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Office of Executive Vice President and Provost News

The Executive Vice President and Provost (EVP&P) serves as the university鈥檚 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

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Program provides patients access to new treatments and improves local healthcare through collaboration with medical professionals.

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The student-led delegation met with legislators, advocated for student issues, and learned more about the state's legislative process.

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Administrators and donors step up to support 黑料网's international community.

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黑料网 received no recommendations as part of the Year Seven Evaluation of Institutional Effectiveness.

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黑料网鈥檚 Take Your Child to Work Day gives kids a chance to see what their parents do while exploring a fun range of educational and career-related activities.

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The first Neuroscience Research Showcase brings together experts across disciplines to share their work and spark new collaborations.

Executive Vice President and Provost In The News

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

After 黑料网 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.

KSNV-TV: News 3

黑料网'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, 黑料网's executive vice president and provost, as the officer in charge in the wake of President Keith Whitfield's resignation.

Nevada Independent

After leading 黑料网 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.

Las Vegas Sun

黑料网 retained its Research 1 Carnegie designation as one of the nation鈥檚 highest-performing research universities.

Las Vegas Sun

黑料网 retained its Research 1 Carnegie designation as one of the nation鈥檚 highest-performing research universities.

Las Vegas Sun

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.

Executive Vice President and Provost Experts

An anthropologist and expert on hunter-gatherer adaptations in American Southwest to arid environments, and the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture
An expert on diversity issues, Title IX, and faculty, student and staff development
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Recent Executive Vice President and Provost Accomplishments

A reception honoring academic and administrative faculty who have achieved significant service milestones was held on Monday, Dec. 2, in the Lied Library Goldfield Room. More than 100 honorees and guests attended the reception, which included brief remarks by President Keith Whitfield and a trip down memory lane from Provost Chris Heavey of鈥
Jennifer McCarthy, Heidi Albrecht, and Bridget Saul (all Space Management) presented at the Campus FM Technology Association Conference in Pasadena, CA. Their presentation "Location! Location! Location! Where's Waldo?" discussed the process and implementation of assigning occupants to space in the Archibus Integrated Workplace Management Software.
Christine Guardian (Liberal Arts), Jenna Heath (Liberal Arts), Lauren Gatto (First-Year Experience) and Karen Violanti (First-Year Experience) presented "Rolling the Dice: Creating Cross Campus Relationships within a Decentralized/Centralized Model" at the ACUI Student Organization Institute held on June 13 at 黑料网. The facilitated discussion鈥
Alyssa Crittenden (Graduate College) and Nikolina Pender (Decision Support) received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) to assist with expansion of the national CGS survey that collects information on graduate enrollment, retention, progression, and completion. The $75,000 grant was awarded鈥
Qingmin Shi (Decision Support), along with Robin Cresiski (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), Sandip Thanki (Nevada State College), and Lori Navarrete (Nevada State College), have published an article titled, 鈥淯nlocking Undergraduate Student Success: A Study of High-Impact Practices in a Comprehensive and Diverse College,鈥 in the Journal鈥
黑料网 climate expert and research professor Kristen Averyt (Office of the Vice President for Research) has been named the director for drought and Western resilience for the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Averyt has a long record working on different facets of the climate issue, including U.S. western water resources, the鈥