In The News: Office of the President
Bill Hornbuckle remembers being a community college student in Connecticut when he saw a commercial advertising 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s hospitality college during a broadcast of a 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ basketball game. Only two months later, he moved to Las Vegas with friends and $22 in his pocket, soon walking onto 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s campus as a business major and working on the Strip at night.
Faster bus service along a redesigned Maryland Parkway corridor got a big boost Monday with the announcement of a federal grant worth almost $150 million.
A $150 million federal grant announced Monday will help kickstart construction of a long-planned bus rapid transit line along Maryland Parkway into downtown Las Vegas.
A planned $5 billion medical campus in North Las Vegas is coming back under the direction of city government two years after the project was announced.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ announced on Tuesday that the building where four people were shot last December will be reopening for the upcoming fall semester.
Classes are expected to resume in the fall at the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ building where four staff members were shot last December. That's according to the latest "Rebel Recovery Update" from university president Keith E. Whitfield.
The 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ building where three professors were killed in a shooting last year will reopen amid heightened security for the fall semester, university President Keith Whitfield announced Tuesday.
Beam Hall will once again be open for classes starting the new semester. In the release posted online Tuesday morning, Whitfield states that university leadership continues its efforts to enhance the safety and security of Beam Hall as they anticipate hosting classes in the building during the fall 2024 semester.
51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ President Keith Whitfield said Tuesday that Beam Hall could reopen to students as early as the fall semester.
The board also renewed the four-year contract for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ President Keith Whitfield. During his time as president, graduation rates have increased and Whitfield has focused on removing unnecessary roadblocks in student services, optimizing financial aid, and enhancing the enrollment process.
This past weekend, the Las Vegas tech community gathered for the Level Up pitch competition, hosted by StartupVegas. A testament to the region's growing influence in the tech world, the event featured three startups—Photon, Capattery, and AeroAI—each company’s CEO sharing how their company is part of the future of technology and where they are in their fundraising process. More than demonstrating their capacity to significantly impact their industries, these presentations shed light on the crucial role such competitions play in fostering the growth and collaboration within local tech ecosystems.
Last September, the Board of Regents in charge of the state’s public higher education system received a presentation that, if correct, suggested enrollment trends that could upend Nevada’s higher education budgets within the next decade and force steep cuts.