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Today the Board of Regents is composed of 19 members, five of whom are appointed from the state-at-large, and one from each of the state’s 14 congressional districts. The Board elects a chancellor who serves as its chief executive officer and the chief administrative officer of the University System.
Members of the governing board can be selected in a variety of ways. Members of public university boards are most often selected by the state governor. [2] Four states (Colorado, Michigan, Nebraska, and Nevada) elect members of some university boards by popular vote. [2] Boards of private universities can be selected either by an alumni vote or ...
The President of the University of Georgia (Jere Morehead) is the head administrator and is appointed and overseen by the Georgia Board of Regents. University of Georgia has had 22 presidents since its founding in 1785. Each individual college and school is headed by a dean. The university has a student-to-faculty ratio of 17 students per ...
"The University System of Georgia is going to miss Don’s counsel as a member of the Board of Regents, but I take heart that his impact on students and our mission lives on with the Waters ...
Abraham Baldwin, Patriot and Founding Father, a founder and first president of the University of Georgia, representative to the U.S. Constitutional Convention, creating the United States of America, signer of the U.S. Constitution, and President pro tempore of the United States Senate Lyman Hall, physician, signer of the Declaration of Independence, member of the Continental Congress, Governor ...
Jere Wade Morehead [1] (born November 25, 1956) is an American lawyer who is the 22nd president of the University of Georgia.He is also the Josiah Meigs Professor of Legal Studies at the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business, and was previously senior vice president for academic affairs and provost.
Janelle King has previously served as deputy state director of the Georgia Republican Party, as chair of the Georgia Black Republican Council and as a board member of the Georgia Young Republicans.
The University System of Georgia was created with the passage of the Reorganization Act of 1931 by the Georgia General Assembly in 1931. The Reorganization Act created a Board of Regents to oversee the state's colleges and universities and the 26 boards of trustees that had provided oversight over the various institutions before passage of the act. [9]