Christina Littlefield

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UNLV's chief fundraiser Gallagher calls it quits: Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006; With two years remaining in UNLV's $500 million capital campaign - its most ambitious - chief fundraiser John Gallagher is quitting.
Law school studies expansion but medical funding has priority: Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2006; UNLV Boyd School of Law officials want to expand its legal services into Northern Nevada - a proposal that puts them in competition with other higher education programs on the hunt for more money from state legislators.
LOOKING IN ON: EDUCATION: Sunday, Nov. 26, 2006; Student leaders at the Community College of Southern Nevada want to rid themselves of the "community" part of their school's name because they believe it has a stigma in the - community.
State's colleges get creative in securing funds for growth: Sunday, Nov. 26, 2006; Long-standing efforts to upgrade Nevada's college campuses and build new facilities with the help of private investors are advancing, with officials now broaching legal details of novel financing schemes that venture into uncharted territory for the state.
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Monday, Nov. 20, 2006; Local businessmen got up before dawn and paid $35 a plate Friday to hear university system Chancellor Jim Rogers' thoughts on the state of higher education in Nevada. But instead of a live, interactive speech, they were treated to a version he had taped the week before.
STATE OF EDUCATION: Friday, Nov. 17, 2006; Click here for a printable graphic.
Report card gives Rogers overall high grades: Friday, Nov. 17, 2006; Jim Rogers' report card
Some thoughts on the state of higher education: Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006; Dear Jim Rogers,
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2006; Whew.
Survey provides a glimpse of state's generally happy seniors: Monday, Nov. 13, 2006; The typical Nevadan over 50 visits family and friends two to three times a week, hits the casinos at least weekly, attends a place of worship twice a month and regularly surfs the Internet, according to a UNLV survey that is the most comprehensive study yet of aging Nevadans.
When worlds collide: Sunday, Nov. 12, 2006; Just a year ago, Christianity Today magazine was touting Ted Haggard as the new evangelical wunderkind. In his three years at the helm of the National Association of Evangelicals, a Washington, D.C., lobbying group representing 30 million Christians, the Colorado Springs, Colo., megachurch pastor had proved himself capable of defending his movement's conservative stance on homosexuality and abortion while also redirecting energy to issues such as global warming, poverty and the genocide in Darfur.
CCSN students to use iPods to tune in to class: Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006; Don't be too quick to deride college students who walk across campus wearing earphones, seemingly lost in a world of their own.
Taking faith to the streets: Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006; Think of it as Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman's God Squad.
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Sunday, Oct. 29, 2006; It's almost a given that college students will be involved in at least one dumb prank.
THE FOUR CANDIDATES:: Monday, Oct. 23, 2006; Campaigning for the university Board of Regents often involves blank stares.
Regents see disaster in redoing board: Monday, Oct. 23, 2006; Bret Whipple
Regents Chairman
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006; For most scholars, the doctoral dissertation is the gateway to a career in academia, the last big push to earn the right to call yourself a professor.
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006; Nevada is going to pot.
UNLV scandals occupy much of regents' agenda: Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006; The cleanup continues.
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006; UNLV President David Ashley and fundraising campaign Chairman Don Snyder say they are standing behind the university's "Invent the Future" campaign totals, and by inference, their chief fundraiser, Vice President for Development John Gallagher.
RED TAPE CHRONICLES: Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006; Secrecy has long surrounded the UNLV Research Foundation and its Institute for Security Studies. Among the questions the Sun has been trying to answer for months is the pedigree of its research staff.
How would Jesus vote?: Sunday, Oct. 8, 2006; In 2004 Las Vegas insurance salesman Michael Alires was a hard-core, "I love Clinton" Democrat. Then he discovered Jesus.
UNLV Foundation loses two fundraisers: Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006; In an organization already reeling from high turnover, two more employees have resigned from the UNLV Foundation.
Jews search for place of comfort: Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006; As dusk set and Rabbi Yocheved Mintz prepared for the evening's Rosh Hashanah service, 13-year-old Danny Royer and his 6-year-old brother Austin stood at the foot of the table at Valley Outreach Synagogue, awaiting their assignment.
Ashley consolidates executives under a VP: Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006; Click here for a printable graphic.
Long reach of a big church: Sunday, Sept. 17, 2006; "Central is coming! Central is coming!"
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Sunday, Sept. 3, 2006; What do a Nigerian playwright, a Nixon-era conservative and a black history scholar from Harvard have in common?
