
LT. GOVERNOR AND UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP FOR
TECHNOLOGY
CARSON CITY - Lieutenant Governor Lorraine Hunt and University
Chancellor Dr. Jane Nichols have unveiled the Nevada Technology
Partnership in a statewide announcement on June 21, 2001. Community
leaders from rural Nevada joined with their counterparts in Reno
and Las Vegas to hear the announcement simultaneously. "Everyone
from Winnemucca to Pahrump participated in this innovative partnership
for Nevada's economic future," said Lt. Governor Hunt.
Statewide collaboration by a blue-ribbon technology task force
examine thede strengths and weaknesses of Nevada's emerging technology
industries. This recent technology strategy indicates the need
to strengthen a public/private partnership in Nevada in order
to continue the state's current growth in the technology sectors.
Board of Regent s Chair Thalia Dondero and Executive Director
of the Nevada Commission on Economic Development Bob Shriver joined
the Lieutenant Governor and UCCSN Chancellor to announce the public
and private technology partnership for Nevada's new economy.
The unveiling of the new "Nevada Technology Partnership"
was videoconferenced to several locations across Nevada including
Desert Research Institute, Reno; Desert Research Institute, Las
Vegas; Great Basin College, Elko; Great Basin College, Ely; Great
Basin College, Winnemucca; Pahrump Cooperative Extension; Western
Nevada Community College, High Tech Center in Carson City.
For more information on the Technology Partnership, contact Kris
Absher, Office of the Lt. Governor, 702-486-2400; John Kuhlman,
UCCSN, 702-889- 8426; or Jeanie Ashe, NCED, 775-687-4325.
"A
Technology Strategy for Nevada" prepared by the Battelle
Institute
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