davies Deshola Hamzat
Mai Phuong (Kate) Le
Geon Woo (Konu) Lee
Fang Fei (Janice) Liu
Anna Melkonyan
Handiya Mwiinga
Jia Ze (Neil) Ni
Oluwasefunmi (Sefunmi) Osinaike
Victoria Paskannaya
Nabah Abid Rizvi
Shulamith (Shully) Sappire Rubinstein
Jing Ze (John) Shi
Chau Bao (Carmen) Truong
Bich Ty Vo Nguyen
Abdul Wahab
Camelia Intan Widyanti
Irene Xia Zhou
Si Yu (Linda) Yan
Yao (Jennifer) Yao
Ijoe Jerry Young

Student Council
• Focuses on School Spirit
• Works with Mr. Brandon
• Help to make student life outside of the classroom more fun!
• Facilitate Spirit Week, School Dances and Prom.

Winter 2012 Student Council members are:
Li Yan (Liyan) Chen
Fanta Diaby
Malak El Allaki
Victoria Franco Bastidas
Olga Gurska
Zi Wei (Tiga) Huang
Thi Mong Hoai (Rui) Le
Miguel Louisy
Zhengquan (Darius) Mao
Vo Vuong Hieu (Kim) Nguyen
Thi Ngoc Hong (Kelly) Nguyen
Mariam Njie
Jodi Nassuna Nthakomwa
Frances Chinelo Okereke
Jebbeh Urey

YAA Council
• Focuses on improving the YAA program for fellow YAA students.
• Works with Ms. Carissa
• Helps with the bi-weekly Student Development Newsletter
• Facilitates Friday Night Programming, and Weekend Trip Planning.

Winter 2012 YAA Council members are:
Yemidale (Yemi) Ajayi
Kevin John Cheeran
Oluwadara (Dara) Elebute
Han Zhi (Agatha) Jia
Duy Anh (Andy) Nguyen
Maria Teresa Nieto Agudo
Ruslan Nikolaev
Noble Obiasgha Opusunju
Osamundiamen Ian Osawaye
Maria Luisa (Malu) Radice Daher
Ramil Salmanov

Get Involved
Columbia encourages students to familiarize themselves with members of the Student Executive Team. These students are role models for Columbia students; they are here to help make your school year more enjoyable and are always willing to lend a helping hand.