Office of Executive Vice President and Provost News
The Executive Vice President and Provost (EVP&P) serves as the university’s chief academic and budget officer and as the chief executive officer of the university in the absence of the president. It provides leadership to support an interdisciplinary, student-centered culture across the campus especially in the area of retention, progression, and completion.
Current Executive Vice President and Provost News
The campus is preparing for a critical site visit from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Find out more about the process and how to participate.
The associate vice provost of academic effectiveness plays a key role in the accreditation process.
Spring 2025 brings another enrollment increase to UNLV, with strong undergraduate retention and notable growth in graduate programs.
UNLV was recognized with its third consecutive R1 designation for research excellence from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
Haroon Sahotra continues his passion to support faculty in his new role as associate vice provost of faculty affairs.
Headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.
Executive Vice President and Provost In The News
After UNLV President Keith E. Whitfield announced that he was stepping down from his position on Monday, a chancellor at the Nevada System of Higher Education appointed a new leader to take charge temporarily.
UNLV's new officer in charge is promising stability for a university that was suddenly thrust into a leadership transition this week. The Nevada System of Higher Education named Chris Heavey, UNLV's executive vice president and provost, as the officer in charge in the wake of President Keith Whitfield's resignation.
After leading UNLV through the pandemic and the 2023 on-campus shooting, Keith Whitfield announced late Monday he is stepping down as president effective at the end of that day.
UNLV retained its Research 1 Carnegie designation as one of the nation’s highest-performing research universities.
UNLV retained its Research 1 Carnegie designation as one of the nation’s highest-performing research universities.
Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley still remembers the biting cold she experienced 20 years ago setting foot in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp to mark the 60th year since the liberation of thousands of prisoners in 1945.
