Claire-Anne Grepo was elected Vice President for Academic Affairs on April 18. She is a sophomore pursuing a Russian and political science double major.

Grepo will take office in Fall 2018 and replace Edith Rojas, who will become the ASCWU president. The polling results show that Grepo was elected with nearly 65 percent of the vote, totaling 753 votes.

According to the CWU website, the office of Academic Affairs is a resource for students who have ideas, issues, and concerns regarding academic departments. The VP attends Faculty Senate meetings in order to represent on the behalf of ASCWU and the student body. The VP also has to meet the Provost on a monthly basis in order to communicate any issues at hand.

Newly elected Grepo has a lot of projects and motivations.

“I want to start things right away. I feel like I want get things going and ruling. I’m currently working at CWUHype, I’m a street team coordinator, I love that job but I want to bring my skills to Academic Affairs,” Grepo said.

Even if she cannot start her position now, Grepo is meeting the people of the office, learning about the job and introducing herself. She wants to be ready for the first day and do all the “baby steps” ahead of when she takes office.

“I want to do more than that is in the paper,” Grepo said.

One of her major goals is to grow the Student Academic Senate.

“The Senate has one person from each department representing that department but there are only 20 students senators from 52 departments and that a big issue. I want to get students to join Academic Affairs. It is something I don’t want to give up on because when I say ‘I want students to be heard,’ the Student Academic Senate is a strong way [to accomplish that],” Grepo said.

Edgar Marchan, a sophomore student in the aviation management major, was the photographer of Grepo during her campaign and also a strong support.

“A big reason I supported her was that she was passionate about what she was saying. I agreed with a lot of what she said such as the fact that we should use the leftover money to create a scholarship for deserving students,” Marchan said.

Edith Rojas, who is currently the VP of Academic Affairs, has given her approval to Grepo.

“She is honestly great for the position. She has a great bubbly energy that some of the students of Student Academic Senate just can’t stop talking about. What I wish for her the most is success,” Rojas said.