The University of Minnesota Extension Service, with agents in all 87 counties, makes more than 700,000 contacts with Minnesota residents every year. This is based on estimates from the U of M Extension Service. The 12-member Board of Regents is the governing body of the University of Minnesota. The legislature elects one regent from each of Minnesota's eight congressional districts and four from the state at large. One of the four at-large regents must be a University student at the time of election.
Regents serve without pay for six-year terms.
The president of the University is ex officio president of the Board. How to become a regent. The University of Minnesota Marching Band was formed in 1892 as a Cadet Corps with only 29 musicians. It now boasts nearly 300 musicians. The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.