Meet the Board

Serving as a member of the Wooster Volunteer Network Board requires a weekly time commitment. WVN Board members take on various roles including:

  • linking with community agencies to identify service needs that exist in the community
  • maintaining a database and information about students who want to volunteer
  • encouraging students to consider volunteerism as part of their educational experience
  • planning and participating in campus-wide volunteer activities
  • providing a funding process and a means of transportation for all volunteer groups on campus

 

Koral Kasnyik (kkasnyik20@wooster.edu) President

Hi my name is Koral Kasnyik, and I am a junior Biochemistry and Molecule Biology major from Oberlin, Ohio. I do research on campus (with flies!) and am Vice President of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology club. I am also pre-med, so I spend most of my time as a Health Coach or volunteering at the community hospital in the oncology unit. It is so rewarding to play a role in directly helping patients and building connections in the community. On the WVN executive board, I help student organizations to find community partners and ways to incorporate volunteering into their groups.

 

Mili Barai (mbarai21@wooster.edu) Vice President

My name is Mili Barai, I am a sophomore, physics major from Gujarat, India. I am a part of the Astronomy club, Physics club and the South Asia Committee here on campus. I like to volunteer with kids and old people because interacting with them, hearing their stories, teaching them and seeing a smile on their faces give a big sense of satisfaction to me. I am in-charge of Service Saturdays and on-campus networking on the board!

 

 

Lily Walters (lwalters21@wooster.edu)

Hello! My name is Lily Walters. I am a sophomore history major and education minor. I am from Chicago, Illinois. I am a part of Pi Kappa Peanuts and the Frisbee team. I mainly volunteer with children and people in poverty. It is so amazing to see the difference that you can bring to someone’s day and being a connection for the college and the community. On the board, I help plan Service Saturdays and run social media.

 

 

Alayt Issak (aissak21@wooster.edu)

My names is Alayt Issak and I am a bilingual international student from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the Pre-Architecture track pursuing a Mathematics and Studio Art double major. Outside academics, I primarily devote my time to three co-curricular activities: Vegan Club (Vice President), African Students Union (Public Relations), and Wooster Volunteer Network. I volunteer because I aim to make “education” holistic, that is, drawn not only from knowledge in the classroom but also from the occurrences of everyday life.

 

Nate Addington, Director of Civic and Social Responsibility (naddington@wooster.edu): Advisor

Nate Addington serves as The College of Wooster’s Director of Civic and Social Responsibility. Throughout his career Nate has been interested in what motivates people from different backgrounds and identities to come together in community. Specifically, he loves exploring how he, and the students he works with, can be intentional in helping those communities move forward towards a sense of equity and justice. He has particular interests in creating long term partnerships in the local community, while also wrestling with larger issues; such as international immigration policy and reform. This latter passion often reveals itself in the various service and immersion trips he has facilitated in Central America since 2006.