Norval Pohl, former dean of UNLV's College of Business and Economics, has been promoted to the post of vice president for finance and administration following a nationwide search.
Pohl's appointment was one of a number of personnel decisions made in recent months by UNLV President Carol C. Harter.
In announcing Pohl's selection, Harter said, "Dr. Pohl's unique combination of an academic background and real-world experience, coupled with his knowledge of UNLV, made him the best choice."
Pohl served eight years as dean before being appointed interim vice president for finance and administration in 1994.
In another personnel decision, Lyle Rivera was named vice president and assistant to the president for special projects. In that post he will head the university's planning and development efforts for a proposed law school and will coordinate fund raising for the UNLV International Gaming Institute.
Rivera, an attorney who has been at UNLV since 1979, most recently had served as vice president for development and university relations. From 1987 until last year he also served as executive director of the UNLV Foundation and led its successful effort to raise millions of dollars in support of university programs.
In August, Harter selected longtime faculty member Joseph A. "Andy" Fry to serve as her executive assistant.
In that position, Fry's duties will include liaison work for the president's office on academic and faculty issues.
Fry, a history professor, has been a member of the UNLV faculty since 1975 and has served in a variety of campus administrative posts, including chair of the history department, chair of the Faculty Senate, and associate dean of the College of Arts and Letters.
On Aug. 1, Charlie W. Cavagnaro became UNLV's new director of intercollegiate athletics.
Cavagnaro came to UNLV from the University of Memphis, where he had served as director of athletics since 1982.
"Charlie brings vast and highly successful collegiate athletic administrative experience, a profound commitment to academic integrity and the well- being of athletes, demonstrated expertise in marketing and generating new revenues, and an energetic, humane approach to the management of people," Harter said.
In another appointment, Fred Albrecht, who had served as director of alumni relations since 1973, was named executive director of alumni and community relations.
Albrecht, who has been at UNLV for 25 years, served as interim athletic director before Cavagnaro was appointed.
In addition to continuing his role in alumni relations and his work with the UNLV Alumni Association, Albrecht will be responsible for the university's government relations program, as well as internal and external communications. He will be assisted in the communications effort by Les Raschko as director of university publications and reprographics and Tom Flagg as director of UNLV news and public information.
