Sierra Nevada University

About Sierra Nevada University

According to Wikipedia, Sierra Nevada University was a private university in Incline Village, Nevada, in the Sierras. 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. 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. 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. On July 21, 2022, the university formally ceased operations and became the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe.