Email this story Print this story Joe Crowley s last official day as president of the University of Nevada, Reno is Dec. 31. Between now and then, Crowley, who s retiring from the job after 22 years, will be doing a lot of things for the last time. On Tuesday, Crowley ate his last pepperoni pizza with students. The pizza lunches in the Jot Travis Student Union have been a monthly tradition since early in Crowley s administration. At the last lunch, a student asked Crowley what his last last act would be as president.
Some presidential things remain to be done.
Crowley will preside over his last graduation on Dec. 9. During the next few weeks, Crowley will be talking to many professors, deans and vice presidents. Those won t be his last last acts. Crowley, who will return to UNR as a political science professor after representing the state s higher education system at next year s Legislature, already is packing in preparation for departure as president. One of Crowley s last acts will be removing a picture of his favorite baseball player, former San Francisco Giants great Willie McCovey, from the office wall.