Nevada State College to add education building
Nevada State College is set to expand its teaching program with a new building that will house classrooms and study space, as well as specialized centers such as a speech pathology lab and an early childhood education center.
Gov. Steve Sisolak approved a bill this month that will provide nearly
$56 million for the construction of the 65,000-squarefoot building, which will break ground by the end of this year and be completed within a couple of years, according to officials of the Henderson school.
“We are extremely grateful to the Legislature and Gov. Sisolak, as well as our community stakeholders, for their support of the education building,” Nevada State College President Bart Patterson said in a news release. “While addressing space issues the college faces due to tremendous growth, the funding will allow us to add critical-need programs for Nevada’s K-12 public education system.”
The new building fulfills one of the three main goals of the college’s Teachers Now campaign, which launched in 2018. In addition to securing a new School of Education building, the college plans to create a scholarship fund and a new academic programs for would-be teachers. Teachers Now raised an additional $6 million in donations for the building, on top of a previous $2.5 million in funding approved by Senate Bill 546
two of her dogs to stay with Davis while she attended a funeral in California.
She had hoped Davis could teach Woody to get out of her pool when called.
On Aug. 6, when she was headed back from California, Davis called her and said Woody had collapsed in his van, and he was headed to the vet. He called back 15 minutes later to say the dog had died, she testified.
Later, she said, when she picked up her other dog, Kopitar, he appeared dehydrated, and “his fur looked funny to me.”
A doctor at Town Center Animal Hospital also testified that the dog had been dead for an hour to six hours before Davis brought Woody to the veterinarian.
At the courthouse Wednesday, one of Davis’ supporters, Brandi Cassady, said she trusted the trainer, who had regularly worked with her dogs — Pepper, Pixie and Bandit — for three years. She called the allegations against Davis “ridiculous.”
“It was really just an unfortunate accident that happened on his watch,” Cassady said. “This is really just a travesty that he’s being faced with this.”
Another supporter, Jennie Hlavacek, said that she has known Davis for about nine years and she used to work with him through the Las Vegas Valley Humane Society.
“All of us are animal advocates, and we wouldn’t want to see any animal abused, ever,” she said. “And Rick Davis does not abuse animals.”
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