Next year’s Student Council members for University Academy were announced at the conclusion of the Class Wars Trivia assembly on April 11.
Student Council, also known as StuCo, is a group of elected students who come together, through the guidance of Dr. Leah Edens and Mrs. Mallory Skinner, to plan fun activities for the student body like spirit weeks, dance themes, pep-rally’s and so much more.
The executive board for next year’s Student Council will be Brooke Williams, president; Alexa Rodriguez, vice president; Naomi Dillard, historian; and Sol’Maya Elam, secretary.
The winners of next year’s class representatives were Taleah Eubanks, senior class president; Kelvin Hill, senior class representative; Caidan Austin and Constance Mutai, junior class representatives; and Ra’Shawn Doss and Anaiya Fielder-Bey, sophomore class representatives.
Next year’s freshmen representatives will be elected this upcoming fall.
The recent election brought a plethora of leaders and new ideas to the table. Students from all grade levels stepped up to represent their classes.
Eubanks is especially excited to begin her participation in StuCo as president of her class. While this will be her first year in StuCo, she has been an active member of DECA, which has helped to prepare her for leadership in StuCo. As president, she said she is hoping to maximize productivity and resourcefulness and create a long-lasting cohesiveness within her class.
One way she will try to meet these goals is by sending weekly emails to her fellow students.
“These emails will consist of scholarship opportunities, important information to know about school happenings, and things of that nature. I also plan on providing surveys for the senior class to learn more about any ideas they may have or opinions they hold,” she said.
Executive board president Williams feels the same as Eubanks about winning. She emphasized how proud she was of her campaign efforts with Rodriguez, executive board vice president.
One of Williams’ main goals, along with others, is to bring back the high school talent show, something many students have wished to bring back in the past few years. The last talent show was in the 2022-2023 school year, but it hasn’t happened recently because of scheduling conflicts with the Black History Month assembly in February.
Both Williams and Eubanks emphasized that any students who may want to run for StuCo for the 2025-2026 school year should just do it.
“You can’t, or at least should not, be intimidated by the popularity of others. People won’t know your full potential until you show them, and in order to show them your full potential, you must convince them that you are the person that can advocate for them,” Eubanks said.
Williams said, “Come into the election with a genuine heart and mind to better the school and the students. That alone will get you a long way in Student Council and in life.”
