Southeast Missouri State University student publication

Waiting to hear student-regent appointment

Monday, February 5, 2018

With the second year of budget cuts from the state, Southeast is still waiting for Gov. Eric Greitens to appoint a student regent.

The student-regent position on the Board of Regents has been vacant since Jan. 2017. Bradley Jones was the last student regent on the board and was appointed by former Missouri Governor Jay Nixon. Jones only sat in on one board meeting because he was appointed during a congressional recess. His appointment was not approved within the 30-day timespan when state legislatures reconvened, and Greitens pulled his appointment as a way to preserve Jones’ ability to serve on the board in the future.

When asked about his plans to appoint a student regent during his recent visit to Jackson at Signature Packing & Paper on Jan. 29 Greitens said he was not for sure on the appointment at the time but would make sure to follow up.

In following up with Greitens’ office, the question of when a student regent will be appointed still remains.

“There are currently over 1,300 vacancies we’re trying to fill and the SEMO Board of Regents is on that list,” Any Lutz, deputy press secretary in the governor’s office, said in an email.

Southeast has presented three finalists to the governor’s office for consideration, junior Kaetlin Lamberson, senior Tramea McCrary and junior Luke LeGrand.

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