Office of Executive Vice President and Provost News
The Executive Vice President and Provost (EVP&P) serves as the university’s chief academic and budget officer and as the chief executive officer of the university in the absence of the president. It provides leadership to support an interdisciplinary, student-centered culture across the campus especially in the area of retention, progression, and completion.
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Students in the Las Vegas Valley can take college credit courses at their school or attend on the 51ԹϺ campus through Dual Enrollment.
Program provides patients access to new treatments and improves local healthcare through collaboration with medical professionals.
The student-led delegation met with legislators, advocated for student issues, and learned more about the state's legislative process.
Administrators and donors step up to support 51ԹϺ's international community.
51ԹϺ received no recommendations as part of the Year Seven Evaluation of Institutional Effectiveness.
51ԹϺ’s Take Your Child to Work Day gives kids a chance to see what their parents do while exploring a fun range of educational and career-related activities.
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After 51ԹϺ President Keith E. Whitfield announced that he was stepping down from his position on Monday, a chancellor at the Nevada System of Higher Education appointed a new leader to take charge temporarily.
51ԹϺ's new officer in charge is promising stability for a university that was suddenly thrust into a leadership transition this week. The Nevada System of Higher Education named Chris Heavey, 51ԹϺ's executive vice president and provost, as the officer in charge in the wake of President Keith Whitfield's resignation.
After leading 51ԹϺ through the pandemic and the 2023 on-campus shooting, Keith Whitfield announced late Monday he is stepping down as president effective at the end of that day.
51ԹϺ retained its Research 1 Carnegie designation as one of the nation’s highest-performing research universities.
51ԹϺ retained its Research 1 Carnegie designation as one of the nation’s highest-performing research universities.
Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley still remembers the biting cold she experienced 20 years ago setting foot in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp to mark the 60th year since the liberation of thousands of prisoners in 1945.