'Frenetic' CCSN has some really big plans: Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2006; To say that Community College of Southern Nevada President Richard Carpenter is ambitious is to say that his boss, university system Chancellor Jim Rogers, has a few bucks.
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Monday, Aug. 21, 2006; ELKO - Ah, it's that time of year again, when U.S. News & World Report reminds the university system regents that UNLV is still in the bottom tier of all national universities and that UNR is only a notch above.
Nursing shortage is linked to instructors' salaries: Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006; ELKO - The giant elephant threatening to squash university regents' plans to double the state's output of nurses by 2013 may not be the $62 million price tag.
Regents say they want to hear about problems before media: Sunday, Aug. 6, 2006; If anything comes of all the audits and investigations under way at UNLV, it may be that the regents will demand better communication from university presidents from now on.
Dental firm braced: Pay up, then get out!: Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006; University regents took steps Friday to end UNLV's relationship with a private donor, but only after trying to collect the money the university is owed.
Warnings about donor went unheeded: Friday, Aug. 4, 2006; Gasper Lazzara's offer to UNLV more than three years ago couldn't have come at a better time. He offered to donate more than $40 million to launch an orthodontics program.
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006; Nevada State College at Henderson officials got a double dose of good news last week: The start-up school received the go-ahead to pursue full accreditation and settled an estate dispute that will net it $1.7 million.
They're wild about Harry: Saturday, July 29, 2006; Yale-trained philosopher and leadership guru Tom Morris is teaching a Community College of Southern Nevada continuing education class this weekend - on the practical wisdom of Harry Potter.
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Tuesday, July 25, 2006; Forget the U. Forget the R. It's just N.
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Sunday, July 16, 2006; UNLV's Creative Writing program won another mantle of respect recently when one of its Schaeffer fellows was named as a 2007 O. Henry prize winner.
LOOKING IN ON: HIGHER EDUCATION: Sunday, July 9, 2006; Maybe it's a control thing, or ego, but regents get upset when they read in the press about new programs before they approve them.
When do rights become wrongs?: Sunday, July 9, 2006; The First Amendment forbids the government from endorsing religion but requires the government to protect religious speech.
Harter proud of her accomplishments at UNLV: Sunday, July 2, 2006; Put her in a golf cart and Carol Harter is a scary driver.
No honeymoon for UNLV boss: Sunday, July 2, 2006; There's a new fine arts class at UNLV these days: the art of sucking up. People are lining up to meet incoming President David Ashley - taking his measure and pitching their agendas. In a whirlwind of meet-and-greets, all eyes are on the man who was recruited from the provost job at the University of California, Merced.
Bishop's challenge: Saturday, July 1, 2006; The fish-shaped earrings that hang beneath her short, curly brown hair offer a clue about Katharine Jefferts Schori's character, but it may not be what you think.
Dental fix: Wednesday, June 28, 2006; The offer was just too good for UNLV officials to pass up, even with the strings attached.
New book all about reading: Thursday, June 22, 2006; Because she grew up in a town where sin is in, one might think that first-time novelist Karen Mack would have based her book about addiction on drinking, drugs, gambling or sex.
Silver State on the silver screen: Thursday, June 15, 2006; In one short film, a man is heckled by an umbrella-wielding stranger. In another, a television writer discovers the hell of living in his own cheesy sitcom. And in another, three young men pretend to be Jewish in order to enjoy some great brisket at a Shabbat dinner.
Looking in on: Higher Education: Tuesday, June 13, 2006; Chancellor Jim Rogers' public evaluation on Thursday before the Board of Regents was more noteworthy for what it left out than what it included.
CCSN looks at building a hybrid campus: Saturday, June 10, 2006; Click here for a printable map of campuses in the Las Vegas valley.
Chancellor in defense of health proposal: Monday, June 5, 2006; Rogers has been a major proponent of expanding the Nevada School of Medicine and creating a health science center in Las Vegas to improve patient care in the city.
A timeout from everyday life: Saturday, June 3, 2006; In a worldly town chock-full of storefront day spas for physical refreshment, Roisin O'Loughlin operates a lone refuge to help soothe souls.
State college graduates 120: Tuesday, May 30, 2006; Thursday she became one of a growing number of alumni to graduate from the Henderson start-up college, and one of the first to complete all of her degree work at the little college that could.