Gov. Rick Perry appointed Jesse Brown, sophomore in criminal justice and business administration, to serve as the Midwestern State University Student Regent for a one-year term effective June 1, 2014.

“I came from a small town and had very narrow views, got up here and it widened my views getting me involved in different things,” Brown said.

Brown, a graduate of Alvord High School, was named the Clark Scholar and Most Outstanding Criminal Justice Student at this year’s honors banquet. Brown is a two-term president and re-founding father of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity.

Brown said he wants to attend the meetings of a number of campus groups to better inform his views of student needs.

“It is good for the regent to attend other meetings to get input from others around campus,” Brown said. “I’m willing to go into meetings and sit and listen to the peoples’ voices.”

In the Golden Key Honor Society, Brown served as treasurer and new member recognition event coordinator. He also has served on the MSU Crime Stoppers board and assisted in planning the MSU Crime Stoppers Moonlight Stampede. He has served as a head peer counselor for MSU’s Spirit Days for two years. For two semesters, Brown has been a supplement instructor in history.

Student regent is the highest appointed position of a student at Texas public institutions of higher education. The student regent is a non-voting member of the university’s governing board. The student regent represents all MSU students, both undergraduates and graduates, for a one-year term on MSU’s Board of Regents. This position represents students in discussions of key issues in higher education. Although the student regent does not vote, he or she has the opportunity to have important input in decisions affecting the future of the university.

Brown said he will attend a training session along with other student regents in Austin, Texas on May 12.

He will replace Shelby Davis, a senior in mass communication, whose term expires on May 31.