Greta Rouse Appointed To Serve On Iowa’s Board of Regents By Jane Whitmore - | May 11, 2021 Greta Rouse Appointed To Serve On Iowa’s Board of Regents by Jane Whitmore Greta Rouse of Emmetsburg has been appointed to serve a six-year term on the Iowa Board of Regents. The appoint was made April 16 by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds. Rouse replaces Patty Cownie, whose term expired April 30. “I was very honored that she (Governor Reynolds) would think that I would do a good job representing Iowans and being a good voice for the citizens of the region,” Greta said. The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, is a group of nine citizens who govern five public educational institutions in the state through policymaking, coordination, and oversight, as provided by law. The institutions include Iowa’s three public universities – the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and the University of Northern Iowa; and two special preschool/K-12th grade schools – the Iowa School for the Deaf and the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School.