UNLV Magazine

A Half Century of Rebels

1981
The UNLV Foundation is created to coordinate university's endowment and gift-giving programs.

UNLV Libraries stops updating the card catalog and adds a microfishe catalog. A computerized database is introduced by 1989.

1982
The Alumni Association starts awarding academic scholarships. Alta Ham Fine Arts Building opens.

1983
Frank and Estella Beam Hall opens, housing colleges of Business and Hotel Administration.

1984
Robert Maxson of the University of Houston's main campus becomes president.

The civil and mechanical engineering programs win certification from the National Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, held by only 275 other schools.

1985
22 valedictorians arrive at UNLV, taking advantage of the Elardi Scholarship, which awards each $2,000 annually for four years.

The UNLV campus is designated a state arboretum by the Nevada Legislature.

1986
UNLV begins offering degree programs at nearby Nellis Air Force Base.

UNLV launches "Year of the Arts" to raise public awareness through special exhibitions, concerts, and fundraising drives.

1988
To celebrate their new home, students from the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering paint a trail of green footprints on the sidewalk leading to the $14.7 million Thomas T. Beam Engineering Complex.

In response to a large increase in out-of-state and northern Nevada applicants, four new residence halls open.

1989
UNLV is awarded one of only 34 supercomputers in the world as part of a federal funding bill for the U.S. Department of Energy to study the suitability of building a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.

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Xeric demonstration garden opening, 1989

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