The DU undergraduate community has spoken.
Junior Jim Francescon was elected Undergraduate Student Government president for the 2010–11 school year; sophomore Felipe Diaz will serve as vice president. They garnered 74 percent of the vote.
Francescon, a real estate and finance major, is the current student-body vice president and is president of Sigma Chi fraternity. Diaz is a political science and journalism major.
A primary issue the Francescon-Diaz ticket ran on was to better integrate international students at the University through mentorship programs.
1,294 students cast votes during a three-day voting period last week, resulting in a 29 percent voter turnout. The national average for voter turnout in student government elections is low, hovering around just 2 percent.
Other student government positions elected were:
- Arts and Humanities senator: Nicole Deutsch
- Daniels College of Business senators: Vanessa Torres and Charlie Wondergem
- Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management senator: Dario Ogaz
- International Studies senator: Luke Nifaratos
- Natural Sciences and Mathematics senator: Stuart Portman
- Performing Arts senator: Jeanne Ireland
- School of Engineering and Computer Science senator: Trevor Kroeger
- Social Science senator: Craig Hirokawa
- Sophomore senators: Sam White and Jordan Loyd
- Junior senators: Milan Chatterjee and Caitlin Lorenz
- Senior senators: Kelly Walker and Mindy Stone
- On-campus senators: Katherine Godshaw and Julia Godshaw
- Off-campus senators: Katie Bernell and Carrie Gamper