Dean David Thawley fell at his Lake Tahoe home last month and was sent to Renown Medical Center to be treated. He is now recovering but has not resumed his duties.

Money will now be given to Nevada System of Higher Education institutions based on current enrollment numbers, instead of using three-year enrollment averages. The reorganization means UNR will have to cut about $22 million from next year’s budget instead of almost $24 million under the old formula.

Live blog of the NSHE Board of Regents Meeting

Students had more than just pizza on their minds when they attended Pizza With the President, a question and answer question with university administration that centered around budget cuts.

Students who showed up for the event in the Joe Crowley Student Union Tuesday instead found themselves at Pizza with the Provost with Provost Marc Johnson because Milton Glick got tied up in a meeting with the Board of Regents.

 

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The Senior Scholars Award ceremony honored seven soon-to-be graduates Tuesday for their outstanding achievements in their fields.

Rachel Baek, Janine Stone, Jenna Hayes, Gregory Kraus, Daphne Bateman, Arash Mosaleh and Ryan Katausky were recognized at the event.

Higher education officials said a tuition increase for next semester is unlikely, but wouldn’t rule out the possibility of future increases as Nevada’s budget shortfall continues.

After Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Jim Rogers said a 25 percent fee increase for students at the University of Nevada, Reno would raise $50 million for the system, students planned petitions and protests.

A Nevada hearing officer dismissed a retaliation complaint by a University of Nevada, Reno Police Department sergeant last week, clearing department heads of accusations that they created a hostile working environment in response to a state whistle-blower filing.

A mini cell service site will be installed inside the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center by mid-January, so people can dial 9-1-1 in the brick building. Until the cell site is installed, people can dial 9-1-1 on a landline at the help desks throughout the knowledge center.

University of Nevada, Reno students should expect a tuition increase as the state tries to solve its budget shortfall, Nevada legislators and regents said. But while all students face the possibility of higher fees, others continue to receive tuition discounts.

University officials, regents and legislators said if students don’t speak up, the cuts could be even more detrimental. Several state programs are fighting for money and if one group is more visibly against cuts, that group will get more money, they said.

Provost Marc Johnson’s bookshelves are bare, except for one shelf that has binders labeled with the name of each college in the university. Books with titles like “A Fiscal Agenda For Nevada,” a laptop computer and stacks of papers crowd his desk. Boxes lay strewn across the office.

Some students raised concerns about how incidents close to campus are handled after UNRPD did not notify students of a nearby shooting and a student’s off-campus sexual assault earlier this year.

Garcia said UNRPD did not notify students because the incidents were off campus and students were not in danger.

According to the report, 75.5 percent of the 2007 freshman class returned to UNR this year, down from 79 percent the year before.

The retention rates indicate the overall success of the university and are a factor in various national rankings and assessments, university officials said. Fewer students also means less state funding.

“This is a very serious matter,” UNR President Milton Glick said. “It’s obviously a disappointment to us.”

Kenneth Hunter starts his job as chair of the Microbiology and Immunology department in the School of Medicine this week.

During his two-year term, Hunter will oversee educational programs in the department, search for new faculty, manage the budget and interact with chairs of other programs, said Anne McMillin, a spokeswoman for the Office of Health Science.

When Jeff Thompson joined the University of Nevada, Reno’s physics faculty 17 years ago, he didn’t plan on being anything other than a professor.

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