Meet ExCo
- EXTERNAL RELATI
ONS OFFI
CER
I was s
el
ect
ed as t
he I
nt
er
nat
i
onal Chai
r f
or t
he 2017
SAVMA Sympos
i
um bei
ng hel
d i
n Col
l
ege St
at
i
on, Texas
, and
of
f of a r
ecommendat
i
on I f
ound out about t
he I
VSA
Congr
es
s happeni
ng i
n Vi
enna a l
i
t
t
l
e over a year ago. Fr
om
t
hen on, I was hooked. I hope t
o pur
s
ue a car
eer wor
ki
ng i
n
t
he i
nt
er
nat
i
onal f
i
el
d of vet
er
i
nary medi
ci
ne–Gl
obal Heal
t
h
Secur
i
t
y
. I
VSA was a nat
ur
al f
i
t f
or me, and I
’
ve l
oved i
t ever
s
i
nce. Af
t
er t
hat f
i
r
s
t congr
es
s
, I was t
hi
nki
ng about how I
mi
ght be abl
e t
o get i
nvol
ved and do s
omet
hi
ng us
ef
ul f
or
I
VSA. Event
ual
l
y t
hat t
hought l
ead t
o my bei
ng el
ect
ed as t
he
Ext
er
nal Rel
at
i
ons Of
f
i
cer dur
i
ng t
hi
s pas
t congr
es
s i
n
Mal
a
ys
i
a.
My j
ob i
nvol
ves a l
ot of net
wor
ki
ng. I
VSA has many wor
ki
ng part
ner
s
hi
ps wi
t
h ot
her
or
gani
zat
i
ons and gr
oups
, and we ar
e cons
t
ant
l
y gr
owi
ng and pur
s
ui
ng new pos
s
i
bi
l
i
t
i
es t
o
br
i
ng val
uabl
e opport
uni
t
i
es t
o al
l of our member
s
. I am cons
t
ant
l
y r
eachi
ng out t
o
compani
es and or
gani
zat
i
ons
, s
eeki
ng mut
ual
l
y benef
i
ci
al agr
eement
s (
i
n t
he f
or
m of
money
, pr
oduct
s
, or opport
uni
t
i
es
)
!
My f
ut
ur
e pl
an i
s t
o cont
i
nue r
eachi
ng out
, and hopef
ul
l
y l
ea
ve mor
e val
ue t
hat what I
s
t
art
ed wi
t
h. That i
ncl
udes f
i
ndi
ng mor
e money (
al
l t
he money)
, i
mpr
ovi
ng our cur
r
ent
r
el
at
i
ons
hi
ps
, and bui
l
di
ng new connect
i
ons wi
t
h new ent
i
t
i
es
.
Hope al
l y’
al
l get i
nvol
ved and get s
omet
hi
ng val
uabl
e out of I
VSA!
- PUBLI
C RELATI
ONS COORDI
NATOR
Hi
, I
’
m SeongJ
i
n Cho f
r
om Sout
h Kor
ea. My I
VSA
s
t
ory goes back i
n 2014, when I at
t
ended Gr
oup
Exchange i
n J
apan. I met t
he my f
i
r
s
t I
VSA f
r
i
ends t
her
e,
and f
ound mys
el
f bei
ng r
eal
l
y f
as
ci
nat
ed on meet
i
ng new
peopl
e. The f
ol
l
owi
ng year
, I or
gani
zed I
VSA As
i
a
conf
er
ence i
n Sout
h Kor
ea as an OC. At 65t
h Congr
es
s
i
n Vi
enna, I was el
ect
ed as one of I
VSA Secr
et
ar
i
at
of
f
i
cer
s
.
Wi
t
h mor
e I
VSA f
r
i
ends
, I got f
ul
l
y encour
aged
t
o appl
y f
urt
her f
or ExCo el
ect
i
on at t
he end of my
s
ecr
et
ary t
er
m, and t
he r
es
ul
t was t
hat I
’
m el
ect
ed! My
vet s
chool l
i
f
e has been al
wa
ys f
ul
l of I
VSA. Never knew
t
hat I
’
d become t
he ExCo but s
ur
pr
i
s
i
ngl
y
, HERE I AM!
PRC, Publ
i
c Rel
at
i
ons Coor
di
nat
or
, i
s i
n char
ge of
I
VSA’
s communi
cat
i
on wi
t
h t
he whol
e wor
l
d. PRC
manages I
VSA’
s of
f
i
ci
al s
oci
al medi
a, s
uch as Facebook,
I
ns
t
agr
am, and t
wi
t
t
er
. PRC wi
l
l be t
he f
i
r
s
t one who’
s i
s
goi
ng t
o r
ecei
ve mes
s
ages f
r
om anyone i
nt
er
es
t
ed i
n
I
VSA. PRC al
s
o deal
s wi
t
h I
VSA webs
i
t
e, I
VSA emai
l
s
erver
s
, cr
eat
i
ng l
ogos & mer
chandi
s
e des
i
gns f
or I
VSA.
I t
hi
nk i
t i
s a gr
eat opport
uni
t
y f
or a vet s
t
udent t
o
l
ear
n and ut
i
l
i
ze var
i
ous comput
er s
ki
l
l
s
, keepi
ng pace
wi
t
h devel
opi
ng t
echnol
ogy
.
Dur
i
ng my t
er
m 2017-
18, I
’
m pl
anni
ng t
o r
edes
i
gn
I
VSA of
f
i
ci
al webs
i
t
e. Pl
us
, i
ncl
udi
ng t
hi
s j
our
nal
, I
’
m
pl
anni
ng t
o make anot
her j
our
nal next year
, maki
ng i
t t
o
be a r
egul
ar bas
e, publ
i
s
hi
ng j
our
nal
s t
wi
ce a year
.
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