Wednesday, June 4, 2025
DALLAS – Hayden Wochele, a senior at the University of North Texas at Dallas, recently was appointed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to serve as the student regent on the UNT System Board of Regents.
He will serve a one-year term through May 31, 2026. Wochele will represent the interests of all students within the UNT System while attending and participating in UNT System Board of Regents business and meetings.
Wochele is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at UNT Dallas. Applications for student regent are annually solicited through the student government and forwarded to the governor by the chancellor for final appointment. The student regent position is open to all undergraduate and graduate students at any institution within a university system.
Wochele serves as the Transfer Student Body Senator of the UNT Dallas Student Government Association
(SGA). He was motivated to join the SGA so he could represent his fellow students.
From the first time Wochele stepped foot in a food pantry, he has been passionately
dedicated to volunteerism and community service. He leads with his mission of creating
lasting, positive change that spreads happiness, compassion, and prosperity for everybody.
UNT Dallas SGA Transfer Student Body Senator Hayden Wochele (lower right) with Other UNT Dallas SGA Leaders
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About the University of North Texas at Dallas
The newest member of the UNT System, the University of North Texas at Dallas (UNT Dallas) is the city's only public four-year university. Located in southern Dallas and serving more than 3,800 students, UNT Dallas offers students a world-class, innovative education with affordable tuition and minimal debt. UNT Dallas is passionately committed to developing, nurturing and empowering the next generation of servant leaders in North Texas.
About the University of North Texas System
Driven by curiosity, caring for our community, respect for all and passion in all
we do, the University of North Texas System (UNT System) proudly stands as a distinctive
educational cornerstone of the Dallas-Fort Worth region. Our institutions inspire
courageous discoveries that empower our students, campuses, and communities to pursue
a brighter vision for tomorrow. The UNT System serves nearly 50,000 students at UNT
campuses in Denton and Frisco, UNT Dallas in south Dallas, and the UNT Health Science
Center at Fort Worth.
Learn more about our values.
Contact: Tom Sullivan
Sr. Director of Communications
thomas.sullivan@untsystem.edu
From UNT Dallas News – UNT System Board of Regents