theuniversity 177 UNIVERSITY QUICKFACTSUNIVERSITY QUICKFACTS UNIVERSITY QUICKFACTSUNIVERSITY QUICKFACTS U N LV quick facts Campus founded 1957 Main campus size 332 acres Total enrollment 28,600 Combining the excitement of an urban location with the Full-time undergraduates 75% charm of a traditional campus, the University of Nevada, Las Average undergraduate class size 31 Vegas offers students a full educational and social experience. Average graduate class size 9 Just over five decades old, UNLV has maintained a healthy Average undergraduate age 21 rate of growth in enrollment, programs and scholastic excel- Average graduate age 30 lence as part of the eight-component Nevada System of Higher Female students 56% Education. Male students 44% Located in the heart of one of the world’s most vibrant and Total employees 3,208 dynamic cities, UNLV has matured along with the Las Vegas Faculty with doctorates 84% area. With enrollment more than doubling the last decade, the Faculty with terminal degrees 89% tremendous growth has meant a flurry of construction resulting Approx. undergraduate degree programs 120 in a campus setting boasting academic and athletic facilities Graduate/Professional degree programs 100 second to none. Total 2014-15 graduates 5,285 Steadily becoming a traditional residential university, UNLV Avg. yearly cost for full-time, resident undergraduate $5,760 provides on-campus housing for more than 2,000 students. A Avg. yearly cost for full-time, resident graduate: $9,364 variety of student clubs and organizations along with 36 Greek organizations supplement the social development of students. From within its 15 schools and colleges, including the Wil- liam S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV is also becoming a leading research institution of the West. The school’s scientific, social science, and business programs attract millions of dollars in research grants annually to fund projects in desert biology, nuclear waste transportation, laser physics, public opinion surveys and many others. In addition to traditional student programs, UNLV serves diverse local, national and international communities through its Educational Outreach Division, offering Summer Term, Continuing Education and Distance Education programs enroll- ing more than 53,000 students annually. < THE U N I V E R S I T Y > 178 With its Performing Arts Center, the campus is the cultural hub of Southern Nevada. World-class orchestras and soloists, dance and theater arts combine to provide a broad selection of concerts and stage productions. The Barrick Lecture Series and several campus organizations bring noted speak- ers to the University, and local and visiting artists show their works in the Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery. UNLV has excellent athletic facilities as well, many open for student and public use. Opened in 1957 as the southern regional division of the University of Nevada with a total of 28 students, UNLV now is home to more than 28,000 students coming from every county in Nevada, all 50 U.S. states and 88 countries. Much of UNLV’s tremendous expansion is the result of support from the Nevada Legislature and the state’s taxpayers. Private donors have played an important role as well. These gifts support new facilities and programs and, most important, provide the scholarship incentives that bring Nevada’s best and brightest student scholars to campus. UNLV operates an on-campus Center for Business and Eco- nomic Research, Center for Economic Education, Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies (in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Desert Biology Research Center, Center for Survey Research, Nuclear Waste Transportation Research Center and other research and public-service centers. Offering 120 undergraduate programs and 100 graduate tracts, UNLV graduated a class of over 5,000 last year. The University operates on a semester system and is a member of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the Council of Graduate Schools, the American Council of Education and the Western College Association. All of the University’s academic programs are fully accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, and many programs have received further accreditation from independent national ac- creditation bodies. < THE U N I V E R S I T Y > 179 PRESIDENT PRESIDENT PRESIDENT dr. len JESSUP Len Jessup joined UNLV as its 10th president in January 2015. An accomplished leader in higher education, Jessup brings experience as a university professor, administrator, entrepreneur and fundraiser. He is guiding UNLV on its path to become a top tier national public research university. Among his top priorities is the continued devel- opment of a UNLV School of Medicine and a commitment to improve student achievement, research and creative activity, university infra- structure, and community partnerships. Jessup is a leading researcher in management information systems, with a focus on the use of emerging technology in higher education and business, new venture strategies, and social entrepreneurship. Prior to UNLV, Jessup