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Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Donavan Brown, a mechanical engineering and computer science major at Texas State University, as student regent for the 2025-2026 term. Mr. Brown is one of eight student regents appointed to the governing boards of Texas’ public university systems and independent universities.

The Board of Regents of the Texas State University System has confirmed Wendy Elmore, Ed.D., as the fifth president of Lamar State College Orange. The unanimous vote occurred during the board’s quarterly meeting at Texas State University in San Marcos.

Texas State University System Chancellor Brian McCall has appointed Dr. Wendy Elmore as the next president of Lamar State College Orange, pending approval of the Board of Regents. Dr. Elmore, currently executive vice president and provost of LSCO, would succeed President Tom Johnson, who announced he will retire at the end of the current academic year.

The Texas State University System Board of Regents today reelected Alan L. Tinsley of Madisonville as chairman of the board, and Stephen Lee of Bastrop as vice chairman. The unanimous votes occurred during the board's quarterly meeting at Lamar University in Beaumont.

The Texas State University System has hired Capitol veteran Johanna Sheffield as assistant vice chancellor for governmental relations. Sheffield will assist TSUS and its member institutions with informing, enhancing, and seeking support of system priorities before the legislative and executive branches of state and federal government.

The Texas State University System held a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony today to inaugurate the Polk County Center, a joint educational venture in Livingston between Lamar State College Orange, Lamar State College Port Arthur, and Lamar Institute of Technology – known collectively as the Lamar State Colleges.