AUSTIN – James R. Huffines, chairman of The University of Texas System Board of Regents, issued the following statement today (February 5) regarding the appointment of Randal Matthew Camarillo, a third-year medical student at the UT Health Science Center – Houston School of Medicine, as the next student regent on the UT System Board of Regents. He received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry and kinesiology at UT Austin. The one-year term as Student Regent is effective immediately.
Governor Rick Perry appointed Camarillo and nine other students to higher education governing boards across the state.
Statement from Chairman Huffines:
“On behalf of the UT System Board of Regents, I want to congratulate Randal Matthew Camarillo on his appointment as Student Regent for the UT System Board of Regents. He is an outstanding choice and we look forward to serving with him.”
“I also would like to take this opportunity to thank Student Regent Brian J. Haley, for his tireless dedication and commitment to the UT System during his tenure as our first student regent. He has done an outstanding job and has been a wonderful colleague and ambassador of the UT System and we wish him well in his future endeavors.”
Serving the educational and health care needs of Texans for more than 125 years, the UT System is one of the nation's largest higher education systems with 15 campuses – including nine academic and six health institutions – and an annual operating budget of $10 billion (FY 2007). Student enrollment exceeded 190,000 in the 2006 academic year. The UT System confers one-third of the state's undergraduate degrees and educates three-fourths of Texas health care professionals. With more than 76,000 employees, the UT System is one of the largest employers in Texas.
