Charlotte Hsu

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Budget cuts are students’ loss: Funding for Moapa Valley’s only higher education provider, the College of Southern Nevada campus, is set to dry up in 2009; Saturday, July 12, 2008; The campus of the only college in Moapa Valley is a two-room modular building, cream blue, plopped in a parking lot behind the lone public high school. Now the state’s budget quagmire is threatening to swallow this no-frills establishment.
Henderson college’s grad rate disappoints: Nevada State College, new kid on block, prone to transfers, dropouts; Saturday, July 5, 2008; Of 63 full-time freshmen who began studying at Nevada State College in fall 2002, the school’s inaugural semester, just 10 had graduated from the institution as of spring, according to the college.
Keeping his work alive: When UNLV history professor Hal Rothman died at age 48, he had five research projects in the works. Now his former students and others are finishing them.; Friday, July 4, 2008; The last time Mike Childers talked to him, Hal Rothman was a month away from death.
Southern Nevada’s college options grow with private start-ups: Thursday, July 3, 2008; Have you heard of Regis University? How about National University? Or Touro University Nevada?
On college campuses, talk is all about budget cuts: Town hall meetings offer chance to vent, ask questions, even get news updates; Monday, June 23, 2008; These days, public colleges are filled with employees worried they could be out of a job in a year or so, another product of Nevada’s financial crisis.
Busloads of protesters heading to Carson City (UPDATED): Friday, June 20, 2008
UNLV looking beyond GPAs: Admissions using other criteria to attain a well-rounded body; Friday, June 20, 2008; UNLV officials are looking to give more prominence in their school’s admissions process to measures other than grades. Administrators want to consider applicants’ life circumstances when assessing their performance and potential.
UNLV’s new look coming at history’s cost: Regents get plan for park-like space along Maryland Parkway; Monday, June 16, 2008; UNLV has a Maryland Parkway address, but the university’s entrance on that street has long been less than grand.
World leaders relaxing in the desert?: Mag item touts retreat on Lake Las Vegas, but no one here has heard of it; Monday, June 16, 2008; The idea sounds noble, even if it doesn’t mesh perfectly with the decadence synonymous with Las Vegas.
CSN swimming upstream in quest for funds: Thursday, June 12, 2008; Even though the state higher education system is bracing for deep budget cuts, The College of Southern Nevada wants more money.
Rogers asking former lawmakers to weigh in: Tuesday, June 10, 2008; University system Chancellor Jim Rogers is looking to enlist former state legislators in his battle to save education from deep budget cuts in the next biennium.
Amid budget cuts, UNLV pronounces its CSI program dead: University officials say they can’t afford the necessary step of accreditation; Saturday, June 7, 2008; A post-mortem would reveal that the victim had been starved intentionally.
Student rallies UNLV peers against budget cuts via Web: Site lets students register protest easily, instantly; Saturday, June 7, 2008; In one day, UNLV senior Hepi Mita’s Facebook group ballooned to more than 50 people, a sign that officials in Carson City have managed to rile up a constituency known for apathy: students.
Moving in different directions: As UNLV prepares to open the College of Urban Affairs’ new digs, it is also bidding farewell to instructors being let go because of budget cuts; Wednesday, June 4, 2008; The Greenspun College of Urban Affairs’ new home at UNLV will, by all accounts, be dazzling.
Besides classrooms and offices, the 120,000-square-foot building will house state-of-the-art labs and radio and TV studios.
Chancellor asks the governor for a budget sit-down: Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Man, woman, nurse, engineer: Usual associations of these words reflect workforce, concern some in academia; Tuesday, May 27, 2008; The numbers are striking. Of 208 degrees UNLV’s College of Engineering awarded last year, 171 went to men.
Long-term goal for UNLV: Raise graduation rate: Only half as many finish as at major California universities; Tuesday, May 27, 2008; As they celebrated their university’s 50th birthday in the 2007-08 school year, members of the UNLV community were planning their school’s future.
UNLV building project has shot at funding, even in budget crunch: Saturday, May 17, 2008; The state’s financial crisis may not squash UNLV officials’ chances of getting money in the next biennium for their most important construction project — a new academic building for the hotel administration college that would sit alongside a privately funded hotel and conference center on campus.
UNLV nursing student earns one of state’s first Ph.D.s in field: Friday, May 16, 2008; When Lara Carver graduates from UNLV on Saturday, the 37-year-old will be one of the first two students to earn a Ph.D. in nursing from a Nevada university.
