Miguel Albarran will take over as Student Governance Council president
By: Kurt Oberreither
News Editor
The STLCC-Meramec Student Governance Council (SGC) elected Miguel Albarran, the first Latino SGC president at the May 1 SGC meeting.
“I feel a major responsibility because I am the first Latino president. I want to leave a big impact for the future Latino presidents. I don’t want to do an average job,” Albarran said.
James Wattler was elected as secretary, Syed Alam as public relations officer and Gavin Bennett as vice president.
Albarran said he looks forward to working with the executive board to make changes to the SGC.
“There’s a good, solid foundation in the SGC,” Albarran said. “I think there can be a major improvement as far as the involvement of the student body.”
He said the diversity of the new executive board is better representative of the diversity at Meramec. However, Albarran said he is disappointed there was no females elected.
Albarran joined International Club in the fall semester and became a club representative at the beginning of the spring. Albarran is a general transfer major and said he plans on completing the prerequisites for the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Business Program at Meramec. Next year will be his second year at Meramec.
“You always see the same people involved around campus. I want to give [Meramec] a sense of community,” Albarran said.
