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Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Records
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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.
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Photograph of Las Vegas Grammar School, circa 1920s
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas law school planning: schedule, committee notes, correspondence, and reports
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Folder includes Citizens Ad Hoc Law School Committee notes by Janice S. Gould, "Final Report on Law Program (1967-68)", and correspondence and memos related to legal education at Nevada Southern University (later UNLV). From the University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law Records (UA-00048).
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Photograph of children at Las Vegas School, circa 1912
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Bill Yonema Tomiyasu Elementary School: photographic print
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School murals and exteriors, 1977 to 1993
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Materials contain photographs and photographic slides of murals and graphic emblems painted for schools by Robert Beckmann from 1977 to 1993. The photographs primarily depict paintings for schools in Las Vegas, Nevada, including elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, and several buildings on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus.
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Collection Name: Robert Beckmann Photographs
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Pahrump Valley High School graduation: photographic print
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Photograph of Fifth Street School, Las Vegas, 1919
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Assistant Principal Gina Valverde White speaks with two Hispanic high school students at Las Vegas High School: photographic print
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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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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) College of Architecture, Construction Management and Planning 33rd commencement program
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Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).
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