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Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
EVP steps in after UNLV president resigns
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The person who will serve as Officer in Charge following Keith Whitfield's resignation as president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), was announced Tuesday. Effective Tuesday, Executive Vice President and Provost Christopher L. Heavey, Ph.D., will take the role of Officer in Charge, according to a post on the UNLV website. ALSO READ: UNLV President Keith Whitfield announces resignation 'According to NSHE code, the officer in charge shall exercise the powers of the president until an acting, interim, or permanent president is appointed by the Board of Regents,' the post said. The post detailed Heavy's record, including a 30-year history with UNLV. 'An experienced leader, Provost Heavey has been at UNLV for more than 30 years, serving in various leadership roles, including senior vice provost, vice provost for undergraduate education, and dean,' the blog post said. 'A tenured professor of psychology, he holds a master's and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from UCLA and a bachelor's from UC Santa Cruz.' Whitfield's departure was announced Monday evening as the president said it was due to family reasons, citing a need to tend to his mother and spend more time with his grandchildren. 'Now, I have to take my own advice and take care of some family issues. Family is a crucial part of our lives. More of my attention is needed to help my mother and make sure she has the best care possible. I also want to spend more time with one of my grandsons, who currently has some health challenges of his own. These commitments will require more of my time and energy and prevent me from being your president,' he said in his statement. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
UNLV President Keith Whitfield announces resignation
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — University of Nevada, Las Vegas President Keith Whitfield announced his resignation from that post Monday evening, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned in a statement sent to the students. Whitfield, who presided over the deadly shooting on the UNLV campus in December 2023, began his tenure there in August 2020. 3 dead, 1 in stable condition after shooting on UNLV campus; suspect dead He made the announcement at the university's annual foundation dinner at the Bellagio Monday night. Whitfield is the first African American president in UNLV's history, according to the school's website. Whitfield said his departure was due to family issues, stating, 'Now, I have to take my own advice and take care of some family issues. Family is a crucial part of our lives. More of my attention is needed to help my mother and make sure she has the best care possible. I also want to spend more time with one of my grandsons who currently has some health challenges of his own. These commitments will require more of my time and energy and prevent me from being your president.' The Nevada Board of Regents convenes for its quarterly meeting on March 6-7. After DEI interview with UNLV president, school scrubs website of diversity scorecard The 8 News Now Investigators asked a UNLV spokesman for a comment on Whitfield's future in the hours before the announcement, but that email was not returned. Monday afternoon, a spokesman for the Nevada System of Higher Education could not 'confirm or deny' whether Whitfield was resigning. Subsequent emails after Whitfield's announcement were not immediately answered. 'I know this news – and the timing of it in the middle of the semester and state legislative session – may come as a shock to some of you, but this is a decision I have been considering for a while now. Once my decision to leave was final, it did not seem fair to the university or any of you to draw out my departure. I have shared my decision with our senior leadership team at UNLV and believe they will rise to the occasion with no loss in the momentum we currently enjoy,' Whitfield said in his statement. At UNLV's State of the University address on Jan. 30, Whitfield boasted an enrollment of just under 33,000 students, an all-time high and six percent higher than the previous school year. He also set a goal of 40,000 by 2030. Whitfield said he expects UNLV to add new buildings on the Maryland Parkway campus to accommodate its goal of becoming a more prestigious research university. Whitefield's statement said in part: 'Since day one and every day since, I feel blessed to have been afforded the opportunity to lead our great university and be a part of the Rebel family. So much progress has been made because we took on challenges by working together. It is immensely rewarding to leave knowing that the foundation of UNLV has dramatically improved over the last five years. It has been an honor to serve as your president and be a part of this amazing community. 'I wish all of you the absolute best and thank you for your work, collaboration, and friendship. I always will be a Rebel!' Whitfield said in his statement that the leadership transition is already in progress and Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Patricia Charlton is set to make an announcement on Tuesday. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
After DEI interview with UNLV president, school scrubs website of diversity scorecard
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – UNLV removed a scoresheet Thursday from its human resources webpage intended to provide guidance for evaluating the diversity statements of potential faculty hires, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned. Tuesday, the 8 News Now Investigators published the accounts of an interview with the university president, Dr. Keith Whitfield, in which Whitfield downplayed certain aspects of the university's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives. Guidance-for-Evaluating-Diversity-StatementsDownload One of them was the aforementioned scorecard. Additionally, faculty job postings like this one seem to require a 'Commitment to Diversity.' 'The successful candidate will demonstrate support for diversity, equity, and inclusiveness as well as participate in maintaining a respectful, positive work environment,' the posting said. Originally, the 8 News Now Investigators asked UNLV to define its stance on DEI given President Trump's executive orders to cut off funding to institutions and corporations who don't abolish their DEI initiatives. A UNLV spokesman sent a statement which said, in part: 'With respect to current policies, the university follows federal Equal Employment Opportunities requirements and related system-wide policies set by the NSHE Board of Regents… Beyond that, I checked in with our Human Resources team and I'm not aware of any additional current (or recent) university-wide policies on this topic. ' The DEI scorecard, which ranks candidates in four separate categories including whether they provide a statement discussing contributions to DEI, and whether the candidate indicates awareness of inequities and challenges in education faced by underrepresented or disadvantaged groups. Whitfield, in an interview with the 8 News Now Investigators after his annual State of the University address on the UNLV campus, said talent drives the university's hiring practices. 'For our policy,' Whitfield said, 'it's always been about talent. You know, we try to get the best.' Whitfield became UNLV's 11th president on Aug. 24, 2020, according to the university's website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
