Students elected first-year College student Andrew Kwon to serve as First Year Council president, the University Board of Elections announced Wednesday evening.
First-year College student Conrad Tindall was chosen as vice president and will be working alongside Kwon this school year.
Online polls opened to first-year students Monday morning at 10 a.m. and closed 4 p.m. Wednesday. The board had not released voter participation rates at press time.
Kwon decided to run for class president after serving as Westfield High School’s class president for four years.
“What I tried to do [in high school] was create a sense of community with a large high school base, and that’s kind of what I wanted to do here,” Kwon said.
Kwon competed against 10 other candidates in the race for First Year Council president, whereas Tindall faced went toe-to-toe with four other vice-presidential candidates.
“I’m just thankful right now that I’ve won,” Kwon said.
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