Awa Nur was elected president of Duke Student Government for the 2009-2010 academic year in a close race Tuesday.

Nur-the first female president in a decade and only the second Black female president in DSG's history-won 35.1 percent of the 2,700 ballots cast in the presidential race. "It's a really exciting time I think," Nur said. "I'm ready to get back and start working."

Junior Chelsea Goldstein, current vice president for academic affairs, took second in the election with 27.7 percent of the votes. 
Sophomore Mike Lefevre, this year's vice president for athletics and campus services, and junior Kousha Navidar, current director of student services, took third and fourth in the race, respectively.