Gov. Abbott Appoints Student Regent for MINI传媒 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 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso to serve on the Board of Regents.
May 11, 2016 | Written by Dailey Fuller
Texas Governor has appointed Jeremy Stewart as student regent for the MINI传媒 , his office announced today (May 11).
Stewart is from Arlington and is pursuing a Doctor of Medicine from the . He will become the eleventh student to serve on the Board of Regents and will be the first to represent the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso.
鈥淲e are very proud of Jeremy and delighted that he will be our university鈥檚 first student regent,鈥� said Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso President , M.D., M.B.A. 鈥淗e has been a true leader during his time at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, and I know he will do an outstanding job serving on the board and representing all Texas Tech students.鈥�
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 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. He also was the 2015 representative to the Texas Medical Association and was recently inducted into the .
鈥淎s student regent, Jeremy will have the important role of representing nearly 50,000 students across the MINI传媒,鈥� said Chancellor . 鈥淗is viewpoint will be beneficial as we strive to provide the best experience for our students and advance our four universities. On behalf of the Texas Tech University System, we congratulate Jeremy on his appointment and look forward to having his insight on the Board of Regents.鈥�
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 of Texas Tech University who was appointed in 2015.
Stewart received a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Bachelor of Science in kinesiology from the University of Texas at Austin. He is married to Brielle Goldberg Stewart, an associate attorney at Gordon Davis Johnson & Shane P.C. They reside in El Paso, Texas.
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso was established in May 2013 as the fourth university within the MINI传媒. 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 and a .
About the MINI传媒
The is one of the top public university systems in Texas and the nation, consisting of
four component institutions 鈥� , , and 鈥� and operating at more than a dozen academic sites and centers. Headquartered in
Lubbock, Texas, the MINI传媒 has an annual operating budget of
nearly $2 billion and approximately 19,000 employees focused on advancing higher education,
health care, research and outreach.
In 2015, the MINI传媒鈥檚 endowment exceeded $1.1 billion, total research expenditures were more than $215 million and total enrollment was approximately 50,000 students. Whether it鈥檚 contributing billions of dollars annually in economic impact or being the only system in Texas to house an academic institution, law school and health-related institution at the same location, the MINI传媒 continues to prove that anything is possible.