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NSHE Regent Removed From DEI Committee After Controversial Comments About Jewish Students

June 21, 2024 9:18 amJune 21, 2024 1:15 pm

The Globe has learned from a source that Regent Donald Sylvantee McMichael Sr. has been removed from NSHE’s (Nevada System of Higher Education) Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) committee. His Vice Chair position is no longer listed in his profile on the NSHE website. McMicheal’s controversial comments made during...

NSHE Regent’s Comments Against Jewish People Fuel Outrage And Safety Concerns

June 18, 2024 2:00 pmJune 21, 2024 9:05 am

The Globe has received numerous emails from concerned jewish UNLV students and from concerned members of the jewish community in response to the remarks made by Regent Donald Sylvantee McMichael Sr. during a NSHE (Nevada System of Higher Education) board meeting on June 7. McMichael also serves as the Vice...

Jewish Student Files Federal Lawsuit Against UNLV, Alleges ‘Unchecked Spread of Anti-Semitism’

May 28, 2024 5:19 pm

Plaintiff Cory Gerwaski, an observant jewish student at University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) has filed a federal lawsuit (see below) against the university, Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE), UNLV President Keith Whitfield, and a variety of student groups alleging that the ‘”unchecked spread of antisemitism” has caused him...

Regent Boylan: ‘Let Me Be Clear, I Will Not Resign’

April 26, 2024 1:37 pmApril 28, 2024 5:22 pm

On March 1 at the Board of Regents meeting, my intent was to ask about the safety of biological female student athletes and the chance of them being injured by biological male athletes playing against them in NSHE sports. It was and remains an appropriate question. Not surprisingly, my choice...

University of Nevada Reno Faces $11.9 Million Budget Deficit

March 9, 2022 3:30 pmMarch 15, 2022 3:30 pm

University of Nevada Reno (UNR) faces a $11.9 million budget deficit due to falling enrollment numbers. In the fall of 2021, 21,000 students were enrolled in comparison to 19,200 in the Spring of 2022. 90 percent of the budget goes to positions and the deficit impacts hiring/filling vacant positions. Last...