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She competed in a long list of sports from elementary school to high school to university and adult life. Notably, she competed regionally in running and at the world level in dance. Regarding the latter, she is a World Championship-winning professional Irish dancer, and she now dances for coaching. Meanwhile, she ran her first 10K in 2017 and has remained very involved in running. She is the Graduate Lab Coordinator at the University of Nevada Las Vegas for The Optimum Performance Program in Sport (TOPPS), which blends traditional mental health services with sport culture and customized performance coaching.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ) and Las Vegas Sands are pleased to announce the creation of the Sands Institute for Chinese Language and Culture at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, which was formally approved by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents at its quarterly meeting on Dec. 5, 2024. Made possible by a generous $15 million donation from Sands to the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Foundation, this initiative highlights a shared commitment to enriching the educational and cultural landscape of Las Vegas and beyond.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ) and Las Vegas Sands are pleased to announce the creation of the Sands Institute for Chinese Language and Culture at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, which was formally approved by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents at its quarterly meeting on Dec. 5, 2024. Made possible by a generous $15 million donation from Sands to the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Foundation, this initiative highlights a shared commitment to enriching the educational and cultural landscape of Las Vegas and beyond.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ will expand its Chinese language and culture programs with a $15 million donation from Las Vegas Sands. The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents approved the creation of the Sands Institute for Chinese Language and Culture.
As we march toward another new year, we put more distance between ourselves and the origins of the traditions many of us hold dear. Fruitcake, gift giving, and hanging ornaments – they’re all a blend of cultural ideas crackling aside the hearty yule log on a holiday hearth.
The Las Vegas Sands is donating $15 million to 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ to create a new language learning institute. It’s called The Sands Institute for Chinese language and culture. The new institute will provide Mandarin learning courses for students and will also be available to anyone who is not a student.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ announced it will create a new institute dedicated to the study of Chinese language and culture after receiving a $15 million donation from Las Vegas Sands. The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents last week formally approved the new Sands Institute for Chinese Language and Culture at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.
When someone says they’re from Las Vegas, where do they specifically mean? The majority of the Valley lives in one of the adjacent municipalities or unincorporated Clark County. So how did we get this weird patchwork of townships and jurisdictions, and how did it set up the city and the county for their many tensions today? We’re sharing our notes in this re-airing of a popular episode — co-host Dayvid Figler talks to 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ history professor Michael Green about the last century of Las Vegas and Clark County history, and how a city-county showdown brought us to this utterly unique arrangement.
