Zach George, 2015-2016 Kansas University student body vice president

Kansas University’s student body vice president is resigning his post to start a full-time job in Washington, D.C.

Zach George announced his resignation Wednesday.

George, a senior from Ottawa, graduated in December with degrees in political science and public administration and has been enrolled at KU this semester as a nondegree-seeking student, he said. He was offered a full-time job with the National Association of Counties, which he starts at the end of March.

“It’s something that I couldn’t pass up,” he said.

Jessie Pringle and Zach George, the 2015-2016 Kansas University student body president and vice president.

George said his resignation will be effective at the end of the March 9 Senate meeting. He said that night the Senate will choose a new vice president — someone from the Senate’s current ranks — to complete his unfinished term.

Senate elections for the upcoming school year are set for April 13, according to the Senate calendar. Newly elected officers take the reins April 27.

George said the National Association of Counties job was an “extraordinary opportunity” but that leaving Senate before the end of the year was a difficult decision.

“It’s an understatement to say that this year is one for the record books,” George said in an email to fellow senators. “Although there were turbulent times, I’m proud of what Student Senate and the Executive Staff has accomplished this year. I can say with complete confidence that this Senate has been the most productive body during my time at KU.”

George, Student Body President Jessie Pringle and Student Senate Chief of Staff Adam Moon held on to their positions and continued leading Senate business through an ouster attempt that began after KU’s town hall forum on race in November.

The impeachment attempt, put in motion with a vote by the Senate’s Student Executive Committee, stemmed from diversity issues and involved a lengthy list of grievances against the three officers dating back to last spring. Impeachment proceedings died in January, when the full Student Senate voted not to move forward with them.