Charlotte Hsu

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Slip in award’s value worries first Millennium scholar: Monday, Feb. 25, 2008; Daniel Coming, who returned to Nevada last year to work for the Desert Research Institute, is worried that other young, ambitious Nevadans won’t have the same educational opportunities he did.
Plea for higher ed money goes online: Friday, Feb. 22, 2008
Cellist’s ties to teacher benefit UNLV: Young man’s talent praised for its unpredictability; Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008; UNLV music professor Andrew Smith recognized Aleks Tengesdal’s talent the day the two met about a decade ago in Tengesdal’s North Dakota hometown.
Some say setting fees every two years gives universities a blank check: Students don’t realize big hikes are possible halfway to graduation; Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008; A freshman who entered UNLV in fall 2007 knew registration fees for a full load would be $3,503 his first year and $3,885 his second.
The price tags for the remaining years of his college education were mysteries.
How budgets cuts have bled students, faculty: Regents hear stories of how CSN has been hurt; Monday, Feb. 11, 2008; The CSN community, like others in the Nevada System of Higher Education, is struggling with budget cuts and the student fee increases the regents discussed Thursday.
New programs, few students: Quick to add classes, colleges often overestimate demand for fresh offerings; Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008; George Ladkany is the type of scholar UNLV officials would hate to lose as they try to burnish the university’s reputation.
A student in the Master of Science program in biomedical engineering, he is working with a team of researchers on a U.S. Army-funded project aimed at better protecting soldiers from explosions.
Well-spoken and opinionated, Ladkany is enthusiastic about the university and the opportunities it offers students.
CSN leadership left in lurch: Four of former president's cohorts leave, creating key vacancies at college; Friday, Feb. 8, 2008; Since Richard Carpenter left his post as president of the College of Southern Nevada, three of the school's top administrators have followed him to Texas, and a fourth, who had also worked with Carpenter in another state, quit early this year.
Third try: Tech guru needed for overhaul: New hire would ride herd over upgrade up to $100 million; Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008; The search for a director to oversee an overhaul of college computing services statewide will begin anew for the third time.
Six-figure donation to be used to fight brain diseases: Monday, Jan. 28, 2008
Is the Web turning youths into voters?: Friday, Jan. 25, 2008; Presidential hopefuls are talking to young people through online social networks — posting profiles and jousting in debates sponsored by YouTube and Facebook.
What dirty ice says about our past: Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008
State's universities split on using fees in response to budget cuts: Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008; For years, students at UNR have paid the same registration fees as those at UNLV. But this fall, UNR students could have to cough up more for their education than their peers down South.
Small-town sports: He’s got ’em covered: Online reporter crisscrosses southern Nevada, highlights what brings isolated communities together; Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008; Now in his last year of college at UNLV, Ben Rowley reports on high school sports on a blog he stated for a journalism class. His project provides a service to rural students and fans who do not get much coverage.
Pro-Clinton union members handing out T-shirts as Strip workers gather to caucus: Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008
A family that campaigns together...: Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008
Undecideds find little help in debate: Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008; Jan Strout, left, and Lauren Mayeux watch the debate at the Applebee’s on West Charleston Boulevard. They were part of a group of voters with a particular interest in health care issues.
He collects art, adventures: UNLV lecturer tells mesmerizing tales from the world over; Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008; To enter George Cohan’s Henderson home is to walk into another world. A statue of Ganesh, a Hindu deity, greets guests in the living room. Japanese prints on rice paper adorn the walls. On shelves and tables sit curiosities from every end of the Earth a painted ostrich egg, a Chinese cricket cage, a 400-year-old pocket Quran with tiny gold lettering. Here, every trinket is a treasure. Every souvenir, the subject of a story.
Political residue finds a home: Friday, Jan. 11, 2008
Richardson camp ready for new hero: Campaign workers sad but dedicated to the party; Friday, Jan. 11, 2008; With several candidates still in the running, the downtime for Richardson backers may not last long.
Bonuses an incentive for UNLV fundraising: Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008
UNLV needs to fill five fundraiser jobs: Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008; UNLV officials are trying to fill five crucial fundraising jobs as the university enters the home stretch of a $500 million campaign scheduled to end this year.
Journalism 2.0: Schools play catch-up as they train journalists to better plug into technology; Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008; Some of the most exhaustive local coverage of November’s Democratic debate at UNLV came not from veteran reporters at Las Vegas newspapers and TV stations but from a band of young students wielding cell phones, digital recorders and, perhaps most important, an open mind about how journalists should gather and disseminate news. These students in UNLV lecturer Charlotte-Anne Lucas’ class on digital storytelling posted thoughts, photographs and videos on a blog devoted to the event.
Short on time and input, regents cut: Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008; Regents OK’d plans to defer faculty merit pay and to place a surcharge on student fees at selected schools on Monday even though some college leaders acknowledged they had yet to solicit student and teacher input on those proposals.
