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Law Student Robert Johnson One of 10 Named Statewide by Gov. Perry HOUSTON, February 6, 2006 – Robert Johnson, a second-year law student at the University of Houston Law Center, has been appointed student regent for the University of Houston System. He is one of 10 such student regents recently named by Gov. Perry. In 2005, Perry signed legislation providing that each public university board of regents shall include one student member. Student regents will have the same powers and duties as the members of the board of regents, with the exception of voting and being counted to determine a quorum, which is the number of members necessary to start a meeting. Johnson’s term will run through Feb. 1, 2007. Johnson, who received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Texas at Austin, serves as a research assistant at the Center for Consumer Law at the UH Law Center. He recently participated in a press conference held at the UH Law Center in which Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced a $360,000 award to support UH Law Center consumer protection initiatives. Johnson is a life member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society and a contributing editor of the Journal of Texas Consumer Law. “This appointment as the student regent is a wonderful opportunity for me to give something back in appreciation for everything I’ve received from the educational system,” said Johnson. “At the top of my agenda is meeting with as many of our student organizations as quickly as possible so I can fairly represent the student perspective.” For more information about the UHS Board of Regent, visit http://www.uhsa.uh.edu/regents/. ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM The University of Houston System is the state’s only metropolitan higher education system, encompassing four universities and two multi-institution teaching centers. The universities are the University of Houston, a nationally recognized doctoral degree-granting, comprehensive research university; the University of Houston-Downtown, a four-year undergraduate university beginning limited expansion into graduate programs; and the University of Houston-Clear Lake and the University of Houston-Victoria, both upper division and master’s-level institutions. The centers are the UH System at Sugar Land in Fort Bend and the UH System at Cinco Ranch. In addition, the UH System includes KUHF-FM, Houston’s National Public Radio and classical radio station, and KUHT-TV, the nation’s first educational television station. For more information about UH visit the university’s ‘Newsroom’ at www.uh.edu/admin/media/newsroom. |
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