Jesse Garner, of Aurora, has been elected to serve as Waubonsee Community College’s Student Trustee for the 2015-2016 academic year. Garner was seated at the college’s board of trustees meeting June 17.

The student trustee serves as the liaison between the Waubonsee board of trustees and the college’s students, representing students’ interests at the board level.

A political science major, Garner served as president of Waubonsee’s Student Senate and participated in Model Illinois Government in the spring 2015 semester. He is working as an intern in Congressman Bill Foster’s Aurora District Office.