The votes are in. The First-Year Council election results were announced last night following candidate speeches in Webb Lounge.
"It feels amazing. It is an extreme honor," said Antoine Stoval, newly elected FYC President and College student, following his win.
To join Stoval in the new FYC positions are Engineering student Yasameen Pirooz as vice president, College student Connor Fusselman as treasurer and College student Rachel Burns as secretary.
Burns said she feels her involvement in FYC will allow her to meet and help her peers,
"I'm excited to be part of this," Burns said. "I feel like I am more a part of the U.Va. community."
First-year students have the opportunity to run for House Council positions as their respective suite and floor representatives. They then have the option to pursue a position within FYC.?
After becoming residence hall representatives, first-year candidates then were required to get 150 signatures to be eligible to run for an FYC office.
Stoval said he could have just gotten the signatures from people in his dorm, but instead he decided to go to many dorms throughout Grounds in order to meet more people and get his name out there.
Pirooz said although getting the 150 signatures was a tough and time-consuming job, "it was cool because [she] got to meet a lot of people."
Before the council elections took place, candidates gave two-minute speeches in front of the First-Year representatives, also members of the First-Year Council.
The representatives then voted for each individual office, the votes were counted, and the winners was announced,
While the newly-elected FYC officers have only been on Grounds for a few weeks, they already have plans for both their class and the University as a whole.
Fusselman said as FYC treasurer, he hopes to "minimize administrative cost so that most of [FYC's] budget goes straight to whatever events [they] plan."
As president, Stoval said he wants to make sure the FYC voice is heard in Student Council.?
Along with getting more involved in the University community, the new FYC members also hope to volunteer and become active in the Charlottesville community.
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