The InterFraternity Council will have to elect a new president after College junior Matt Dwyer resigned due to personal issues less than a week after being elected to the post.
Dwyer, the current president of Alpha Tau Omega, would have assumed his post after the spring rush.
Current IFC president and Wharton senior Austin Pena said new elections for the position of president will be held Nov. 28.
"This past weekend, I had some personal things come up" at home, Dwyer said. He added that family issues will take up an increased amount of his time in the coming semesters.
After speaking with Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs director Scott Reikofski, Dwyer said he decided it "wouldn't be fair to everyone else" to hold the position without being able to make it a top priority.
The president of the IFC serves as the liaison between the fraternity community and the administration, as well as an adviser to chapter presidents.
Pena said he and other board members have multiple candidates in mind who he believes will run for the position.
If a newly elected board member chooses to run for the presidency, he must relinquish his board position. In such a case, elections would be held for the vacated board seats on the same day as the election for president.
Reikofski did not return multiple calls for comment on this story.
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