Chancellor’s Bulletin

The Nevada System of Higher Education and its institutions have won $830,000 in grants to support its Foster Youth Success Initiative. After awarding NSHE an initial $200,000 one-year grant a year ago, the Walter S. Johnson Foundation will support NSHE with $400,000 in grant funding for two additional years — to coordinate the initiative across…

RENO, Nevada – Robert ‘Bob’ Alan Cashell, a former member of the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents, former mayor of Reno, lieutenant governor, gaming executive, businessman and community leader, died Tuesday. He was 81. Cashell served as a Nevada Regent from 1979 to 1982 and became the ?rst freshman Regent to be…

NEVADA – Pursuing innovation, cultural vitality, and economic development does not begin and end with the physical borders of Nevada’s two public universities, a new distinction earned by both institutions confirms. Today, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) received the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement, a recognition…

LAS VEGAS – The Nevada System of Higher Education, College of Southern Nevada (CSN), and UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law on Thursday formally launched the expansion of the UNLV Immigration Clinic’s University Legal Services project to the students, staff and families of CSN. This expanded service is made possible by grants from CSN…

Nursing Process has ranked Western Nevada College’s Nursing Program as No. 1 in Nevada for 2020. The organization commended WNC on the overall training of its nursing students. Nursing Process considered four areas to compile its rankings, including academic quality, NCLEX-RN exam performance, affordability and overall reputation of a school. From these four areas, academic…

UNLV and UNR have worked collaboratively on a sportsmanship video message featuring the presidents and mascots of the two universities. The 41-second video will air on arena video boards prior to head-to-head matchups for men’s and women’s basketball, and on both institutions’ social media channels. The video encourages fans of both teams to “be the…

LAS VEGAS – The Board of Regents received an update on the Nevada System of Higher Education’s (NSHE) system-wide Foster Youth Success Initiative, which has helped more than 70 NSHE students with tuition assistance or other services. “I’m very proud of the early success of this initiative and I look forward to seeing it grow…