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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant [a] research university in Paradise, Nevada. The 332-acre (134 ha) [5] campus is about 1.6 mi (2.6 km) east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969.
Sport management is the field of business dealing with sports and recreation. [ 1] Sports management involves any combination of skills that correspond with planning, organizing, directing, controlling, budgeting, leading, or evaluating of any organization or business within the sports field. [ 2] The field of sport management has its origins ...
Established in 1967 as the College of Business and Economics, the now Lee Business School is one of the largest schools at UNLV with approximately 3,500 undergraduate students, 500 graduate students, and 100 faculty and staff and offers the only AACSB accredited business program in Southern Nevada. The school offers ten undergraduate majors, 14 ...
The William S. Boyd School of Law is the law school of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and the only law school in Nevada. [ 4] It is named after William S. Boyd, a Nevada attorney and co-founder of Boyd Gaming Corporation who provided the initial funding for the school. [ 5] The school opened in 1998 and graduated its first class in ...
The William F. Harrah College of Hospitality (formerly known as the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration) offers graduate and undergraduate degrees in hospitality management at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Named after William F. Harrah, the founder of Harrah's Entertainment . Located 1.5 miles from the Las Vegas Strip.
Nevada State University's 509-acre site is located at the base of the McCullough mountain range in the southeastern corner of Henderson. [31] The site was conveyed from the Bureau of Land Management to the city of Henderson in November 2002 as part of the Clark County Conservation of Public Lands and Natural Resources Act of 2002.
UNLV is a member of the Mountain West Conference. The UNLV Rebels are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The Rebels compete in the NCAA Division I ( Football Bowl Subdivision for college football) as a member of the Mountain West Conference. The school's colors are scarlet and gray.
David B. Ashley (b. 1951), former president of University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Francis J. Beckwith (b. 1960), philosopher and professor at Baylor University. John W. Farley, atomic physicist, professor of physics at UNLV. Theodore Garland Jr. (b. 1956), biologist at University of California, Riverside. Andrea Hodge, materials scientist at the ...