The Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) mourned the passing of former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who was a tireless advocate for Nevada\u2019s public higher education mission of growing student access and success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was saddened to learn of Sen. Reid\u2019s passing today and on behalf of the Nevada\u2019s public higher education system I want to express my sincere condolences to his wife and family,\u201d Chancellor Melody Rose said. \u201cSen. Reid was a strong advocate for Nevada\u2019s higher education system and fought tirelessly to help our institutions grow to meet the needs of our state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sen. Reid, who was Nevada\u2019s longest serving U.S. senator, was a leader on higher education issues on the national level as he valued education from an early age. In Nevada, his fingerprints are all over NSHE\u2019s institutions, including UNLV\u2019s Harry Reid Research and Technology Park and the Harry Reid Center, a multidisciplinary research facility, and University of Nevada, Reno\u2019s Harry Reid Engineering Laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And following his retirement he co-chaired the MGM Resorts Public Policy Institute at UNLV, with former Republican House Speaker John Boehner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Board of Regents also expresses our sincere condolences to Sen. Reid\u2019s family and friends,\u201d Chair Pro Tempore Carol Del Carlo said. \u201cHe was a strong advocate for Nevada\u2019s public higher education system and promoted student access and success.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[33,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1127","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-33","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}