In The News: Office of the President
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A third donor to UNLV has suggested they will pull their contribution to the university if Len Jessup is removed from his position as president.
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Add $8 million to the funding that UNLV stands to lose if Len Jessup is pushed out as the university’s president.
UNLV President Len Jessup’s decision to sign an agreement conditioning a $14 million donation to the medical school on him keeping his job through 2022 “raises serious questions about Dr. Jessup’s ethics” and “the optics are appalling,” a lawyer for the Nevada System of Higher Education wrote in a legal opinion obtained by The Nevada Independent.
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An agreement signed by UNLV President Len Jessup for the university to receive a $14 million gift for its medical school has become ammunition in a behind-the-scenes attempt by members of the Nevada Board of Regents to pressure Jessup into giving up his position.
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The 8 News NOW I-Team has obtained the letter written by the Engelstad family rescinding their $14 million donation from UNLV's School of Medicine.
A donor says she is rescinding a $14 million donation made to UNLV after reports that there may be an effort to push the university’s president out of office.
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On the heels of reports that there may be an effort to push UNLV President, Dr. Len Jessup out of office, a big donor is pulling a large donation from the school. The I-Team has learned that the Engelstad Foundation is pulling a $14 million donation.
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Funding for UNLV’s medical school building may be collapsing as two megadonors, citing concerns over the Nevada Board of Regents’ leadership, have rescinded or begun reconsidering gifts totaling $39 million. Future gifts also are in question.
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The I-Team has obtained a letter from UNLV President Len Jessup that was sent out to the campus community Wednesday saying media reports about his pending departure are misleading.
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The Nevada Independent is reporting that UNLV president Len Jessup has been given a week to resign or be terminated.
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At a time when the state’s colleges are inwardly focused on their own strategic growth, they’re also being asked to look beyond Nevada’s borders for ways to make gains in student success.
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Locally based data center company Switch has named the successor to a board member who died in October.