Spring Break
Perry appoints A&M student regent
By: Christen Beck
Issue date: 6/11/09 Section: News
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Bollman began a four-step process before his appointment last fall, said Perry's spokeswoman Catherine Frazier.
"By Nov. 1, each university system posts applications for the student regent position," Frazier said. "And then by Jan. 1, the university student government leadership recommends five of the applicants to the chancellor of their respected university system."
Afterward, the chancellor selects two of the recommended applicants by Feb. 1. Those applicants are recommended to the governor's office, where they undergo interviews, Frazier said.
"Based on their experience and their interview, they choose who the student regent will be," Frazier said.
Perry said Bollman's experience will be valuable during his term.
"There's no question that Hunter's exceptional skills and qualified background will be a valuable asset to the Texas A&M Board of Regents," Perry said. "From his leadership with A&M's Student Government Association to his selection as a fellow of the Mays Business School Fellows Program, his experience enables him to be an outstanding representative of all students in the A&M system and will offer helpful insight to the decisions made by the regents over the course of the next year."
Bollman, who is pursuing an undergraduate degree in accounting and a master's in finance at the Mays Business School, said the student regent position is a non-voting position on the Board of Regents for the A&M system.
Bollman's role involves corresponding with the entire system student body, a system that includes 11 universities and 110,000 students.
"Many students forget that there is much more to the Texas A&M System than Texas A&M University [in College Station]," Bollman said. "I will be responsible for communicating the student voice from across the System on important issues to the Board of Regents."
Bollman said that each school has a different mission and dynamic, and said he understands that what may be an important issue for A&M at College Station may not translate as important at a sister university.
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