Rogers giveth and taketh away, until he gets what he wants: Miffed at lack of support for fundraiser, he pulls diversity luncheon funds; Wednesday, May 14, 2008; Leaders of Las Vegas’ minority communities have met monthly over the past couple of years to munch on catered salads and sandwiches while chatting about diversity in higher education.
A class's varied views of Vegas: Field work teaches students photography is an art of interpretation; Sunday, May 11, 2008; To the person who walks head down, eyes on the ground, the city is a mess of sewer caps and gutters, of cracked pavement, of concrete darkened by the footsteps of countless pedestrians.
Intent on her doctoral dream: Former high school teacher delves into study, research — leaving life on hold; Sunday, May 11, 2008; None of it happened by accident. The months spent living out of a 1993 Ford Explorer, the mountains of debt, the gamble of putting off having children at 36 years old — everything has been deliberate, everything planned.
With that pay, no way, many would-be graduate students tell UNLV: Sunday, May 11, 2008; “A recipe for poverty,” one student called it. Not something to flaunt, professors agree.
Richards appointed president of CSN: Thursday, May 1, 2008; The Board of Regents appointed Michael Richards this morning as the College of Southern Nevada's new president.
Richards CSN’s likely pick, pleasing higher ed chief: Looks like interim head will get nod after near-$100,000 search; Thursday, May 1, 2008; Michael Richards wasn’t the “warmest” or “fuzziest” candidate for the College of Southern Nevada’s presidency, in the opinion of university system Chancellor Jim Rogers. Nevertheless, Rogers thought Richards would be the best man for the permanent job — so much so that he encouraged Richards to apply.
Thinking globally and acting locally: In a competition involving more than 1,000 colleges and universities, students at UNLV excel at increasing awareness of world poverty; Saturday, April 26, 2008; We’ve heard it all before.
UNLV students are apathetic. The school is full of commuters, and people juggling classes, jobs and children simply don’t have time for extracurricular activities on campus.
Interim CSN president recommended for permanent position: Thursday, April 24, 2008; The longtime academic who has led the College of Southern Nevada since August is on track to become the school’s next president.
Familiarity may breed acceptance for CSN contender: Thursday, April 24, 2008; Michael Richards’ insider advantage was on display Wednesday as he made the case that he, rather than an out-of-state contender, should be appointed president of the College of Southern Nevada.
Stability at CSN helm: 3 choices: Two outsiders, one insider say they’d stay, and share what they’d bring; Wednesday, April 23, 2008; The College of Southern Nevada has had five temporary or “permanent” presidents in as many years.
So it’s no shock that stability is a topic that keeps popping up in conversations about who will lead the school next.
Here’s a chance to query CSN presidential finalists: Monday, April 21, 2008; Members of the College of Southern Nevada community will have an opportunity this week to vet the final candidates for the presidency of their school, which enrolls more students than any other Nevada college.
Online learning is higher education’s growth track: Studies find employers, however, favor traditional degrees, but tide may be turning; Saturday, April 19, 2008; Here in Las Vegas, we thrive on a frenetic pace of life. So it might seem only natural that our valley’s public colleges are on the menu of 24-hour offerings, competing in what was once the domain of for-profit giants such as the University of Phoenix.
NSC president wins contract extension: Thursday, April 10, 2008; Nevada State College's president is a quiet guy — "low-key and caring," according to an evaluation presented last week to the Board of Regents that governs public higher education.
Trash talk to thousands at once, anonymously: JuicyCampus Web site gives UNLV students free rein; Thursday, April 10, 2008; By putting a modern twist on the age-old tradition of talking smack, a new Web site is giving students a place to make public the types of rumors they’ve long traded privately. JuicyCampus, launched in October, has become popular in the past few weeks at UNLV, one of about five dozen colleges with its own message board on the site.
‘Interim’ could be removed from CSN president’s title: Monday, April 7, 2008; College of Southern Nevada’s interim president will be a candidate for the permanent post.
Virtual world, real college class: UNLV is the latest university to get with the Second Life program; Monday, April 7, 2008; Bigbabyjezus Undercroft, sporting a black suit, sunglasses and gaudy jewels, is actually Dane Young, a senior who enrolled in the course because he was an enthusiast of games, such as World of Warcraft, that take place in virtual worlds. He quickly discovered that unlike Warcraft, Second Life has no objectives — no monsters to slay, no quests on which to embark.
