The
University of Nevada, Reno (commonly
UNR or
Nevada) is a
universityA university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
located in
Reno, NevadaReno is a city in and the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The population was 180,480 at the 2000 census; in 2008, its population was estimated at 217,016, making it the fourth-largest city in the state after Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas, and the largest outside of...
, USA, and includes programs in agricultural research, journalism, animal biotechnology, mining-related engineering, business administration, and natural sciences such as
seismologySeismology is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth...
. The university's
journalism schoolThe Reynolds School of Journalism is a professional school of the University of Nevada, Reno. Established in 1984, it counts six Pulitzer Prize recipients among its alumni.-Recent innovations:...
has produced six
Pulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by Hungarian-American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City....
winners. The university is classified by the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Education as a Comprehensive Doctoral Research University with medical and/or veterinary medicine. It is the land grant institution for the state of Nevada.
The university is also home to the University of Nevada School of Medicine, which was founded in 1969. The school includes 16 clinical departments and five nationally recognized basic science departments.
History
The University of Nevada was originally founded in
Elko, NevadaElko is a city in Elko County, Nevada, United States. The population was 16,980 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Elko County....
in 1874 as a small, makeshift prep school. In 1885, the state legislature voted to close the Elko institution and the fledgling institution was moved from Elko to its current home in Reno, where classes began two years later.
After several decades of struggling to implement requirements of federal Morrill
land-grantLand-grant universities are institutions of higher education in the United States designated by each state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890....
legislation, the university made large strides toward becoming the modern institution it is today with the opening of the
Desert Research InstituteThe is the nonprofit research campus of the Nevada System of Higher Education , the organization that oversees all publicly-supported higher education in the U.S. state of Nevada...
in 1960 and a medical school in 1967. The University of Nevada remained the only four-year academic institution in the state of Nevada until 1965, when the Nevada Southern campus (now the
University of Nevada, Las VegasThe University of Nevada, Las Vegas is a public, coeducational university located in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada, USA. The campus is located in Southeast Las Vegas, approximately east of the Las Vegas Strip. Ground breaking on the original site was in April 1956, and the university...
) was separated to become its own university.
There is now controversy over whether the university should be called UNR or Nevada. It stems from the sentiment of the Board of Regents that the university is not the sole University of Nevada in the state, and hence should always be identified by its full name, the University of Nevada, Reno. However, some claim that since it was the first university in the state, its historical name should be its official designation, as it is in many other multi-campus public university systems such as the
University of MichiganThe University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a public research university located in the state of Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university, the flagship campus of the University of Michigan, and one of the top public universities in the world...
. Several of the university's institutions retain the wording "University of Nevada", including the alumni association, the student government, and the athletics department (which refers to the school's teams simply as "Nevada").
Appearance
Campus is located just north of downtown
RenoReno is a city in and the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The population was 180,480 at the 2000 census; in 2008, its population was estimated at 217,016, making it the fourth-largest city in the state after Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas, and the largest outside of...
overlooking
Truckee MeadowsThe Truckee Meadows is a valley in Northern Nevada which contains the cities of Reno and Sparks. The valley is approximately 10 miles square. It is bounded by the Carson Range in the west and the Virginia Range in the east...
and the downtown casinos.
The university's first building, Morrill Hall (completed in 1887), still stands on the historic quad at the campus' southern end. Lincoln Hall (all-male dormitory) and Manzanita Hall (all-female dormitory) were both completed in 1896.
Across the campus of the university exists the
University of Nevada, Reno ArboretumThe University of Nevada, Reno Arboretum is a state arboretum located across the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno in Reno, Nevada.The arboretum was established in 1985, and contains a collection of trees, shrubs, flowers, ornamentals and native flora, including over 60 genera and about 200...
, which was established in 1985, contains a collection of trees, shrubs, flowers, ornamentals and native flora, including over 60 genera and about 200 species of trees, many with several cultivars present. Thirty-six mature elm trees line the Quad.
The campus contains a statue of
John William MackayJohn William Mackay was an American capitalist, born in Dublin, Ireland.-Biography:His parents brought him in 1840 to New York City, where he worked in a shipyard. In 1851 he went to California and worked in placer gold-mines in Sierra County...
(namesake of Nevada's Mackay School of Mines, later renamed the
Mackay School of Earth Sciences and EngineeringThe Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, formerly Mackay School of Mines, is a specialized school within the University of Nevada, Reno. It is named after John William Mackay....
