A 24-year-old Donald Snyder told his new wife, Dee, that he would one day be president of a bank. That helped them plan and build a successful marriage and life together, but even he couldn’t have imagined the heights his career would reach in the next four decades. Now 66, he sits as the acting president of UNLV, having paved an oft-heralded executive trail through the corporate and academic world.
Two decades, restored state funding and private investment are what officials say it will take for UNLV to become a top research university.
The Henderson Chamber of Commerce created its I Can Be program to better equip freshmen with a plan that could help them achieve their career goals.
Hospitality Hall, a 95,000-square-foot hotel college building at UNLV, is one step closer to reality.
When Andre Agassi announced last week his financing of buildings for three charter schools in Southern Nevada, he described the projects as the potential “start of a pipeline” of new, local charters. Well, there’s already another deal to announce.
Five years into the economic recovery, Nevadans’ personal finances have improved slightly but remain among the worst in the country, according to a new report released Thursday.
The first few months for the UNLV stadium board members have been like a pregame warm-up. But now it’s game time for the 11-member team of hotel-casino executives, university system regents and local officials. Time to start delivering — and absorbing — public-policy stadium hits.
Despite Smatresk’s decision to leave UNLV to take over as president of the University of North Texas, Brent Hathaway said he is looking forward to what 2014 has to offer the 3,200 students enrolled in the Lee School of Business.
