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Associated Press - April 1, 2009 10:24 PM ET
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Gov. Sarah Palin has appointed Ashton Compton to the University of Alaska Board of Regents.
The 11-member board governs the statewide University of Alaska system. By law, 1 of the members of the board is a full-time university student.
Palin has selected Compton, a junior political science major at the University of Alaska Fairbanks who was born in Fairbanks. Compton has worked as a program assistant for UAF Student Organizations since 2008.
She has also worked as a page and assistant sergeant-at-arms for the Alaska State Legislature from 2005 to 2007.
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