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Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Records

Identifier

UA-00067

Abstract

The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Records (2011-2022) documents the establishment of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV (formerly known as the UNLV School of Medicine). The materials include meeting agendas and reports from various committees, advisory boards, and the Legislative Counsel Bureau that were assessing economic impact, research strategies, medical education in the state of Nevada, and the development of the Las Vegas Medical District. Promotional and marketing materials in this collection includes event flyers and buttons produced to promote the UNLV School of Medicine. The collection also contains papers from Dr. Barbara Atkinson, the founding dean of the UNLV School of Medicine, such as letters of congratulaions on her appointment and biographical information. Also included are copies of the school's first commencement and hooding ceremony and a memoir written by James Dean Leavitt that details his experience building the School of Medicine as a member of the Board of Regents and as Chairman of the ad hoc Health Sciences Center Committee.

Archival Collection

Southern Nevada Multicultural Resources booklet by the Clark County School District, Compensatory Education Division, 1996

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Sue Fawn Chung Collection on Asians in Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00332
Collection Name: Sue Fawn Chung Collection on Asians in Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 01 (Restrictions apply)

Archival Component

"New Miller principal not a stranger to opening schools": Green Valley View article

Date

2000-08-19

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file. Copy of newspaper article regarding Kaweda Adams' (Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter soror) appointment as principal to Miller Middle School

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Health and Physical Education Records

Identifier

UA-00070

Abstract

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Health and Physical Education Records (1957-1997) is comprised of University of Nevada, Las Vegas records primarily dealing with the reorganization of departments from 1994-1997. Materials include national studies, internal memos, newspaper articles, public correspondences, and histories of the university, relevant departments, and professors.

Archival Collection

Holocaust Education Committee letters and meeting minutes, document 08

Description

Letter from Edythe Katz to the Holocaust Education Committee on August 06, 1980.

Porter-Tilman, Ruth, "Recent Trends in National Education Reform and the Nevada Charter Schools Act of 1997", 1998 Fall

Level of Description

Item

Archival Collection

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Theses, Dissertations, and Honors Papers
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Collection Number: UA-00082
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Theses, Dissertations, and Honors Papers
Box/Folder: Box 344

Archival Component

NDE (Nevada Department of Education) 2001. "Nevada Public Schools Four Year Comparison of Enrollments End of First School Month," Carson City, Nevada: Department of Education. Accessed December 11, 2001. http://www.nde.state.nv.us/admin.html, 2001

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
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Collection Number: MS-00603
Collection Name: Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Box/Folder: Box 41

Archival Component

Photograph of Tonopah High School and Grade School, Tonopah (Nev.), September 1981

Date

1981-09

Description

Left to right: Tonopah Grade School and High School, September 1981.

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"Some comments on the question of a law school for Nevada" by Leonard E. Goodall

Date

1980 (year approximate)

Description

Folder contains a paper titled "Some Comments on the Question of A Law School for Nevada" by Leonard E. Goodall, President, University of Nevada, Las Vegas for the use of the consulting firm of Cresap, McCormick and Paget, and the Law School Advisory Committee, Judge William Beko, Chairman, and the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada System, Robert Cashell, Chairman. From the University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law Records (UA-00048).

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Assistant Principal Gina Valverde White speaks with two Hispanic high school students at Las Vegas High School: photographic print

Date

1983 to 1986

Description

With the rapidly expanding Hispanic student population in the Clark County school district, a demand for teachers, counselors, and administrators sensitive to the special needs of this segment of the student body became apparent. Gina Valverde White, a Cuban refugee, works to address those needs. Starting her career as a classroom teacher, she went on to become the Assistant Principal at Las Vegas High School and is now Assistant Principal of the Washington Alternative Programs School. She is shown here working with Hispanic high school students.

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