{"id":1556,"date":"2013-09-18T15:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T15:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/?post_type=nshe_news&#038;p=1556"},"modified":"2022-07-29T15:23:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T15:23:06","slug":"nshe-to-host-2013-diversity-summit-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/news\/2013\/09\/nshe-to-host-2013-diversity-summit-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"NSHE to Host 2013 Diversity Summit in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Nevada System of Higher Education will hold its second annual Southern Nevada Diversity Summit at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Oct. 3 &amp; 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Nevada seeks to tackle widespread achievement gaps and create a more educated workforce, higher education officials designed the diversity summit to provide recommendations to develop a more diverse and inclusive higher education environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thursday, October 3, 2013<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Opening Reception<br>Richard Tam Alumni Center<br>University of Nevada, Las Vegas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Friday, October 4, 2013<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Summit<br>Student Union Philip Cohen Theatre &amp; Meeting Rooms<br>University of Nevada, Las Vegas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>8:15 a.m. &#8211; 9:00 a.m.<br>Arrival, Registration &amp; Continental Breakfast<\/li><li>9:00 a.m. &#8211; 9:30 a.m.<br>Regent and Presidential Welcome &amp; Opening Remarks&nbsp;<\/li><li>9:30 a.m. &#8211; 12:00 p.m.<br>Speakers and Panel Discussion&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>12:00 p.m. &#8211; 1:00 p.m.&nbsp;<br>Working Lunch&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>1:00 p.m. -4:15 p.m.<br>Breakout Sessions<br>* MSI: Challenges\/Strengths for Student Success &amp; Faculty Engagement<br>* Minorities in STEM: Connections to MSI<br>* Community Engagement&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li><li>4:15 p.m. &#8211; 5:00 p.m.<br>Closing Remarks, Wrap-Up &amp; Evaluations&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Invited keynote speakers and presenters include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Congressman Steven Horsford, District 4<\/li><li>Congresswoman Dina Titus, District 1<\/li><li>Dr. James Hicks, National Science Foundation LSAMP<\/li><li>Ms. Semilla Neal, Nevada Commission on Minority Affairs<\/li><li>Mr. Ruddys E. Andrade, Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs, Grants and Sponsored Programs for New Jersey City University<\/li><li>Ms. Erica M. Romero, Executive Director of Western States, Legislative Affairs, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[45,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1556","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-45","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1556","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=1556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}