Sierra Nevada University

Short description: Defunct University near Lake Tahoe in Nevada, U.S.

Sierra Nevada University

Former name

| Sierra Nevada College 1969-2020
Motto| Wisdom, Responsibility, Freedom
Type| Private university
Active| 1969–2022
President| Rob Valli[1]

Administrative staff

| 24 full time faculty,
50 part time faculty
Location|

Incline Village

Nevada

United States

[ ⚑ ]  39°14′40″N 119°56′20″W﻿ / ﻿39.2444°N 119.9388°W﻿ / 39.2444; -119.9388
Campus| Mountain Community
|u}}rs| Royal Blue and White[2]

Nickname| Eagles

Sporting affiliations

| NAIA
Mascot| Eli (an American Eagle)
Website| www.sierranevada.edu
Prim Library, opened on September 9th, 2004

Sierra Nevada University (SNU) was a private university in Incline Village, Nevada, in the Sierras.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Academics
* 2.1 Summer visiting artist workshops
* 3 Athletics
* 3.1 Skiing
* 4 Notable faculty, past and present
* 5 Notable alumni
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## History

Founded in 1969, Sierra Nevada College was accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Prior to 2020, the institution was known as Sierra Nevada College.[3] In the summer of 2019, Dr. Ed Zschau became the interim president of Sierra Nevada University and, among other initiatives, spearheaded the change in the institution's name.[4] It was announced in July 2021 that the Sierra Nevada University is being merged into the University of Nevada Reno over a period of years. Certain of the programs, courses and professors of Sierra Nevada University would be kept by the University of Nevada Reno.[5] On July 21, 2022, the university formally ceased operations and became the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe.

## Academics

The Departments of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Business, and Science and Technology offered traditional majors as well as Interdisciplinary Studies programs. The Business department at SNU also offered Ski Business and Resort Management as a four-year degree. The teacher education program lead to Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Arts in Administration and Masters in Education degrees as well as to teacher licensure in Nevada. The college also operated two low-residency, Masters of Fine Arts programs. Creative Writing and Interdisciplinary Arts MFA's used a low-residency format and individual mentoring to prepare artists and writers for professional and artistic success.

The MFA-IA program focused on site-specific and community practice, with a large part of each residency taking place off site at partner locations such as the Sagehen Creek Field Station.[6][7]

SNU, in collaboration with UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC), housed the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, a facility conducting research on Lake Tahoe.

From 2016 to 2019, as part of an initiative to expand access to four-year degrees, SNU also operated extension centers on community college campuses. There were SNU Extension centers on the campus of Lake Tahoe Community College in South Lake Tahoe, Truckee Meadows Community College's Dandini Campus in Reno, Nevada. Each Extension Center offered degrees specific to demand on the campus where they are located, and included B.A. in Psychology, B.A. or B.S. in General Studies, a B.S. in Business Administration (B.S.B.A) in Entrepreneurship or Global Business Management.[8]

### Summer visiting artist workshops

Sierra Nevada University hosted an extensive program of Summer Visiting Artist Workshops which featured well-known artists from multiple disciplines. Artists such as printmaker Sean Starwars, and visual artist and experimental filmmaker Tim Guthrie were regular workshop leaders.[9]

## Athletics

The Sierra Nevada athletic teams were called the Eagles. The university was a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the California Pacific Conference (CalPac) from 2015 to 2016 (when the school joined the NAIA) to 2021–22.

Sierra Nevada competed in 13 intercollegiate athletic teams: Men's sports included alpine skiing, cross country, freeskiing, golf, lacrosse, snowboarding and soccer; while women's sports included alpine skiing, cross country, freeskiing, golf, snowboarding and soccer.

### Skiing

The Eagles had won many United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association national championships in both men's and women's events.[10]

## Notable faculty, past and present

* Laura McCullough – poet (Masters in Fine Arts Program)
* Suzanne Roberts – American poet, travel writer, and photographer (Creative Writing Faculty – Distinguished Writer-in-Residence 2011–2012)
* Carolee Schneeman – Experimental filmmaker (Visiting professor, 1994) [11]
* Brian Turner – poet (Program Chair - Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program)
* Patricia Smith – poet (Creative Writing Faculty)
* Gayle Brandeis – author (Creative Writing Faculty - Distinguished Visiting Professor/Writer in Residence 2014–2015)

## Notable alumni

* Matea Ferk (born 1987) – Croatia Ski Team, Women's Alpine Skiing, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.[12]
* Philip "P.K." O'Neill (born 1951) – Republican member of the Nevada Assembly.[13]
* Tea Palic (born 1991) – Croatia Ski Team, Women's Alpine Skiing, 2010 Winter Olympics.[14][15]

## References

1. ↑ "A New President for Sierra Nevada University". Sierra Nevada University (Press release). 1 September 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
2. ↑ "SNU Brand Book 2020". Sierra Nevada University. https://www.sierranevada.edu/SNUbrand/brand-assets/SNU Brand Book 2020.pdf.
3. ↑ "Announcing Sierra Nevada University". https://www.prweb.com/releases/announcing_sierra_nevada_university_sierra_nevada_college_updates_its_name_to_reflect_half_a_century_of_growth/prweb16862470.htm. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
4. ↑ "Face the State - KTVN Reno". https://www.ktvn.com/clip/14967283/face-the-state-ed-zschau. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
5. ↑ Higher Ed Dive: September 16, 2021: How many colleges and universities have closed since 2016
6. ↑ "MFA-IA Website". http://site.sierranevada.edu/mfa-interdisciplinary-arts/. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
7. ↑ "MFA-IA Website". http://site.sierranevada.edu/mfa-interdisciplinary-arts/places/. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
8. ↑ "Extension Center Majors". https://www.sierranevada.edu/academics/campuses/extension-centers/extension-center-majors/. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
9. ↑ Fine Arts Department at Sierra Nevada University. "Summer Workshop Schedule 2016". Sierra Nevada University. http://www.sierranevada.edu/academics/summer-art-workshops-2/. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
10. ↑ "Eagles win 14th National title in a row". Tahoe Daily Tribune. March 11, 2004. http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/sports/403120301/. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
11. ↑ "artist's website". http://www.caroleeschneemann.com/teaching.html. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
12. ↑ "Matea Ferk". https://www.olympic.org/matea-ferk. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
13. ↑ "Assemblyman Philip P.K. O'Neill". https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Legislator/A/Assembly/Current/40. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
14. ↑ "Tea PALIC - Olympic Alpine Skiing | Croatia" (in en). 26 June 2016. https://www.olympic.org/tea-palic. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
15. ↑ "PALIC Tea - Biographie" (in en). https://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&competitorid=127535&type=result. Retrieved 2017-10-29.

## External links

* Official athletics website

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Post-graduate|

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* National University, Henderson
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