
UNLV President Keith Whitfield has announced his resignation from the university on Monday. He was appointed president of UNLV on August 24, 2020.

UNLV President Keith Whitfield resigned Monday night, marking an end to four-and-a-half years that saw him guide the institution’s growth through a pandemic and deadly shooting.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas President Keith Whitfield announced his resignation from that post Monday evening, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned from a statement sent to students.

UNLV President Keith Whitfield is stepping down from his post after nearly five years, he announced tonight at the conclusion of a UNLV Foundation dinner.

Nevada education leaders are reviewing demands of a recent U.S. Department of Education memo for American schools ordering institutions to eradicate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal funding.

UNLV’s College of Education held a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday for a new project to expand its on-campus preschool. The project is a part of the university’s commitment to meet the childcare and educational needs of families throughout Southern Nevada.

Six preschoolers on Monday morning donned tiny yellow hard hats and picked up miniature plastic shovels while digging into a small pile of dirt outside the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center at UNLV.

UNLV’s College of Education held a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday for a new project to expand its on-campus preschool. The project is a part of the university’s commitment to meet the childcare and educational needs of families throughout Southern Nevada.

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

In the wake of President Trump’s executive order outlawing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives for any U.S. business or academic institution that receives federal funding, UNLV’s president defended his university’s hiring practices. “We’re still people. We’re all going to have our diversity pieces to our background and some of that comes out.”

In the wake of President Trump’s executive order outlawing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives for any U.S. business or academic institution that receives federal funding, UNLV’s president defended his university’s hiring practices. “We’re still people. We’re all going to have our diversity pieces to our background and some of that comes out.”

UNLV President Keith E. Whitfield gave the annual State of the University address, outlining his vision for the school.