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Charlotte Hsu

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UNLV cuts recruiting frills to disarm fiscal hawks
Fancy dinners, stays at swank hotels aren’t uncommon, but officials aren’t taking any chances
Thursday, June 11, 2009
The culture of academia, including at public universities, calls for a level of pomp.
At UNLV, president’s wife raises eyebrows
Her ‘abrasive’ style should be part of his review, Rogers says
Thursday, June 4, 2009
UNLV President David Ashley was receiving congratulations in early May. A consultant had just given him a positive preliminary evaluation, calling him a “quiet, brilliant” leader.
‘Evil’ people’s attacks cited by departing UNLV dean
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
The dean of UNLV’s College of Education has resigned. M. Christopher Brown II’s last day on the job will be June 30.
Group’s bane: The man
Nation should be one of people, not laws, anarchist says
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Every Thursday at 6 p.m., the anarchists set up shop in a side room at the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on Maryland Parkway. This is the Las Vegas Anarchist Cafe — a weekly powwow for anarchists and the “anarchy-curious.”
With colleges’ budget cuts final, what now?
At UNLV, spending will follow a strategy
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Nevada’s public colleges have been hit hard by the state’s financial crisis. But silver linings can always be found, even in the angriest, ugliest storm clouds.
Policy on campus bias scrapped by UNLV
Thursday, May 28, 2009
UNLV has removed controversial portions of a proposed hate crimes policy that, in its earlier form, was deemed unconstitutional by the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada.

Training’s fast and jobs abound, so nursing aide program packs ’em in
Monday, May 25, 2009
At an orientation last week for the College of Southern Nevada’s summer nursing assistant program, its director asked attendees how many were pursuing an education as a result of the economy.
Faculty, professional staff shielded from furloughs
Lawmakers agree to impose a day a month on other workers
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Higher education employees fought budget cuts together. But one group of workers could benefit from those efforts more than others.
Boulder City braces for loss of CSN learning center
But recent budgetary developments make its survival a possibility
Saturday, May 16, 2009
CSN’s Boulder City campus has been in limbo since last summer, when CSN President Michael Richards announced that it was one of six learning centers the college planned to shut down this June, in the face of potentially massive budget cuts.
The lone candidate for chancellor
Highly experienced No. 2 man to Rogers, Klaich likely to rise
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Seeking stability in a tumultuous time, the chairman and vice chairman of the system’s Board of Regents will recommend at the board’s June meeting that Dan Klaich, the system’s second-in-command, succeed Jim Rogers as chancellor this summer.

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Emotional farewells at Regents’ meeting
Friday, Dec. 5, 2008
It was an emotional day at the Board of Regents meeting today at UNLV, where several regents broke down as the board said goodbye to four of its 13 members.
Millionaire chancellor packs a lunch for regents meeting
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008
The lunch-time buffet has long been a fixture at Board of Regents meetings. But earlier this week, regents chairman Michael Wixom announced that the era of the free, public lunch was ending.
Another change at UNLV: University College to be dissolved
Monday, July 21, 2008
UNLV is dissolving University College, a four-year-old academic college that served more than 2,000 students last fall.
UNLV offering buyouts
Friday, July 18, 2008
With an eye toward saving money in the next biennium, officials at cash-strapped UNLV have begun offering a buyout program for some of their full-time employees.
Colleges keeping layoffs secret
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Nearly 100 employees at UNLV recently learned they would lose their jobs, many due to budget cuts.
Busloads of protesters heading to Carson City (UPDATED)
Friday, June 20, 2008
Rogers asking former lawmakers to weigh in
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
University system Chancellor Jim Rogers is looking to enlist former state legislators in his battle to save education from deep budget cuts in the next biennium.
Chancellor asks the governor for a budget sit-down
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Richards appointed president of CSN
Thursday, May 1, 2008
The Board of Regents appointed Michael Richards this morning as the College of Southern Nevada's new president.
Interim CSN president recommended for permanent position
Thursday, April 24, 2008

The longtime academic who has led the College of Southern Nevada since August is on track to become the school’s next president.



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