Reilly Gardner (she/her)
Hello, my name is Reilly Gardner (she/her) and I am a 2nd year Human Biological Sciences & Spanish student.
As a board member of various international societies through secondary school I am passionate about the unification and shared culture of different groups. But as an American citizen, I know what it means to be far from home and family. I have personally experienced and witnessed the stress and challenges of immigration compliance, a process I hope to be able to support students through.
Within this role I plan to bridge the gap between international students/societies, VP student support, and the immigration compliance team.
I am prepared to:
- Personally communicate with different international societies on campus to discuss their individual needs.
- Create opportunities for societies to band together to share their culture and community.
- Communicate with international students & the immigration compliance team to find ways to alleviate stress on all fronts.
- Guide international students to a piece of home via the monthly showcasing of different international student societies.
- Continue to support divestment in solidarity with our Palestinian and affiliated groups on campus.
Naser Keraidis
Hello, my name is Naser Keraidis, an international student born and raised in Kuwait, studying in Glasgow university as a second-year politics student. Growing up attending a British school, that was filled with diversity, I am used to interacting with people from different cultures and backgrounds. Moreover, I have been meeting people from all different kinds of societies, which has been an eye-opening process.
In running for this position, I have found myself to be more confident in social interactions and wanting to help others. Having been shown excellent hospitality from all the different people from different societies and I believe that promoting and working with all these societies is key in order to integrate more relations between all students of the university, but especially international students, as they might want to distract themselves from their homesickness by building relationships in communities they never thought they would.
Also, I would love to help simplify any processes for first years, as I remember struggling to find accommodation and not knowing enough information in general, which led to starting off my foundation year pretty slowly. I hope I could help and resonate with those international students enhancing the international vibrancy of campus