), created by
Mount RushmoreMount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture by Gutzon Borglum , located within the United States Presidential Memorial that represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America with sculptures of the heads of former...
designer
Gutzon Borglum Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum was an American artist and sculptor famous for creating the monumental presidents' heads at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, the famous carving on Stone Mountain near Atlanta, as well as other public works of art.- Background :The son of Danish immigrants, Gutzon Borglum...
.
Sustainability
Since its creation in the Fall of 2008, the University of Nevada, Reno's Sustainability Committee has been gathering information on various aspects of campus sustainability and beginning the development of a plan for creating a more sustainable campus.
The University's Food Services has made a commitment of 1% of the meal plan revenue to go towards funding sustainable initiatives on campus. In order to reduce energy use, UNR has installed solar panels on the Joe Crowley Student Union and built its first LEED accredited building.
University of Nevada has been ranked among the nation's most sustainable colleges, receiving an overall grade of "B+" on the Sustainable Endowment Institute's College Sustainability Report Card 2010.
Academics
Bachelor'sA bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for four years, but can range from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
,
master'sA master's degree is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
, and
doctoralA doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries represents the highest level of formal study or research in a given field. In some countries it also refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to practice in a specific profession . The best-known example...
programs are offered through:
Colleges
- College of Agriculture, Biotechnology, and Natural Resources
- College of Business Administration
- College of Education
- College of Engineering
- College of Human and Community Sciences
- College of Liberal Arts
The College of Liberal Arts at the University of Nevada is the humanities and social sciences college at the University of Nevada. The Nevada School of the Arts and the new School of Social Research and Justice Studies are located in the college....
- College of Science
- Cooperative Extension Service
- Graduate School
- Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism
The Reynolds School of Journalism is a professional school of the University of Nevada, Reno. Established in 1984, it counts six Pulitzer Prize recipients among its alumni.-Recent innovations:...
- School of Medicine
Schools
- the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering
The Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, formerly Mackay School of Mines, is a specialized school within the University of Nevada, Reno. It is named after John William Mackay....
- the Orvis School of Nursing
- the School of the Arts
- the School of Public Health
- the School of Social Work
- the School of Social Research and Justice Studies
In addition, the university maintains and sponsors several centers, institutes, and facilities.
Centers
Nevada sponsors a center dedicated to
BasqueThe Basques are the native people of the Basque Country .The Basques as an ethnic group primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country, a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-eastern Spain...
studies (Including
Basque languageBasque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is the mother tongue of approximately one fifth of Basques, 632,000 out of nearly 3,000,000...
) due to the large Basque population in northern Nevada.
In addition, the university maintains and sponsors many
centers, institutes & facilitiesThere are several notable research and academic institutes, centers, and facilities associated with the University of Nevada, Reno-Centers, Institutes & Facilities:*Academy for the Environment*Applied Research Facility...
.
Libraries
The university and surrounding community is served by several campus libraries. The libraries are:
Student government
The
Associated Students of the University of Nevada (ASUN) represents the undergraduate population at the university. ASUN has three branches:
executive,
legislative and judicial.
The
president of ASUN, Vice President, Director of Clubs and Organizations, Director of Programming and Director of Homecoming constitute the executive officers with oversight. These officers also comprise the core of Executive Cabinet which also counts among its members the Chief of Staff, the Attorney General and the Presidential Assistant for Public Relations (also commonly referred to as the Director of Public Relations). In addition, the executive branch consists of a number of additional officers. The Commissioners for Clubs and Organizations constitute the governing, administrative and support structure for the more than 300 student organizations on campus and serve under the Director of Clubs and Organizations. The Programming Chairs (aka Programmers or Flipsiders) serve under the Director of Programming to plan and implement events which enrich student life and engagement. Under the Director of Homecoming four Assistant Directors serve to organize the week of Homecoming events and activities. There is also a Commission on Diversity (called the Unity Commission), which mainly serves in an advisory capacity, although its duties are expanding, and is chaired and led by the Vice President. The Senate is the legislative branch of the ASUN.
