June 20, 2002
Millersville Student Senate president named to Board of Governors
Contact: Kevin Hensil, khensil@passhe.edu
“Our student members provide invaluable insight into all of our discussions and policy-making decisions,” said Board Chairman Charles A. Gomulka. “The perspective they bring to the Board on behalf of our more than 98,000 students is essential to our ability to meet fully all of our students’ needs.”
Student members of the Board of Governors are selected from among the university student government presidents serving at the time a vacancy occurs. Once nominated and confirmed, they may serve on the Board until their graduation.
The governor appoints the majority of the other Board members, who also must be confirmed by the Senate and serve for four years or until a new member is named. The Board also includes the governor or his designee, the secretary of education or his designee and four legislators.
Other members of the Board of Governors are Gomulka of Pittsburgh; Kim E. Lyttle of Pittsburgh and R. Benjamin Wiley of Erie, vice chairs; Syed R. Ali-Zaidi, Shippenville; Angela M. Ambrose, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania; Rep. Jeffrey W. Coy, Shippensburg; Daniel P. Elby, York; David P. Holveck, Malvern; Sen. Vincent J. Hughes, Philadelphia; Patricia K. Poprik, Langhorne; Sen. James J. Rhoades, Mahanoy City; Gov. Mark S. Schweiker, Harrisburg; David M. Sanko, Harrisburg; B. Michael Schaul, Mechanicsburg; Rep. Jere W. Schuler, Lampeter; John K. Thornburgh, Pittsburgh; Christine J. Toretti, Indiana; Kara L. Wealand, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania; and Secretary of Education Charles B. Zogby, Harrisburg
With more than 98,600 students, the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is the largest provider of higher education in the Commonwealth. Its 14 universities offer more than 250 degree and certificate programs in more than 120 areas of study. The state-owned universities are Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock and West Chester Universities of Pennsylvania. The System also operates branch campuses in Clearfield, Kittanning, Oil City and Punxsutawney and several regional centers, including the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg and the University Center for Southwest Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh. The regional centers are part of the Educational Resources Group, which is responsible for coordinating statewide programming.