News: Office of Executive Vice President and Provost
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Annual welcome event features TED-like motivational talks that inspire incoming students to make the most of their college experience.
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Changes to advising, an overhaul of the freshman experience, and an emphasis on taking a full course load are getting today's Rebels off to the right start. It's all part of helping students stick with their studies and graduate on time.
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Sharon Altman might not break a nail for you, but she’ll take on more responsibility without batting an eye. She’s the 2015 first-place Classified Employee of the Year.
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UNLV hosts three-day college bound program for high-achieving Las Vegas students.
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UNLV removing some of the stumbling blocks for getting students interested in the science and engineering fields. The key: Get 'em while they're young.
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While the technology at your fingertips may seem like a highly scientific machine, the software behind it can be a mess of different programming languages. The solution for that problem, says professor Andreas Stefik, may come from a researcher's twisty turn.
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Program is aimed at nurturing future campus administrators from the ranks of faculty and staff.
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UNLV architecture professor Eric Weber on how students should design and build their lives, beginning now.
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Atkinson will develop vision and oversee planning for UNLV School of Medicine after successfully leading University of Kansas School of Medicine from 2002-2012.
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Doctoral student to research human skeletal remains in Turkey; graduating senior will teach English in Germany.
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Ulmer, a nationally recognized expert on crisis communication and professor with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, will step in as dean July 1, 2014.
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William Bauer Jr. and Julia Sun-Joo Lee Named Emerging Scholars Under 40 by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education Magazine.