Consisting of 22 senators elected from each of the university's colleges and schools, the Senate takes action on matters on behalf of the student body and creates laws which govern the ASUN. The Senate's membership is apportioned by population in each college. The College of Liberal Arts (the largest), for instance, has eight seats in the Senate while the Reynolds School of Journalism has only one. The speaker of the Senate, also a senator, chairs all Senate meetings. The Senate may also appoint for itself administrative quasi-officers in the positions of Secretary and Parliamentarian. In addition, an ASUN Archivist serves on an inter-branch basis to record the acts, statutes, regulations, history and other pertinent information of the organization. This officer serves under the direction of the President.
The Judicial Council, composed of up to seven justices, hears matters related to the ASUN Constitution and other matters that require peer review, such as alleged violation of university policies. Justices serve a two-year term. Elections are held on an annual basis for President, Vice President and legislative officers. GPA and completed credit requirements determine who is eligible for office. Credit requirements are graduated; the more senior the elected office in ASUN, the more credits must be completed in order to be eligible for office. ASUN is duly constituted under the laws of the state of Nevada, the university's Board of Regents policies and is bound by its own
Constitution.
View the ASUN Organization Chart
here
In 2007 a major revision to this constitution was passed by the undergraduate voters. The action essentially deleted the old constitution and replaced it with a new version. The revision allowed for a drastic change in the organization of the Executive Branch, as well as other matters related to legislative actions and general language. This revision namely removed a constitutional place for the former Vice Presidents of Programming and Clubs and Organizations, instead stating that all executive officer positions other than President and Vice President shall be set forth by legislative actions (laws). This change, while controversial, has been credited for allowing the large expansion in student leadership positions that serve the interests of the students, chiefly the Commission on Clubs and Organizations, the entirety of the Department of Homecoming, the Office of the Attorney General and Chief of Staff, and more. The revision also made clear delineations between the branches.
In addition to this increase in officer positions a number of new student- and professional-staff positions have been created within the ASUN.
View the Staff Org Chart In terms of professional staff, two Associate Directors, one for Marketing and Media and the other for Student Activities, work at the supervision of the Director of ASUN (also termed the Business Manager, for legal purposes related to Regents policy). Within the Student Activities portion, two additional Assistant Directors work to assist student officers and club leaders, the Assistant Director of Student Activities- Clubs and Organizations and the Assistant Director of Student Activities- Campus Programming. In addition, a Coordinator for Technology Projects and Support position exists within the Marketing and Media division, as does the Coordinator for Advertising Sales. The Coordinator of Campus Escort and the Program Manager for Accounting also complete the professional staff team. ASUN, and its associated Bookstore, constitute the largest single employer of on-campus student positions. These include the reception staff, the Escort Services agents, Accounting Assistants, the ASUN Secretarial Corps, the Clubs and Organizations Resource Manager and the Special Projects Coordinator.
Beyond this "leadership and activities" core, the ASUN has its own graphic design department, Inkblot Promotions, which carries out marketing and media work for the government and affiliated organizations. Also within the larger umbrella of ASUN are a number of student media outlets: the weekly student newspaper [ http://nevadasagebrush.com/ The Nevada Sagebrush]; the campus magazine,
INsight, which was The Artemisia and the campus' yearbook until the change in 2008; the literary and arts journal,
The Brushfire; and the student radio station,
Wolf Pack Radio.
Athletics
Though often referred to as UNR within the state, the university prefers to be called simply
Nevada for athletics purposes. Its sports teams are nicknamed the Wolf Pack (always two words). They participate in the NCAA's
Division IDivision I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
(FBS for
footballAmerican football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, and often as Gridiron or Tackle football outside North America, is a competitive team sport known for combining strategy with physical play. The objective of the game is to score points by advancing the ball into the...
) and in the
Western Athletic ConferenceThe Western Athletic Conference was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision...
.
Men's basketball
In March 2004, the Wolf Pack Men's basketball team qualified for the
NCAA tournamentThe NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination tournament held each spring featuring 65 college basketball teams. college basketball teams in the United States...
and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in school history. The team earned a repeat trip in 2005 and beat
TexasThe University of Texas at Austin is a public research university located in Austin, Texas, United States, and is the flagship institution of The University of Texas System. The main campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol...
in the first round before falling to eventual national runner-up
IllinoisThe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public research university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the oldest and largest campus in the University of Illinois system....
