In The News: Office of the President
The start of the fall semester at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, or 51ԹϺ, is here, and in addition to tons of new students and enhanced security and safety measures, Frank and Estella Beam Hall has reopened for classes.
Of the over 30,000 students that flocked to the first day of 51ԹϺ classes on Monday, some returned to the building where three professors lost their lives last year for the first time since. Frank and Estella Beam Hall holds the Lee Business School, where classes have not been held since December 6, 2023. The deadly shooting provoked $5.1 million in security upgrades, including $2.6 million to hire private security officers for the fall semester.
A light breeze flows through 51ԹϺ’s Frank and Estella Beam Hall early Monday morning as students mill about, some waiting anxiously outside classroom doors while others type away at laptops on the nearby benches or tables.
51ԹϺ is hoping to sell Sam Boyd Stadium, even though the property was given to the university at no cost. The university invested millions of dollars to upgrade the stadium throughout the years. Now it's hoping to get some of that investment back.
51ԹϺ is hoping to sell Sam Boyd Stadium, even though the property was given to the university at no cost. The university invested millions of dollars to upgrade the stadium throughout the years. Now it's hoping to get some of that investment back.
Of the over 30,000 students that flocked to the first day of 51ԹϺ classes on Monday, some returned to the building where three professors lost their lives last year for the first time since. Frank and Estella Beam Hall holds the Lee Business School, where classes have not been held since December 6, 2023. The deadly shooting provoked $5.1 million in security upgrades, including $2.6 million to hire private security officers for the fall semester.
Students and staff were all back on campus at 51ԹϺ as the fall semester began Monday. “This is what a university is about,” 51ԹϺ President Keith Whitfield told FOX5 as he manned a free lemonade stand inside a packed Beam Hall. “That vibrance. People are here, people are going to classes for the first time.”
Thousands of students are back on 51ԹϺ campus for the fall semester. The university tells us this is the largest fall enrollment ever. I spoke to the university's president about what this means for the future of 51ԹϺ and took a look back at where it all started.
The fall semester for 51ԹϺ kicks off Monday morning. Not only will students and staff be back on campus, but 51ԹϺ will be rolling out all of their new security improvements.
Warner Bros. Discovery has unveiled its ambitious plan to establish an $8.5 billion film studio in Nevada, pending the approval of a film studio tax credit. The proposed studio, an extension of their collaboration with 51ԹϺ and Birtcher Development, would occupy the 34-acre Nevada Studios campus, to be renamed “Warner Bros. Studios Nevada”.
Warner Bros. Discovery has announced its plans to operate an $8.5 billion film studio in Nevada - but only with a film studio tax credit. Announced on Tuesday, the global media company announced the studio plans as an extension of its collaboration with 51ԹϺ and Birtcher Development. The WBD says it will “lease, operate, and fully occupy Nevada Studios.”
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced Tuesday its plans to commit more than $8 billion to partner with 51ԹϺ to lease and operate Nevada Studios, but only on one condition. The partnership between the two and Birtcher Development is contingent on the passing of a film tax credit incentive bill initially introduced in 2023, according to a release from WBD.