Anniversaries of Great Basin College and UNLV featured by Nevada Public Radio

Nevada Public Radio's Yesterdays series featured histories of the state's institutions in recent programs.

Great Basin College was the focus of a program on November 7th with an emphasis on local leaders in Elko, NV who worked to establish the institution in 1967 as the first community college in the state.  Initially known as Elko Community College, the name changed to Northern Nevada College in 1973 and to Great Basin College in 1995.

"UNLV at 60" commemorates the first campus building that opened in 1957.  The post was published on October 27th and provides a sketch of the institution's history.  Extension classes were first offered by the University of Nevada, Reno in 1951 to serve the growing Las Vegas population.  The institution was first known as Nevada Southern University and changed the name to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1965.