Melody Rose started Sept. 1 as chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education. She has 25 years of higher education experience and was previously chancellor of the Oregon university system.
Julie Wootton-Greener
Education reporter
Email: jgreener@reviewjournal.com
Phone: 702-387-2921
Julie joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in July 2019 as a reporter for The View, covering the southwest/Henderson area. She grew up in southern California, and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash. She worked as an education and health reporter at the Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho for eight years. Before that, she was an education and county government reporter for two years at the Elko Daily Free Press in Elko, Nev.
A search committee will interview the finalists next week at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Nevada State College in Henderson announced on Twitter that it is beginning the search process for a new president and search forums are scheduled for Oct. 1.
UNLV knocked $50 off a facilities fee to compensate for limited access to some services because of COVID-19, but some students say the discount isn’t enough.
The regents hired an outside attorney with Title IX experience to provide “advice and counsel” regarding the incident involving Chief of Staff Dean Gould at an Aug. 7 meeting.
The university has reported seven cases since fall semester classes began Aug. 24.
Students at seven rural Clark County School District campuses headed back to in-person classes last week.
Other Las Vegas Valley private schools that are holding in-person classes have options for employees to get tested, but not students.
The Meadows School in Summerlin, which reopened Aug. 17 with in-person classes, is paying University Medical Center to provide testing twice a week for students and employees.
Nevada State Public Charter School Authority granted an exemption to a distance learning mandate for Pinecrest, Mater and Doral academy campuses in Northern Nevada.
The protest, organized by Nevada nonprofit Power2Parent, took place outside the Clark County School District’s Administrative Center on West Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas.
The private Catholic school, which has about 1,500 students, announced Monday night it learned of a second COVID-19 case on its Las Vegas campus.
Kim Law, Robert Cuccurullo and Mark Nekoba are among 20 Clark County teachers who were recognized in late May. Now, they’re gearing up for an unusual school year.
Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents voted Friday to approve a one-time distribution — an estimated $79.4 million in operating pool reserve — to help partially offset budget cuts.
The Clark County School District is using Canvas, an online learning management system, for distance education. Teachers are facing a crunch to get virtual classrooms set up by Monday.
