Emily Bank, a masters student studying higher adult and lifelong education, was elected the new president of COGS Wednesday night.
Fletcher said he felt it was time someone else was in the “hot seat.”
He said he stepped down to focus on his dissertation. He ran this year due to outstanding issues.
Some of Fletcher’s most recent ongoing projects is the renovation of Chittenden Hall to house the Graduate School and other officesproviding resources for graduate students.
“With those successfully completed, those efforts, I think it was time for me to move on. There is enough talent in this group to drive graduate and professional education forward,” Fletcher said.
Advisor for the COGS Executive Board, Dr. MaryLee Davis, said she is very excited about COGS moving forward.
“The newly elected officers, while there is new, fresh excitement coming onto the board, have a plan in place that they can, with the new COGS board this next year, put their own stamp on but they’re not starting from scratch and they’re building on big issues,” Davis said.
Bank previously served as the vice president of Internal Affairs.
She said running for president for has been a dream of hers since being at MSU.
“Why I wanted to run is because I know that the position of president has great influence to induce positive change at MSU,” Bank said.
Bank said one of her biggest goals is to help foster a strong sense of community and Spartan pride among graduate and professional students.
“I noticed during my undergraduate (career) here that there was a strong sense of camaraderie and connectedness, and I would like to inspire that sense among graduate and professional students as well,” Bank said.
Along with a new president, the executive board will have new vice presidents of external and internal affairs as well as a new recording secretary.
