After a year-long term, Student Government President Cole Staudt and Vice President Cody West will present their final words and pass the torch on to the 2017-18 executives at the annual President’s Dinner.

The event will take place Thursday in the Scheman Building and will mark the transfer of Student Government powers to the newly elected officials, followed by a meal and the current executives’ farewell addresses.

West will be promoted from Student Government vice president to president, and Cody Smith, previous public relations chair and off-campus representative, will replace West as the newly appointed vice president.

West’s cabinet members will be nominated during the event and voted upon during the next Student Government meeting, which is open to all students.

The President’s Dinner is an initiative that the 2015-16 Student Government executive branch put in place. The first dinner was in the spring of 2016, when Staudt and West were inaugurated.

Staudt used Twitter to invite students to reserve seating for this year’s dinner using Google Forms. All seats are currently full, unless a reservation is cancelled.

Michael Snook, 2016-17 Student Government finance director, said the dinner is a way for Student Government officials to directly connect with their constituents.