By Signe K. Skinion

After only one semester at the helm, Undergraduate Student Government President Duane Sherman resigned from his position Sunday night in an emergency Senate meeting, stating the reason for his early resignation stems from a job offer at an aviation corporation.

USG Vice President Kim Clemons is now President and former USG President Edwyn Sawyer rejoined the Senate as Vice President after the senate approved Sawyer’s appointment to the office through a bill Sunday.

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Sherman said the decision to leave the USG executive office for a job at the McDonell Douglas Corporation, an aircraft and aerospace manufacturer in St. Louis, was difficult.

It was a bittersweet choice to make between being here and going to work, Sherman said. Every day at USG has been exciting, and I’m going to miss it.

Sherman said starting in January he will be in a management position at the corporation, but the next few weeks he will be helping Clemons with the transition into her new position on the senate.

Leaving now gives plenty of time to work out any changes to be made in the office, Sherman said. There is a lot of work to be done, and I know Kim will do it well.

Clemons said she is excited about the new position but will wait on setting any goals in her administration.

I have meetings all day Tuesday to help with the transition, Clemons said. These meetings will be useful to find out what goals need to be attained for next semester.

Sawyer, who was USG President last year, said he is happy to be back on the senate and said he hopes to help make some good changes in the senate.

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Once you’ve been up here on the student government board, and then you leave, you have a desire to help out when you see things happening. And you want to be in a position to help the students, Sawyer said. I really couldn’t help as a student. I intend on starting with some immediate goals to help out the senate in my position. The main goal is to make more efficient, effective meetings.