SDSU Student Appointed to Board of Regents

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) - Gov. Dennis Daugaard has appointed a South Dakota State University student to the Board of Regents.

Daugaard appointed incoming-sophomore Joe Schartz to serve a two-year term as a member of the board. He is one of the board's nine voting members.

Schartz is double majoring in journalism and agriculture business and minoring in political science. He serves as a student association senator at SDSU and is a member of the Journalism Student Advisory Board and the Honors Dean's Student Advisory Council. He's also involved with the Honors College Student Organization, concert choir, Fellowship of Catholic University Students and the College Republicans.

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