In The News: Office of the President

Nevada Independent

When 51ԹϺ President Keith Whitfield took the university’s top job last summer, he came to Nevada at a pivotal moment.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Statements of support for the verdicts convicting former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd came from Nevada leaders.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Minority groups have been affected by COVID-19 at disproportionately higher rates than their white counterparts in Southern Nevada and, on Friday, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced a plan intended to reverse inequities in distributing the vaccine to traditionally marginalized groups.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Minority groups have been affected by COVID-19 at disproportionately higher rates than their white counterparts in Southern Nevada and, on Friday, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced a plan intended to reverse inequities in distributing the vaccine to traditionally marginalized groups.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Minority groups have been affected by COVID-19 at disproportionately higher rates than their white counterparts in Southern Nevada and, on Friday, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced a plan intended to reverse inequities in distributing the vaccine to traditionally marginalized groups.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Minority groups have been affected by COVID-19 at disproportionately higher rates than their white counterparts in Southern Nevada and, on Friday, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced a plan intended to reverse inequities in distributing the vaccine to traditionally marginalized groups.

KNPR News

Keith Whitfield took over as 51ԹϺ’s new president August 24.

Las Vegas Review Journal

New 51ԹϺ President Keith Whitfield described his first month on the job as “drinking from a fire hose.”

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

51ԹϺ’s new president Dr. Keith Whitfield is nearly a month into his new position as the university’s 5th president in the past 10 years and there are plenty of issues to tackle.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

51ԹϺ President Keith Whitfield discusses sports returning to play.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

51ԹϺ President Keith Whitfield says he is pleased with how the university has handled the COVID-19 pandemic.

Las Vegas Sun

51ԹϺ continues to be ranked near the top of U.S. News & World Report’s annual listing of the nation’s most diverse campuses. In an examination of the student body at 389 universities, 51ԹϺ’s diversity score was tied for second-best along with Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Mich., and behind the University of Hawaii. The listing, based on 2019 enrollment, was released Monday.