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Office of Executive Vice President and Provost News

The Executive Vice President and Provost (EVP&P) serves as the university’s chief academic and budget officer and as the chief executive officer of the university in the absence of the president. It provides leadership to support an interdisciplinary, student-centered culture across the campus especially in the area of retention, progression, and completion.

Current Executive Vice President and Provost News

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Cool under pressure, the Office of the President's director of strategic operations and planning is being recognized for ‘Operational Excellence.’

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Students in the Las Vegas Valley can take college credit courses at their school or attend on the UNLV campus through Dual Enrollment.

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Program provides patients access to new treatments and improves local healthcare through collaboration with medical professionals.

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The student-led delegation met with legislators, advocated for student issues, and learned more about the state's legislative process.

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Administrators and donors step up to support UNLV's international community.

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UNLV received no recommendations as part of the Year Seven Evaluation of Institutional Effectiveness.

Executive Vice President and Provost In The News

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

After UNLV President Keith E. Whitfield announced that he was stepping down from his position on Monday, a chancellor at the Nevada System of Higher Education appointed a new leader to take charge temporarily.

KSNV-TV: News 3

UNLV's new officer in charge is promising stability for a university that was suddenly thrust into a leadership transition this week. The Nevada System of Higher Education named Chris Heavey, UNLV's executive vice president and provost, as the officer in charge in the wake of President Keith Whitfield's resignation.

Nevada Independent

After leading UNLV through the pandemic and the 2023 on-campus shooting, Keith Whitfield announced late Monday he is stepping down as president effective at the end of that day.

Las Vegas Sun

UNLV retained its Research 1 Carnegie designation as one of the nation’s highest-performing research universities.

Las Vegas Sun

UNLV retained its Research 1 Carnegie designation as one of the nation’s highest-performing research universities.

Las Vegas Sun

Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley still remembers the biting cold she experienced 20 years ago setting foot in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp to mark the 60th year since the liberation of thousands of prisoners in 1945.

Executive Vice President and Provost Experts

An anthropologist and expert on hunter-gatherer adaptations in American Southwest to arid environments, and the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture
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An expert on diversity issues, Title IX, and faculty, student and staff development

Recent Executive Vice President and Provost Accomplishments

A reception honoring academic and administrative faculty who have achieved significant service milestones was held on Monday, Dec. 2, in the Lied Library Goldfield Room. More than 100 honorees and guests attended the reception, which included brief remarks by President Keith Whitfield and a trip down memory lane from Provost Chris Heavey of…
Jennifer McCarthy, Heidi Albrecht, and Bridget Saul (all Space Management) presented at the Campus FM Technology Association Conference in Pasadena, CA. Their presentation "Location! Location! Location! Where's Waldo?" discussed the process and implementation of assigning occupants to space in the Archibus Integrated Workplace Management Software.
Christine Guardian (Liberal Arts), Jenna Heath (Liberal Arts), Lauren Gatto (First-Year Experience) and Karen Violanti (First-Year Experience) presented "Rolling the Dice: Creating Cross Campus Relationships within a Decentralized/Centralized Model" at the ACUI Student Organization Institute held on June 13 at UNLV. The facilitated discussion…
Alyssa Crittenden (Graduate College) and Nikolina Pender (Decision Support) received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) to assist with expansion of the national CGS survey that collects information on graduate enrollment, retention, progression, and completion. The $75,000 grant was awarded…
Qingmin Shi (Decision Support), along with Robin Cresiski (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), Sandip Thanki (Nevada State College), and Lori Navarrete (Nevada State College), have published an article titled, “Unlocking Undergraduate Student Success: A Study of High-Impact Practices in a Comprehensive and Diverse College,” in the Journal…
UNLV climate expert and research professor Kristen Averyt (Office of the Vice President for Research) has been named the director for drought and Western resilience for the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Averyt has a long record working on different facets of the climate issue, including U.S. western water resources, the…