The boom has not fizzled but the state's growth rate is slowing, reports state demographer Dean Judson, whose office is in the College of Business Administration at the University of Nevada, Reno. Story More than 700 students throughout western Nevada are expected to enter the annual Western Nevada Regional Science Fair , Thursday, March 19, through Saturday, March 21, in Lawlor Events Center. Story University of Nevada, Reno students elected speech communication and political science major Amber Joiner as student body president in an election held on campus March 11-12. The University of Nevada, Reno is playing a key role in organizing a state conference, March 27-28 in Reno, aimed at improving early childhood education . Story Washoe County public school teachers are increasingly encountering problems that transcend the typical curriculum of reading, writing and arithmetic.
Difficulties arise as more students bring guns on campus, or join gangs.
Sometimes, teachers simply need a clarification of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Story Known for his unique style of composition and efforts to integrate a variety of disciplines, dancer and choreographer Kevin Kimple will teach a two-week dance workshop for the University of Nevada, Reno Dance Program. Story Damara Stone-Goddard, a junior in the Orvis School of Nursing at the University of Nevada, Reno, has been selected as a 1998 Fuld Fellow by the Helene Fuld Health Trust. The University of Nevada, Reno is leading the charge in the war on weeds, and invites home-owners, citizen activists and government and agency officials to help fight the battle. Story A free public concert of popular and Latin American folklore music will be presented April 1 on the University of Nevada, Reno campus.