In Second Life, people do whatever they want — dance, shop, build homes, start businesses, or, in the case of Kalana Mount, act as slaves or slavers.
The diversity of activities in which users can engage is part of what makes Second Life appealing to colleges.
Scholars can conduct “in-world” interviews with Second Lifers who hail (in real life) from different countries, religions and fields of work. Mullen has four avatars, one of which is a “furry” — an animal-like incarnation — that he uses when studying communities of furries.
Regents give go-ahead to explore UNLV campus in U.A.E.: Friday, April 4, 2008
Regents to decide if CSN's interim president can apply for permanent job: Tuesday, April 1, 2008; The College of Southern Nevada's interim president could become a candidate for the school's permanent presidency.
UNLV law school jumps in national ranking: Tuesday, April 1, 2008; UNLV's William S. Boyd School of Law jumped up in U.S. News & World Report's annual best law schools ranking, moving from 100th to 88th place.
Three of five fundraising positions still vacant: Tuesday, April 1, 2008; n January, Bill Boldt, UNLV’s vice president for advancement, said he hoped to nail down candidates for five crucial fundraising jobs by the end of that month. That didn’t happen.
Program will teach how to teach deaf pupils: Friday, March 28, 2008; Nevada State College officials are preparing to launch the state’s only program that will train educators to teach students who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Legal eagles don't fly far from the nest: UNLV’s William S. Boyd Law School marks 10th anniversary; Wednesday, March 26, 2008; As it celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, Nevada’s only law school has earned its share of praise.
A youngster in the legal world, it nevertheless made U.S. News and World Report’s best law schools list with a tie for 100th place.
Talent drawn to former warehouse: Monday, March 24, 2008; Housed in a converted warehouse on American Pacific Drive in Henderson, Touro University Nevada isn’t an extravagant place. The school, which opened in 2004, offers degrees in medical and education fields. It has fewer than 1,200 students. The university’s community is so intimate that students store lunches and dinners in refrigerators in common areas.
UNLV wants to open campus in Middle East: Region’s tourism hot spot a good fit, dean says; Friday, March 21, 2008; Tucked between Saudi Arabia and Oman, with beaches kissed by the Persian Gulf, the United Arab Emirates might seem alien to Nevadans. But the oil-rich Middle Eastern federation with a population of more than 4 million has close ties to Las Vegas.
Touro University opens new addition: Tuesday, March 18, 2008; Amid plates of cakes and sushi and trash barrels filled to the brim with cans of orange soda and Dr. Pepper, about 100 people celebrated Touro University Nevada's newest facilities at 874 American Pacific Drive in Henderson this evening.
College’s first permanent building to meet many needs: Saturday, March 15, 2008; Nevada State College’s first permanent building is nearing completion.
‘Howdy, pardner,’ colleges saying to developers wanting to build on campus: Friday, March 14, 2008; In 1955, when state lawmakers gave $200,000 toward UNLV’s first building, the money came with a condition: Southern Nevadans would have to come up with $35,000 to buy land that would become part of the university’s Maryland Parkway campus.
Papers dumped, UNLV student paper reprints controversial column: Thursday, March 13, 2008
From desert to Antarctica: Searching for climate clues: Nevadan heads team studying ancient ice core; Tuesday, March 11, 2008; Hundreds of miles inland on Earth’s coldest, windiest continent, the snow-covered terrain is flat and vast, the sky huge.
Valley college students create their own work-study: Education suffers when they delay graduation or drop out, colleges say; Monday, March 10, 2008; Her eye shadow sparkling, her lips painted a bold red, Imperial Palace “dealertainer” Nichole Shields high-fives players at her table who have just won a hand of blackjack. It’s just before midnight, and around her on the casino floor, dealers, tourists, locals, pit bosses and long-legged cocktail servers waltz to Vegas’ music: cheers and laughter, chips clinking, the dizzying sounds of slot machines singing. A UNLV student by day, Shields, 23, impersonates Madonna by night. She’s wearing white stiletto boots, fishnet stockings, a white corset and a long blond ponytail.
Student’s plan illustrates quirk in local job market: She may spend years working on Strip before using degree; Wednesday, March 5, 2008; Felicia Hersh, a junior at UNLV and an aspiring museum curator, says she will probably pursue a master’s degree in history after she finishes her undergraduate studies.