When a student takes their f irst steps onto Waynesburg University’s campus, they may wonder how they will leave their legacy by the time their senior year rolls around. That’s exactly what Student Senate President Tyler McCoy, senior history and political science major, wondered three years ago. 

McCoy recently reflected on how he discovered the university. 

“I heard about Waynesburg through literature the university sent to me,” McCoy said. “I decided to visit the school, and after touring and looking up all the opportunities Waynesburg could offer, I decided to apply.” 

With his college career winding down, McCoy looked back at his time at Waynesburg and, all-and-all, enjoyed it. 

“There are not many things I would change about my time at Waynesburg,” McCoy said. “I have had a plethora of great opportunities here, including the opportunity to be a Stover Scholar, to take classes that I love and that challenge me and to study abroad among other things.” 

As for his work in Student Senate, McCoy knew that was something he wanted to be apart of from the beginning, because he wanted the opportunity to give back to the campus community 

“I wanted to join Student Senate because I wanted to be able to serve the students,” said McCoy “I’ve always been interested in working for others in whatever capacity I can, and joining Student Senate presented me with that opportunity.” 

As president of Student Senate, and a recipient of the Stover scholarship, McCoy has worked very closely with the Senate’s faculty advisor, Dr. Larry Stratton, director of the Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership, over the past few years. 

Stratton praised McCoy for his attributes both as a person and as a student. 

“As a student, Stover Scholar, and a campus leader, [McCoy] is very diligent, works very hard, very prompt and efficient,” Stratton said. “[He is] level headed and reasonable.” 

Stratton said McCoy has shown great traits as Student Senate president and is a good example for other students to follow. 

“There are many leaders in the Student Senate who have shown a passion for leadership and persuasion, and any number of them can follow in his footsteps.” Stratton said. “He is a vision of decency and order, which has characterized his leadership in the Student Senate in the past as the former executive vice president and as a senator.” 

McCoy has talked about expanding his education further after Waynesburg. 

“Af ter graduation, I plan to go to law school,” McCoy said. “I am in the process of applying so I haven’t decided where exactly I am going to go.” 

Dr. Stratton has high praise for McCoy for what he’s accomplished at Waynesburg and what his future holds. 

“He’s a great leader and I know that he has a great future in the professional world,” said Stratton.