. The team returned for 2006 as a #5 seed but was upset in the first round by former
Big Sky ConferenceThe Big Sky Conference is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I, with football competing in the division I Football Championship Subdivision. The BSC was founded in 1963...
rival Montana. They began the 2006-07 season ranked #24. The Pack's major star during this recent period of success was
Nick FazekasNick Fazekas is an American professional basketball player. He most recently played for ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne in France.-Early career:...
. In 2007, Nevada was ranked #9 in men's basketball, which is the highest ranking that Nevada has ever held. Coach Mark Fox took over after Trent Johnson left in 2004 to coach at
Stanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university located in Stanford, California, United States...
. On April 3, 2009 it was announced that David Carter would replace Fox who decided to leave Nevada for the same position at the
University of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning. Founded in 1785, UGA claims to be the oldest public university in the United States....
.
Football
The football team plays at
Mackay StadiumMackay Stadium is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of the University of Nevada in Reno, Nevada. It is the home field of the Nevada Wolf Pack of the Western Athletic Conference....
, The modern Mackay Stadium was completed in 1965 with a seating capacity of 7,500. The facility has been expanded several times in the last 15 years and now seats 29,993.
Other notable sports
Other notable successes have come in rifle shooting, baseball, soccer, women's softball, and swimming and diving.
Rivalries
Annually, Nevada's football team plays its primary rival,
UNLVThe University of Nevada, Las Vegas is a public, coeducational university located in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada, USA. The campus is located in Southeast Las Vegas, approximately east of the Las Vegas Strip. Ground breaking on the original site was in April 1956, and the university...
, for the
Fremont CannonThe Fremont Cannon is the trophy awarded to the winner of the Battle for Nevada, a college football rivalry game between the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the University of Nevada, Reno . The trophy built in 1970 and is a replica of a 19th century Howitzer cannon that accompanied American...
in the Battle for Nevada. Nevada is currently enjoying a 20-15 lead in the series, after beating UNLV in 2009, 63-28, in Reno. Nevada also plays UNLV once a year in basketball, with UNLV currently leading the series 51-19. Nevada's two out-of-state rivals, particularly in
footballAmerican football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, and often as Gridiron or Tackle football outside North America, is a competitive team sport known for combining strategy with physical play. The objective of the game is to score points by advancing the ball into the...
, are
Boise StateThe Boise State Broncos are the official athletic program of Boise State University. The Broncos compete in a wide variety of sports. Perhaps the most well-known of these sports is the football program. The program attained a 13-0 season in 2006 capped by a memorable overtime win in the 2007 Fiesta...
and
Fresno StateCalifornia State University, Fresno, commonly referred to as Fresno State, is one of the campuses of California State University system, located at the northeast edge of Fresno, California, USA....
.
Mascot
The Wolf Pack's mascot is an anthropomorphized wolf named Alphie, who took over the duties of cheering from his uncle, Wolfie, in 1999. In 2007, Alphie was joined by his younger brother, Wolfie Jr.
Conference affiliations
Nevada has been a member of the
WACThe Western Athletic Conference was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision...
since 2000.
Previous conference memberships include:
- 1992-99 - Big West
The Big West Conference is an NCAA-affiliated Division I mid-major college athletic conference. When the conference began in 1969, its name was the "Pacific Coast Athletic Association" . After nineteen years, in 1988, its name was changed to the Big West Conference. The conference stopped...
- 1979-92 - Big Sky
The Big Sky Conference is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I, with football competing in the division I Football Championship Subdivision. The BSC was founded in 1963...
(swapped conference affiliations with Gonzaga UniversityGonzaga University is a private Catholic Jesuit university located in Spokane, Washington, United States. Founded in 1887 by the Society of Jesus, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and is named after the young Jesuit saint, Aloysius Gonzaga...
, which has been without football since 1941)
- 1969-79 - West Coast Athletic
The West Coast Conference is an NCAA collegiate athletics conference consisting of eight member schools across the states of California, Oregon, and Washington.All of the current members are private, religiously-affiliated institutions...
- (independent for football)
- 1954-1968 - Northern California Athletic Conference
The Northern California Athletic Conference, a former NCAA-affiliated Division II college athletic association that sponsored American football, was formed in 1925...
http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/wac/nevada/index.php
Student media
Nevada's editorially independent, weekly student newspaper, is called
The Nevada SagebrushThe Nevada Sagebrush is the independent student newspaper of the University of Nevada, Reno. It was founded in 1893 as The Student Record against the wishes of the Nevada Board of Regents. In 1910, the name was changed to The Sagebrush, and then, in 2004, to The Nevada Sagebrush.The newspaper is...
