Newly elected student trustee Maryam Noor had butterflies in her stomach last Monday as she headed to the De Anza-Foothill Community College Board of Trustees meeting. Noor was sworn into office at the meeting.
"I was waiting for this moment, then when the called my name it became very surreal," said Noor, "The thought I that was present hadn’t set in quite yet."
Noor was working at Target when she received a phone call from her sister telling her she needed to come to school to turn in some paperwork before the end of the day.
Noor rushed to De Anza College to discover she had won the student trustee election.
"It was a tight race, Lilya Mitelman had a good campaign, and I knew it was going to come down to the nitty-gritty," said Noor. "I was very surprised to find out that I won. It was really worth all of the stress."
The last two quarters, Noor served as a student senator. She says that she would still like to stay active with in senate, and hopes that she will be able keep in contact with the friends she’s made there.
But now that she’s Student Trustee, she says she has a lot of different issues to deal with, like attending board meetings, keeping campaign promises, making appearances as trustee at various events studying students issues, and participating with the student government, but she says she is ready to handle the responsibility.
Noor says she has been working closely with former Student Trustee Melanie Dunn and De Anza Associated Student Body President Nadine Foster-Mahar.
She says some of her goals are to take care of the campus by working on a smoke-free campaign, getting the bathrooms remodeled, finding out what students need and communicating it to the Board of Trustees, and working on the budget crisis.
"I have already learned a lot about how to conduct myself professionally in front of the board." Noor said.
Another thing Noor wants to do is to establish a connection with the Inter Club Council. She believes that this will be easy for her, considering her cousin is ICC Chair of Programs.
"I will devote the majority of my time next year to getting an education," Noor said, "and to being student trustee."