served as dean of the Eller College of Man- agement at the University of Arizona (2011-2014), where he was also professor of entrepreneurship and innovation and the Halle Chair in Leadership. He led Eller to become a self-sustaining college with higher national rankings that robustly contributes to the state’s eco- nomic development. As a founding board member of the University of Arizona Health Network, he also contributed to the rethinking and restructuring of the university’s academic medical center. He was instrumental in creating the University of Arizona’s technol- ogy transfer and commercialization program, Tech Launch Arizona. He led the development and expansion of online degree and execu- tive education programs at Arizona and helped drive similar inno- ALL-TIME PRESIDENTS vations in previous positions at Washington State University (2000- 2011) and Indiana University (1995-2000). William D. Carlson 1957-65 As vice president of university development and president of the Donald C. Moyer 1965-68 Washington State University Foundation, he transformed the univer- Roman J. Zorn 1969-74 sity’s fundraising efforts, helping to double overall fundraising totals Donald Baepler 1974-78 and welcoming record numbers of donors to the university. Brock Dixon 1978-79 A former baseball player in the highly competitive California junior college system, Jessup received his B.A. in information and commu- Leonard “Pat” Goodall 1979-84 nication studies in 1983 and his MBA in 1985, both from California Robert C. Maxson 1984-94 State University, Chico. He earned his Ph.D. in organizational behavior Kenny Guinn (interim) 1994-95 and management information systems from the University of Arizo- Carol C. Harter 1995-06 na’s Eller College of Management in 1989, and was awarded the Out- David B. Ashley 2006-09 standing Ph.D. Alumnus in 2004. Jessup resides with partner Kristi Staab, a former telecommunica- Neal Smatresk 2009-13 tions industry executive who owns and operates a successful lead- Donald Snyder (interim) 2014 ership and sales training and development business. Jessup has a Len Jessup 2015-SA daughter, Jamie, and a son, David. STATE BOARD OF REGENTS john dr. andrea cedric robert dr. mark dr. jason trevor WHITE ANDERSON CREAR D AV I D S O N DOU B R AVA GEDDES H AY E S CHANCELLOR james dean sam kevin kevin allison rick michael LEAVITT LieBerman MELCHER PA G E STEPHENS TRACHOK WIXOM CHAIR VICE CHAIR < THE U N I V E R S I T Y > 180 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ATHLETIC DIRECTORATHLETIC DIRECTORATHLETIC DIRECTOR tina KUNZER-MURP HY from the school in 1975. While pursuing a graduate degree she served as a ALL-TIME ATHLETIC DIRECTORS tennis instructor and dance teacher at both UNLV and Michael “Chub” Drakulich 1958-72 Clark County Community College (now CSN). Bill Ireland 1973-80 Soon after earning her master’s in education in 1977, Al Negratti 1980 she was hired as head coach of the UNLV women’s Charles Bucher 1981 tennis team as well as director of its cheerleading Brad Rothermel 1981-90 program. When the school dropped tennis for finan- cial reasons in the early 1980s, she was thrust into a Dennis Finfrock 1991 management role under then-athletics director Brad Jim Weaver 1991-94 Rothermel, and eventually worked with the football Fred Albrecht (Interim) 1995 and basketball programs, among others, during the Charles Cavagnaro 1995-01 department’s wildly successful run through the PCAA/ John Robinson 2002-03 Big West Conference. Named UNLV’s Senior Women’s Fred Albrecht (Interim) 2003 Administrator in 1981, Kunzer-Murphy oversaw the Mike Hamrick 2003-09 entire Lady Rebel athletic program, as well as various Jerry Koloskie (Interim) 2009 support groups such as the Rebel Football Foundation, Jim Livengood 2009-13 the Rebel Golf Foundation and the Women’s Sports Tina Kunzer-Murphy 2013-SA Foundation, which she helped create. In 1983, she was named an assistant athletics direc- tor and in 1987 was promoted to senior assistant AD. into the national college football landscape Born and raised in Las Vegas, Tina Kunzer-Murphy has Kunzer-Murphy became senior associate AD at the A 2007 inductee of the Southern Nevada Sports Hall been a fixture in the Southern Nevada sports commu- University of Pacific in 1992 but then soon returned to of Fame, Kunzer-Murphy in 2010 became the first nity for more than four decades. On July 1, 2013, she town to work for the Las Vegas 51s and Thunder pro- woman to serve as Chairman of the Football Bowl added another accomplishment to her long and varied fessional sports franchises as director of corporate sales Association. In summer 2011 she was honored as Las career as she began serving as UNLV Interim Director and marketing. Vegas’ Sportsperson of the Year as part of the annual of Athletics. The move marked two major milestones After UNLV moved to the Western Athletic Conference “24-Hour Radiothon” staged by Lotus Broadcasting, as Kunzer-Murphy became both the first woman and in 1996, Kunzer-Murphy was hired by the WAC to run which benefits The Caring Place, a local nonprofit -or the first alum of the school to run the department.