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Photograph of Tonopah High School and Grade School, Tonopah (Nev.), September 1981
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UNLV College of Education Associate Dean Shannon Smith and Professor Jesse Brinson co-authored "Racialized Schools: Understanding and Addressing Racism in Schools" on May 13, 2015: digital photographs
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Photograph of Washington Elementary School, Las Vegas, circa 1960s
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"New Miller principal not a stranger to opening schools": Green Valley View article
From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file. Copy of newspaper article regarding Kaweda Adams' (Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter soror) appointment as principal to Miller Middle School
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Photograph of Tonopah High School and Grade School, Tonopah (Nev.), October 1982
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Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Records
The Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV Records (2011-2022) documents the establishment of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV (formerly known as the UNLV School of Medicine). The materials include meeting agendas and reports from various committees, advisory boards, and the Legislative Counsel Bureau that were assessing economic impact, research strategies, medical education in the state of Nevada, and the development of the Las Vegas Medical District. Promotional and marketing materials in this collection includes event flyers and buttons produced to promote the UNLV School of Medicine. The collection also contains papers from Dr. Barbara Atkinson, the founding dean of the UNLV School of Medicine, such as letters of congratulaions on her appointment and biographical information. Also included are copies of the school's first commencement and hooding ceremony and a memoir written by James Dean Leavitt that details his experience building the School of Medicine as a member of the Board of Regents and as Chairman of the ad hoc Health Sciences Center Committee.
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Round Mountain High School students: photographic print
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). Teacher Mrs. Benson is in the light dress and white stockings in the middle of the line. Remainder of individuals in the photo are not identified.
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Migrant Education Work Program: documents
From the Clark County Economic Opportunity Board Records -- Series II: Projects. This folder contains documents related to the Migrant Education Work Program during 1969.
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"Some comments on the question of a law school for Nevada" by Leonard E. Goodall
Folder contains a paper titled "Some Comments on the Question of A Law School for Nevada" by Leonard E. Goodall, President, University of Nevada, Las Vegas for the use of the consulting firm of Cresap, McCormick and Paget, and the Law School Advisory Committee, Judge William Beko, Chairman, and the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada System, Robert Cashell, Chairman. From the University of Nevada, Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law Records (UA-00048).
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Assistant Principal Gina Valverde White speaks with two Hispanic high school students at Las Vegas High School: photographic print
With the rapidly expanding Hispanic student population in the Clark County school district, a demand for teachers, counselors, and administrators sensitive to the special needs of this segment of the student body became apparent. Gina Valverde White, a Cuban refugee, works to address those needs. Starting her career as a classroom teacher, she went on to become the Assistant Principal at Las Vegas High School and is now Assistant Principal of the Washington Alternative Programs School. She is shown here working with Hispanic high school students.
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