Nevada Graduates Outperform National Averages
Woodrow Wilson Fellows from Nevada show strong graduate study success, with 92 percent pursuing further education and entering college teaching. While Nevada ranks 50th in high school graduates and Wilson Fellows, the state’s grads perform above national par in graduate programs and teaching careers.
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Nevada
Princeton
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
United States
The
Foundation
Hans Rosenhaupt
Rosenhaupt
Post Office Opens Federal Station in New Federal Building
Postmaster Robert H. Lias announces a new Classified Station named the Federal Station at 300 Las Vegas Blvd South. It operates 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday with a lunch break from 11 a.m. to noon. Box delivery serves federal agencies. the public gains standard postal services including stamps money orders parcel post and registered and certified mail.
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Robert H. Lias
Post Office Department
Federal
Las Vegas Blvd
NSU Luncheon Honors Las Vegas Social Workers
Dr. Ernest Witte will speak at a Nevada Southern University luncheon at the Frontier Hotel Tuesday noon to honor Clark County social workers who aided NSU’s Helping Services Program now in its first year. James Carmany, Victor Brown, and Bernard Greenblatt represent NSU at the event.
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Ernest Witte
Graduate School of Social Work
San Diego State College
Nevada Southern University
Bernard Greenblatt
NSU
Family Commemorates Von Tobel NSU Gift
Family members of the late Edward Von Tobel Senior gather at Nevada Southern University’s Campus Student Union to honor a ten thousand dollar gift for furnishing the 72 000 square foot campus building. Von Tobel, who moved to Las Vegas in 1905, built a hardware and building supplies business and supported NSU as it grew. A memorial plaque will grace a lounge in the union building.
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Edward von Tobel
Nevada Southern University
von Tobel
Las Vegas
NSU
University of Nevada
Nevada
Union
Obituary notices for Kent Shackelford and Medill in Las Vegas area
Albert Kent 64 of 1705 E Stewart died Thursday in a local hospital. He supervised at Las Vegas City Hall and previously worked at the Sands Hotel and The May Company in St. Louis. Services today at 4 p.m. Palm Chapel. Survivors include wife Lillian and three others. Charles William Shackelford 78 of 2052 Bledsoe Lane died Tuesday in a local hospital. He was a hotel manager. Services 10 a.m. today Palm Chapel. Burial in Paris California. Survivors include four daughters and numerous grandchildren. Helen L Medill 65 of 1720 Rexford Drive died in a Kansas hospital Thursday. She was a Red Rock Elementary teacher. Memorial service 8 p.m. tomorrow Mall Mortuary Chapel. Burial in Goodlawn Cemetery Goodland Kansas. Survivors include sister Juanita Thompson.
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Albert Kent
E. Stewart
Las Vegas
Sands
May Company
St. Louise
Kent
Trenton
N.J
Palm Chapel
Douglas Harrell
Lillian
Jean Fennimore
Glendale
Calif
Kathryn Wooster
van Nuys
Irene Moses
St. Petersburg
Fla
Charles William Shackelford
Bledsoe Lane
Mr. Shackelford
Kansas
Oasis Masonic Lodge
Paris
Oalif
Genevieve Jones
Portland
Ore
Charlotte Woodin
Alberta Truax
Lucille Pike
Helen L. Medill
Rexford Drive
Red Rock
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Judith Bell Siegel
University of Chicago
Boulder City
Peter K. Augustine
Columbia University
Carson High School
Carson City
Marilyn E. Merritt
University of California At Davis
Bishop Gor
Jman High School
Myrna D. Selwyn
University of California At Berkeley
Peter G. Prina
White Pine County
Ely
Cornell University
Larry D. Struve
Las Vegas High School
University of California Law School
Berkeley
Greenblatt
Witte
Council On Social Work Education
James Carmany
Victor Brown
Maryland Parkway
Charles Shackelford
Helen Medill
Bill Thompsen
Brianhead
Utah
Cedar City
Corona del Mar
Decatur Blvd
Decatur Shopping Center
Wonderworld
E. Lake Mead Blvd
College Park
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