. It comes out every Tuesday morning, and employs more than 40 people, 25 full-time. Prior to 2004, the newspaper called itself simply the
Sagebrush.
The newspaper took home a Pacemaker in 2008 at the Associated Collegiate Press conference in Kansas City. It was also a finalist for a Pacemaker at the 2006 and 2007 ACP student journalism awards. It has won the best of show award at the fall 2005, 2006 and 2007 ACP national conferences in its category (weekly broadsheet at a four-year university). It was also nominated for an online ACP Pacemaker in 2008. It's new web site, [www.nevadasagebrush.com], which launched in the fall of 2007, has also been recognized by the Center for Innovation in College Media for it breaking news packages, podcasts, videos and general innovation and Web presence. Many of The
Nevada Sagebrushs former editors go on to work and take internships at newspapers and news organizations such as The Washington Post
, The Oregonian
, USA Today
, The Miami Herald
, The Arizona Republic
and the Associated Press as well as dozens of local newspapers around the country.
Formerly Nevada's yearbook, The Artemisia, now called Insight Magazine
, has evolved into the second major publication circulating UNR, presenting itself as a bi-monthly documentary photography magazine in contrast to the weekly, newspaper-style of The Sagebrush
. It is put out both in print and online, the online version providing both support for the published stories and independent content.
Nevada's literary arts journal Brushfire was created by a group of students in 1950. It is released once a semester and publishes original poetry, literature, and art by students and some faculty and community members.
There are other independent student publications on campus (although they have stopped publishing regularly since 2006) including The Nevada Blue and the Pack Patriot.
Interfraternity Council
- Lambda Chi Alpha
Lambda Chi Alpha is one of the largest men's general fraternities in North America, by its own count, having initiated more than 270,000 members and held chapters at more than 300 universities. It is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference and was founded by Warren A. Cole,...
, (ΛΧΑ)
- Nu Alpha Kappa
Nu Alpha Kappa , is a Latino-based fraternity which encompasses and values all cultures.Often referred to as "NAK", Nu Alpha Kappa was founded on February 26, 1988 on the campus of California Polytechnic State University, with twenty-one established chapters across California, Nevada, and...
, (ΝΑΚ)
- Phi Delta Theta
Phi Delta Theta is an international fraternity founded at Miami University in 1848 and headquartered in Oxford, Ohio. Phi Delta Theta, Beta Theta Pi, and Sigma Chi form the Miami Triad. The fraternity has about 160 active chapters and colonies in over 43 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces and...
, (ΦΔΘ)
- Pi Kappa Phi
Pi Kappa Phi is an American social fraternity. It was founded by Andrew Alexander Kroeg, Jr., Lawrence Harry Mixson, and Simon Fogarty, Jr. on December 10, 1904 at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. The fraternity has 142 active chapters, 93 alumni groups, 21 colonies, and...
, (ΠΚΦ)
- Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Epsilon is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity. Founded at the University of Alabama in 1856, it is the only fraternity founded in the Antebellum South still in operation...
, (ΣΑΕ)
- Sigma Nu
Sigma Nu is an undergraduate social college fraternity with chapters in the United States and Canada. Sigma Nu was founded in 1869 by three cadets at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia...
, (ΣΝ)
- Sigma Phi Epsilon
ΣΦΕ , commonly nicknamed SigEp or SPE, is a secret letter, social college fraternity for male college students in the United States. It was founded on November 1, 1901, at Richmond College and its national headquarters remains in Richmond, Virginia. It was founded on three principles: Virtue,...
, (ΣΦΕ)
- Tau Kappa Epsilon
Tau Kappa Epsilon is a college fraternity founded on January 10, 1899 at Illinois Wesleyan University with chapters in the USA, and Canada, and affiliation with a German fraternity system known as the Corps of the Weinheimer Senioren Convent...
, (ΤΚΕ)
Panhellenic Council
- Delta Delta Delta
Delta Delta Delta , also known as Tri Delta, is an international collegiate women's fraternity founded on November 27, 1888. With 138 chapters in the United States and Canada it is one of the largest women's organizations in the world....
