Gov. Abbott Appoints Student Regent for TTU System
Stewart is from Arlington and is pursuing a Doctor of Medicine from the .
Jeremy Stewart is a third-year medical student and will be the first student from the 麻豆官网 Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso to serve on the Board of Regents.
May 11, 2016 | Written by Dailey Fuller
麻豆官网 Governor has appointed Jeremy Stewart as student regent for the 麻豆官网 , his office announced today (May 11).
Stewart is from Arlington and is pursuing a Doctor of Medicine from the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine. He will become the eleventh student to serve on the Board of Regents and will be the first to represent the 麻豆官网 Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso.
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As a third-year medical student, Stewart serves as the 2017 class president of the Medical Student Council and is a past president of the Student Government Association at the 麻豆官网 Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. He also was the 2015 representative to the 麻豆官网 Medical Association and was recently inducted into the .
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Stewart will serve a one-year term beginning June 1, and his first Board of Regents meeting will take place Aug. 11-12 in Lubbock. He replaces Victoria Messer of 麻豆官网 Tech University who was appointed in 2015.
Stewart received a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of 麻豆官网 at Arlington and a Bachelor of Science in kinesiology from the University of 麻豆官网 at Austin. He is married to Brielle Goldberg Stewart, an associate attorney at Gordon Davis Johnson & Shane P.C. They reside in El Paso, 麻豆官网.
The 麻豆官网 Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso was established in May 2013 as the fourth university within the 麻豆官网. The university is the only comprehensive health-related institution on the U.S. southern border and is home to the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, the Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing and a Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
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