Administration
The university will likely begin its national search for a new provost — an administrator who makes decisions about issues such as budget cuts and academic standards — next week.
The interim provost, Heather Hardy, said she intends to apply for the position. Hardy was dean of the College of Liberal Arts for about six years.
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An emeritus professor at the University of Nevada, Reno and a former chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education attacked a letter from a major donor to the institution after it surfaced last week, saying it coerced the regents into voting for Marc Johnson to be president.
Tags: appointment, approval, Board, ethics, foundation, funk, geddes, gerald, highton, j., Jake, jason, johnson, Letter, marc, nell, president, presidential, redfield, regents, rick, rogers, search, smith, trachok, william
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The University of Nevada, Reno Humans vs. Zombies club moved a game off campus last week amid concerns from students, faculty and administrators that they were interfering with the institution’s daily workings.
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The University of Nevada, Reno could lose about $1.3 million in two years under a new funding model proposed to the Nevada System of Higher Education on Friday.
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The choice, for six people gathered in the middle of Lawlor Events Center on Wednesday, was between a risky change or a steady hand.
About a year after the University of Nevada, Reno lost its last president to a stroke, the committee settled on its choice to fill the role — with the steady hand.
Tags: elliott, erik, johnson, marc, parker, president, williams
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Editor’s note: The Associated Students of the University of Nevada Department of Legislative Affairs will invite various members of the state Legislature to campus to speak about higher education issues to both ASUN and The Nevada Sagebrush. News Editor Ben Miller spoke with Assemblyman David Bobzien, who represents the university’s district, about his views on higher education.
Tags: assemblyman, bobzien, budget, david, elections, farm, legislator, race, rezoning, state, tax, taxes
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"He has an amazing grasp in this university (and) how he wants it to be run, and he's done an amazing job," said Alfredo Alonso, a non-voting member of the committee.
Tags: angle, committee, croson, interim, johnson, marc, meeting, president, rachel, recommend, regents, steve, steven
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Though the economic downturn of the last few years has hurt philanthropic donations to the university, strong giving for special projects like buildings and research have helped the institution grow.
Recent gifts to the University of Nevada School of Medicine — one from Phil and Jennifer Satre and the other from the Nell J. Redfield foundation — fit this pattern, administrators said.
The gifts, along with other income from the University of Nevada, Reno Foundation, help to fund expansion projects, specialty research and other projects.
Although donations have avoided the deep troughs during the recession, investment
Tags: carothers, donations, foundation, Jennifer, john, medicine, nell, nevada, phil, redfield, satre, school, scoppettone, stephanie, university, UNSOM
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The University of Nevada, Reno will likely have chosen its permanent president by the end of the week.
Tags: angle, croson, johnson, marc, president, presidential, rachel, search, steven
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The final three candidates for president of the University of Nevada, Reno — the position in charge of guiding the future of the institution and cutting its budget when necessary — were announced Thursday.
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Candidates in the search for a new president of the University of Nevada, Reno were narrowed down to three today.
Tags: angle, croson, johnson, marc, nevada, president, rachel, Reno, steven, university, UNR
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Six individuals have been identified as finalists for the position of president of the University of Nevada, Reno.
Tags: James Dean Leavitt, Marc Johnson, Rachel Toni Algaze Croson, Sabah Randhawa, Stephen G. Wells, Steven Roger Angle, UNR president, UNR President Search Committee, William Funk, Yash P. Gupta
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Semi-finalists for the vacant president of the University of Nevada, Reno position will be formally announced Thursday at a meeting of the search committee in charge of selecting the individual.
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Two of the largest fraternity chapters on campus lost university recognition today after refusing to sign an annual document stating compliance with the institution’s policies.
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As the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources has undergone budget reductions, eliminated degrees and laid off in the past few years, three new majors have struggled to attract students.
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Without a permanent leader, the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources has struggled for three years to find a sense of continuity among budget reductions that cut its degrees and threatened to close it, according to university administrators.
Tags: agriculture, Biotechnology, CABNR, college, david, dean, hardy, heather, johnson, marc, mark, natural, pardini, resources, ron, Thawley, walker
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Marc Johnson, interim president of the University of Nevada, Reno, announced in a mass email today that he has decided against rezoning the institution's farm.
Tags: agricultural, agriculture, Biotechnology, CABNR, college, experiment, farm, main, natural, parcel, project, resources, rezone, rezoning, station
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New Student Initiatives employee Perry Fittrer leaned arms folded against a desk in an empty, mid-sized room in the student union on Thursday. He spoke with a reporter — the only person in the room aside from a photographer snapping pictures — about the presentation he had hoped would give students a better idea about how to manage their time.
Tags: aeschlimann, attendance, bernard, brandis, dawn, events, fittrer, Perry, program, raja, rama, series, student, success
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About a year ago, Elizabeth Phillips traveled to Chile thinking she had $1,500 to help her while she studied abroad for a semester. But when she arrived, she received some distressing news.
Tags: Admissions and Records, Chile, Elias Bucher, elizabeth phillips, financial aid, lines, Maria Cabangon, Melisa Choroszy, mynevada, Queensborough Community College
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It began by chance. Lauren Seymour, a 21-year-old international affairs and Spanish major, signed up for University of Nevada, Reno political science professor Derek Kauneckis’ “Global Environmental Policy” class last semester because it piqued an interest of hers — renewable energy.
Tags: ASUN, derek kauneckis, geothermal energy, Lauren Seymour, Marsha Read, Michael Collopy, research journal, Robert del Carlo, undergraduate research
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