Governor Bill Richardson announced the reappointment of regent Jamie Koch to the University of New Mexico's governing board. Koch, president of Daniels Insurance is one of three regents whose terms were set to expire at the end of this month. Additionally, Emily "Cate" Wisdom, a junior majoring in biology and chemical engineering, was appointed student regent. Wisdom replaced student regent Dahlia Dorman, whose term expired.
"I want to extend the congratulations of the entire UNM community to regent Jamie Koch who was reappointed to the Board of Regents by Gov. Richardson on Friday," UNM President David J. Schmidly said. "Let's also extend our warm thanks to student regent Dahlia Dorman, whose term has been marked by enormous hard work, intelligence and poise. Let's also congratulate and welcome our newest student regent, Emily "Cate" Wisdom."
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