Board of Regents Election Candidates Town Hall

This is an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to raise questions with BOR candidates running for election to the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) Board of Regents. Hear directly from candidates about issues affecting higher education in Nevada, as well as their vision for BOR governance, collaboration, and leadership. The event will take place at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, in the Holbert H. Hendrix Education Auditorium (HEA 105) on the UNLV campus. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

This Town Hall event is hosted by the Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA), UNLV's graduate student government.

GPSA has prepared questions addressing the following topics:

1. UNLV Tuition and Fee Increases
2. Campus Security and Safety
3. Board Dynamics and Collaboration
4. Student Worker Rights
5. The IDEA Committee & Diversity
6. Support for Nontraditional and International Students
7. Nevada's K-12 to NSHE Pipeline

Additional questions will be asked by audience members during the second half of the event. Questions will be screened by the event team to ensure they are appropriate for the forum and relevant to the role of Regent.

The ground rules for the event include:

1. Each candidate will be given two minutes to provide opening remarks.
2. Responses to questions will be limited to one minute.
3. If a candidate's name is invoked by another candidate, the candidate will have a 30-second rebuttal period.

What is the Board of Regents?

Nevada's Board of Regents (BOR) governs the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE). NSHE oversees eight higher education institutions across the state, including UNLV. The Regents guide the budget process for the entire state higher education system AND even adopt, amend, or repeal policies that impact your daily life as a student. The Regents are also responsible for guiding the System's strategic investments, tuition and fee rates, as well as the degrees that can be offered by our public higher education institutions.

Five Regent districts are up for election this year.

Including three Las Vegas-based districts (Districts 2, 3, and 5). One eastern Nevada district with some of Centennial Hills area (District 8), and a district encompassing our sister institution the University of Nevada, Reno (District 10) are also up for election. You can find which district you reside in by utilizing the Who's My Legislator tool.

• BOR Voter Guide
• BOR Voting District Map

Candidiates committed to this event:

Questions about this town hall? Please contact Devin Lopez, gpsa.la@unlv.edu.