University of Central Florida student body president Cortez Whatley has been named the student member of the state’s 17-member State University System Board of Governors.

Whatley, currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree with independent majors in legal studies and public administration, and a minor in political science, has served in the UCF student body senate and as attorney general for the student government association.
 
“On behalf of my fellow board members, we are delighted to have Cortez Whatley join the Florida Board of Governors to represent the perspective of nearly 330,000 students enrolled in the State University System,” Board Chair Dean Colson stated in a release.

The term is for one year. He succeeds New College of Florida junior Michael Long.