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Reno (/ ˈriːnoʊ / REE-noh) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County. Sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, in the Truckee River valley, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada, it is about 23 miles (37 km ...
The textbook commission ceased to exist in 1981, while the state board for vocational education was renamed in 1985 into the state board for occupational education. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In 1995, the commission on post-secondary education was moved to the Department of Education from the Department of Business and Industry , though this only lasted until ...
An audit by the Department of Education's Office of Inspector General, released on September 21, 2017, "concluded that Western Governors University did not comply with the institutional eligibility requirement that limits the percentage of regular students who may enroll in correspondence courses" and that "at least 69 of the 102 courses were not designed to offer regular and substantive ...
1950–1952. Battles/wars. Korean War. Awards. Bronze Star. Silver Star. Purple Heart. Donal Neil " Mike " O'Callaghan (September 10, 1929 – March 5, 2004) was an American politician and educator who served as the 23rd Governor of Nevada from 1971 to 1979. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Melanie McFadyean was born in London, England, on 24 November 1950, the second daughter of Marion (née Guttman) and Colin McFadyean. Her father was an international business lawyer who served as a Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve during World War II, and was later recruited as a naval interrogator by Ian Fleming (creator of James Bond) to Britain's Naval Intelligence Division.
Education. University of Redlands (BA) Lisa Cano Burkhead (born 1970/1971) [1] is an American educator and politician who served as the 36th lieutenant governor of Nevada from 2021 to 2023. [2] She was nominated by Governor Steve Sisolak to replace Kate Marshall in December 2021. [3] Prior to serving as lieutenant governor, Cano Burkhead was a ...
The following is a list of encyclopedic people associated with the University of Arizona.Notable alumni include a former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, a former U.S. Surgeon General, five U.S. Senators, two Republican U.S. Presidential nominees, the creator of the television series Sesame Street and founder of Sesame Workshop, the owner of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Major League ...
Nevada (/ nəˈvædə, - vɑː -/ ⓘ nə-VAD-ə, -VAH-, [ 4 ][ 5 ]Spanish: [neˈβaða]) is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States. [ c ] It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, the 32nd-most ...