Texas speaker appoints Lamar State College Orange provost to state industrial council

A local leader in education was recently appointed to a prestigious position in which she will help plan to prepare the future workforce for the numerous technological careers available now and continually opening up as industry grows in Southeast Texas and across the state.

Speaker of the Texas House Dade Phelan has appointed Lamar State College Orange Provost and Executive Vice President Dr. Wendy Elmore to the statewide Industry-Based Certification Advisory Council, the speaker’s office announced Oct. 19. Texas House Bill 3938 established the Advisory Council during the 87th Legislature. The council “advises the Texas Workforce Commission regarding the alignment of public high school career and technology education programs with current and future workforce needs in communities, regions and the state,” according to the announcement.

“Our provost, Dr. Wendy Elmore, is a huge asset to our beautiful college on the Sabine and to our system. I am thrilled that the speaker recognizes how valuable her expertise is in the area of certifications and workforce demands and needs. She will prove invaluable to this committee and I applaud her appointment,” said LSCO President Dr. Tom Johnson.

Lamar State College Orange is part of the Texas State University System (TSUS). The system, founded in 1911, is Texas’s first university system. TSUS member institutions currently serve more than 87,000 students on 13 campuses from far West Texas to the Gulf Coast. Additional member institutions include Lamar University, Sam Houston State University, Sul Ross State University, Texas State University, Lamar Institute of Technology and Lamar State College Port Arthur.