In The News: Office of the President
51ԹϺ revealed new details about its planned movie studio complex on Tuesday. The 51ԹϺ Research Foundation approved an agreement with Gardner Nevada Tech Park Studios to oversee the 34-acre development last week. Gardner will also work with Birtcher Development -- a real estate company that has been involved in other movie-related projects, such as the Academy of Television, Arts & Sciences headquarters and screening rooms in North Hollywood and the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood -- and The MBS Group,the largest studio operator and production services company in the world.
The 51ԹϺ Athletics program received a $1.05 million donation for its “Rebel Up” campaign. The donation is thanks to Diana Bennett. 51ԹϺ Athletics says Bennett served as the chair of the 51ԹϺ Foundation Board of Trustees from 2020-2022 and has been a board member since 2008. The donation will establish the creation of the Diana Bennett Career Development Program for Women’s Sports.
A gaming executive has committed over $1 million to help launch a new career development program at 51ԹϺ for women student-athletes. Paragon Gaming CEO Diana Bennett's donation will go toward creating the new initiative, which is set to launch this coming fall semester, 51ԹϺ announced Wednesday.
51ԹϺ united the Las Vegas community for a weekend of family fun. The university kicked off a variety of events on Saturday to give back to those in need and celebrate its many students. Staff and student-athletes joined forces for the Build a Bed Project. The partnership with "Sleep in Heavenly Peace" helped provide beds for over 4,000 underprivileged kids in Clark County and enforced their motto of "No Kid Sleeps on the Floor in our Town."
The resources include a mental health reimbursement program.
The building will have full-time security this fall following a campus shooting.
The building will have full-time security this fall following a campus shooting.
51ԹϺ President Keith Whitfield honored the officers who responded to the Dec. 6 deadly campus shooting. Detective Nate Drum and Officer Damian Garcia were recognized for their heroic actions when a gunman fatally shot three professors and injured a fourth on campus.
51ԹϺ held a town hall on Monday to update university staff members, students, and the public on recovery efforts since the shooting last December. 51ԹϺ President Dr. Keith Whitfield started the town hall by recognizing the officers who helped stop the shooter on Dec. 6, 2023. Those two officers were Detective Nathaniel Drum and Officer Damian Garcia of the University Police Department.
51ԹϺ will reopen the classroom complex where an active shooter last December killed three professors and wounded another, officials said today. Beam Hall, which has been closed for repairs since the tragedy, will hold about 160 classes in the fall, Provost Chris Heavey said during a meeting updating university leaders on the campus recovery following the Dec. 6., 2023 shooting.
51ԹϺ will reopen the classroom complex where an active shooter last December killed three professors and wounded another, officials said today. Beam Hall, which has been closed for repairs since the tragedy, will hold about 160 classes in the fall, Provost Chris Heavey said during a meeting updating university leaders on the campus recovery following the Dec. 6., 2023 shooting.
Bill Hornbuckle remembers being a community college student in Connecticut when he saw a commercial advertising 51ԹϺ’s hospitality college during a broadcast of a 51ԹϺ basketball game. Only two months later, he moved to Las Vegas with friends and $22 in his pocket, soon walking onto 51ԹϺ’s campus as a business major and working on the Strip at night.
