Charlotte Hsu

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Intent on her doctoral dream: Former high school teacher delves into study, research — leaving life on hold; Sunday, May 11, 2008; None of it happened by accident. The months spent living out of a 1993 Ford Explorer, the mountains of debt, the gamble of putting off having children at 36 years old — everything has been deliberate, everything planned.
A class's varied views of Vegas: Field work teaches students photography is an art of interpretation; Sunday, May 11, 2008; To the person who walks head down, eyes on the ground, the city is a mess of sewer caps and gutters, of cracked pavement, of concrete darkened by the footsteps of countless pedestrians.
With that pay, no way, many would-be graduate students tell UNLV: Sunday, May 11, 2008; “A recipe for poverty,” one student called it. Not something to flaunt, professors agree.
Richards CSN’s likely pick, pleasing higher ed chief: Looks like interim head will get nod after near-$100,000 search; Thursday, May 1, 2008; Michael Richards wasn’t the “warmest” or “fuzziest” candidate for the College of Southern Nevada’s presidency, in the opinion of university system Chancellor Jim Rogers. Nevertheless, Rogers thought Richards would be the best man for the permanent job — so much so that he encouraged Richards to apply.
Thinking globally and acting locally: In a competition involving more than 1,000 colleges and universities, students at UNLV excel at increasing awareness of world poverty; Saturday, April 26, 2008; We’ve heard it all before.
UNLV students are apathetic. The school is full of commuters, and people juggling classes, jobs and children simply don’t have time for extracurricular activities on campus.
Familiarity may breed acceptance for CSN contender: Thursday, April 24, 2008; Michael Richards’ insider advantage was on display Wednesday as he made the case that he, rather than an out-of-state contender, should be appointed president of the College of Southern Nevada.
Stability at CSN helm: 3 choices: Two outsiders, one insider say they’d stay, and share what they’d bring; Wednesday, April 23, 2008; The College of Southern Nevada has had five temporary or “permanent” presidents in as many years.
So it’s no shock that stability is a topic that keeps popping up in conversations about who will lead the school next.
Here’s a chance to query CSN presidential finalists: Monday, April 21, 2008; Members of the College of Southern Nevada community will have an opportunity this week to vet the final candidates for the presidency of their school, which enrolls more students than any other Nevada college.
Online learning is higher education’s growth track: Studies find employers, however, favor traditional degrees, but tide may be turning; Saturday, April 19, 2008; Here in Las Vegas, we thrive on a frenetic pace of life. So it might seem only natural that our valley’s public colleges are on the menu of 24-hour offerings, competing in what was once the domain of for-profit giants such as the University of Phoenix.
Trash talk to thousands at once, anonymously: JuicyCampus Web site gives UNLV students free rein; Thursday, April 10, 2008; By putting a modern twist on the age-old tradition of talking smack, a new Web site is giving students a place to make public the types of rumors they’ve long traded privately. JuicyCampus, launched in October, has become popular in the past few weeks at UNLV, one of about five dozen colleges with its own message board on the site.