In college, learning to stretch $10,000 or $12,000: Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007; Long years of slogging toward a master's or doctoral degree can transform graduate students into coupon-clipping, Top Ramen-eating experts at scrimping.
Christmas 'break' can just mean work: Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2007; In a study lounge that doubles as a social gathering place at Nevada State College, a security guard stands, surveying the room.
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Saturday, Dec. 22, 2007; It comes as no surprise to many at the College of Southern Nevada that Rand Key, executive vice president of planning and development, is on his way to Texas.
Paychecks, then perks and perks: Friday, Dec. 21, 2007; Besides the pay, they get the perks.
Schools cut, leaders collect big paychecks: Friday, Dec. 21, 2007; Click here for a printable graphic.
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007; Student leaders in Southern Nevada got a late start in fighting potential budget cuts to colleges. Rallies they held at the College of Southern Nevada, Nevada State College and UNLV in the past two weeks coincided with the end of the semester and finals.
Question is whether tuition idea would help or drive away students: Monday, Dec. 17, 2007; To entice more students to go to school full time, UNLV officials have tried to make their campus more appealing over the years. Recent additions include a new student union with eateries and study lounges, and a 184,000-square-foot recreation center with an indoor track, gym and lap pool.
Rural campuses at risk: Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007; Click here for a printable graphic.
Students make college campus no place to be on a Friday: Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007; It's a Friday afternoon at UNLV, and it's quiet. So quiet you might think it's Saturday or Sunday.
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007; But administrators are at least trying to make sure hikes won't come as a surprise for students at Nevada's public colleges.
Q+A: Maurizio Trevisan: Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007; Behold, the $415,000 man.
CELLO, A CHOICE FOR LIFE: Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007; WHAT: An Evening of Spanish Cello Music featuring UNLV associate professor of music Andrew Smith on the cello and Alfredo Oyaguez-Montero on the piano. Admission is free.
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007; A paper outlining potential cuts at UNLV if the state mandates an 8 percent cut to public higher education's budget ends with a strong message, with capital letters to emphasize the point: "The impacts outlined above are DEVASTATING TO THE INSTITUTION."
Would UNLV budget cuts turn off donor spigot?: Friday, Nov. 30, 2007; UNLV officials worry that the collateral damage of an 8 percent cut to state funding being proposed by Gov. Jim Gibbons could be that donors would not be so generous in the future.
On the q.t., university system readies for cuts: Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007; While Nevada university system Chancellor Jim Rogers has been loudly saying he will not draft a plan for budget cuts as the governor has requested, the state's higher education institutions have been quietly preparing for potential reductions.
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007; Though higher education Chancellor Jim Rogers has refused to work with the governor on proposed budget cuts, his bosses on the Board of Regents, which governs higher education in Nevada, will debate strategies for dealing with potential reductions at their meeting this week.
A little money, a little freedom allow everyday people to tell big stories of global relevance across cultures: Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007; The author from Escanaba, Mich., steps into his UNLV office about 3 p.m. each day. Working at home in the mornings is preferable, Tom Bissell says, because there he can play "Halo 3" for an hour to treat bouts of writer's block.
Humanism takes on politics: Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007; Talk to Martine Brownley, who runs a center for humanities at Emory University in Atlanta, and you'd think she had a side job doing long-distance public relations for UNLV's year-old Black Mountain Institute.
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007; Higher education funding in Nevada is so complex that even high-ranking officials such as UNLV President David Ashley can't always get it straight.
Frazier is more than just a name on a building: Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007; The name that graces UNLV's first building is that of Maude Frazier, the local educator who pushed state leaders to build a university in Las Vegas decades ago.
Debate a boon, bust for UNLV - depends whom you ask: Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007; UNLV, home to one of the country's top-ranked hotel management colleges, had readied for months to meet a major hospitality challenge of its own: hosting the Democratic debate broadcast on CNN on Thursday.
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007; Since Gov. Jim Gibbons asked university system Chancellor Jim Rogers last month to plan for 5 percent in cuts to higher education's budget, Rogers has done a lot of talking.
Plenty of school data easy pickings for thieves: Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007; A missing flash drive that was the size of a Halloween candy and held the names, Social Security numbers and academic information of nearly 16,000 current and former UNR students might have been gobbled up by an industrial-size vacuum or dumped in a garbage can.
See higher ed leaders, see them spar: Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007; Quit calling for a state income tax. It's none of your business.
The higher ed squeeze: Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007; ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS MORRIS
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007; LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Monday, Oct. 29, 2007; A blog filled with nasty complaints about former College of Southern Nevada President Richard Carpenter and other college officials remains blocked at CSN , though the Texas college where Carpenter now works made the site available late last week.