, (ΔΔΔ)
- Delta Gamma
Delta Gamma is one of the oldest and largest women's fraternities in the United States and Canada, with its Executive Offices based in Columbus, Ohio.-History:...
, (ΔΓ)
- Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Alpha Theta , also known as Kathys, is an international women's fraternity founded on January 27, 1870 at DePauw University, formerly Indiana Asbury. Kappa Alpha Theta was the first Greek-letter women's college fraternity...
(ΚΑΘ)
- Pi Beta Phi
Pi Beta Phi is an international fraternity for women founded as I.C. Sorosis on April 28, 1867, at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, and is known as the first fraternity for women. Its headquarters are located in Town and Country, Missouri, and there are 134 active chapters and over 330...
, (ΠΒΦ)
- Sigma Kappa
Sigma Kappa is a sorority founded in 1874 at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Sigma Kappa was founded by five women: Mary Caffrey Low Carver, Elizabeth Gorham Hoag, Ida Mabel Fuller Pierce, Frances Elliott Mann Hall and Louise Helen Coburn...
, (ΣΚ)
Multicultural Greek Council
- Delta Sigma Pi
ΔΣΠ ' is a co-ed professional business fraternity in the United States of America. It was founded on November 7, 1907 at the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, New York University, New York, New York and is currently headquartered in Oxford, Ohio...
- Delta Sigma Theta
Delta Sigma Theta is a non-profit Greek-lettered sorority of college-educated women who perform public service and place emphasis on the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta was founded on January 13, 1913, at Howard University by twenty-two young women. Today, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority...
- Kappa Alpha Psi
Kappa Alpha Psi is a collegiate Greek-letter fraternity with a predominantly African American membership. Since the fraternity's founding on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never limited membership based on color, creed or national origin...
- Lambda Phi Xi, (ΛΦΞ)
- Lambda Psi Rho
- Nu Alpha Kappa
Nu Alpha Kappa , is a Latino-based fraternity which encompasses and values all cultures.Often referred to as "NAK", Nu Alpha Kappa was founded on February 26, 1988 on the campus of California Polytechnic State University, with twenty-one established chapters across California, Nevada, and...
Secret Societies
- Coffin and Keys, (ΧΚ), founded October 24, 1916 - http://www.coffinandkeys.com coffinandkeys.com
- The Order of the Sceptre, founded June 15, 2005 - http://www.apathyisdead.com apathyisdead.com
- The Union, founded in September 2007
- Muffin & Cheese, first newsletter published May 2008
- The N, Founded Fall 2008
Former Fraternities & Sororities
- Alpha Tau Omega
ATΩ is an American Leadership fraternity that annually ranks among the top ten national fraternities for number of chapters, and total number of members. ATO has more than 250 active and inactive chapters with more than 200,000 members and more than 6,500 active undergraduate members...
, suspended for two years, until 2010, "student conduct office found ATO guilty of hazing pledge members during recruitment last semester"
- Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity is an international secret social Greek-letter college fraternity. It was founded at 47 West Range at the University of Virginia in the United States on Sunday evening, March 1 1868.-History:...
, university charter revoked, new rushing member "Albert Santos drowned in Manzanita Lake."
Film history
The University of Nevada's classically-styled campus has served as the setting for many movies, including:
- Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944)
- Margie (1946)
- Apartment for Peggy
Apartment for Peggy is a 1948 film about a depressed professor whose spirits are lifted when he rents part of his home to a young couple. It was based on the novel An Apartment for Jenny by Faith Baldwin.-Cast:*Jeanne Crain as Peggy Taylor...
(1948)
- Mother Is a Freshman
Mother Is a Freshman is a 1949 comedy motion picture directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Loretta Young and Van Johnson.The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design.-Principal cast:*Loretta Young - Mrs...
(1949)
- Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College is a 1949 American comedy film directed by Elliott Nugent. The screenplay written by Mary Loos, Mary C. McCall, Jr., and Richard Sale was based on characters created by Gwen Davenport...
(1949)
- Hilda Crane
Hilda Crane, also known as The Many Loves of Hilda Crane, is a 1956 drama film made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Philip Dunne and produced by Herbert B. Swope Jr. from a screenplay adapted by Dunne from the play by Samson Raphaelson. The music score was by David Raksin and the...
(1956)
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