Rebel Applause
Rebel Applause is UNLV’s employee recognition platform that allows colleagues to send notes of gratitude to one another for a job well done and for exemplifying our Campus Values:
- Access & Equity
- Excellence & Integrity
- Compassion & Inclusion
- Collaboration & Stewardship
All job classifications (administrative and academic faculty, classified staff, postdoctoral scholars, letter of appointments, and medical and dental residents) are eligible to give and receive recognition through Rebel Applause.
Service Milestone Awards
Academic faculty, administrative faculty, and classified staff receive monetary awards redeemable only on Amazon Business through the Rebel Applause platform for reaching distinct service milestones.
Years of service are determined using the first day of employment at UNLV according to Workday without breaks in service. Please note that if there is a break in service at UNLV, the company service date resets. The passage of Assembly Bill 522 instituted longevity pay for certain state employees starting at eight years of continuous service. Service milestones up to five years of service are awarded in the form of REBEL Applause monetary points at the following marks:
- 1 year = $10
- 3 years = $25
- 5 years = $50
- 8 years and beyond = Longevity pay, awarded through payroll according to the schedule listed under longevity pay
For more information about Rebel Applause, email hr@unlv.edu.
Rebel Spirit Award
The Rebel Spirit Award recognizes UNLV employees who demonstrate our campus values.
Eligibility
All UNLV employees regardless of job classification are eligible for the Rebel Spirit Award.
Program Overview
The Rebel Spirit Award is distributed quarterly in January, April, July, and October. Recipients are chosen by the Rebel Spirit Award committee and are based on the quality and quantity of recognitions they receive in Rebel Applause. After selecting the recipient for the quarter, the Rebel Spirit Award committee notifies the recipient’s supervisor to coordinate how/when the award is presented.
Rebel Spirit Award recipients receive:
- A certificate of appreciation award signed by the Executive Vice President and Provost
- A UNLV campus values-branded tumbler
- Recognition in UNLV Today
Committee
Committee Partner
- Ericka Smith, Vice President for Human Resources & Chief People Officer
Committee Members
- Jared Christensen, Assistant Vice President and Executive Director for Human Resource Business Partners
- Jill Zimbelman, Assistant Director, Office of Research Integrity
- Nancy Uscher, Dean, College of Fine Arts
Past Recipients
- Arianne Yago, 1st Quarter 2023
- Bob Soulliere, 1st Quarter 2023
- John Nicpon, 1st Quarter 2023
- Megan Black, 1st Quarter 2023
- Nicole Hudson, 1st Quarter 2023
- Kaytie Hackett, 2nd Quarter 2023
- Barbara Blue, 2nd Quarter 2023
- Tansy Rabijahed, 2nd Quarter 2023
- Mersina Swearinger, 2nd Quarter 2023
- Nicole Johnson, 2nd Quarter 2023
- Jacob House, 3rd Quarter 2023
- Yvette Aqui, 3rd Quarter 2023
- Derek Jones, 3rd Quarter 2023
- Luciana Yeh, 3rd Quarter 2023
- Michele Padilla, 3rd Quarter 2023
- Alethea Inns, 4th Quarter 2023
- Kimberly Lintz, 4th Quarter 2023
- Ginger Garcia, 4th Quarter 2023
- Maria Jerinic-Pravica, 4th Quarter 2023
- Vaune Kudlubek, 4th Quarter 2023
- Joe Sly, December, 2022
- Michelle Anderson, December 2022
- Mary Yedinak, December 2022
- Isabelle Johnson, December 2022
- Yuko Shinozaki, December 2022
- Beth DeBouck, December 2022
- Kirsten Connelly, November 2022
- Young Kim, October 2022
- Lucas Graff, September 2022
- Mehmet Erdem, September 2022
- Kim Ensigne, September 2022
- Miles Boulton, March 2022
- Yaa Oberg, March 2022
- Rosemary Le, March 2022
- Deana Wilson, March 2022
- Juan Lino, March 2022
- Kimberly Miller, May 2022
- Sam Fugazzotto, January 2022
- Chinam Seto, January 2022
- Deana Waddell, January 2022
- Sherry Marks, January 2022
- Amy Carito, January 2022
- Lauren Calise, January 2022
- Deb Powell, January 2022
- Carla Zimmerman, January 2022
- Ashley Stone, December 2021
- Joy Ramior, December 2021
- Jerra Strong, November 2021
- Nadine Bentis, November 2021
- Ashley Weckesser, November 2021
- Leslie Rafaovich, November 2021
- Staci Bueno, November 2021
- Lisa Jacob, November 2021
- Gail Griffin, November 2021
- Abigail Wood, November 2021
- Rosita Chapman, November 2021
- Lori Ciccone, November 2021
- Laura Anders, November 2021
- Stephanie Page, November 2021
- Alexandra Nikolich, October 2021
- Joan Beneduce, September 2021
- Kim Nelms, September 2021
- Misty Valentin, August 2021
- Rebecca Paulson, August 2020
- Isabelle Johnson, February 2020
- Elaine Anderson, February 2020
- Ge Kan, January 2020
- Eric Knight, December 2019
- Erika Nolte, December 2019
- Valerie Solerno, December 2019
- Kevin Bergeron, December 2019
- Jamilah Brewington, October 2019
- Heather Rappaport, October 2019
- Alecia Stacey, October 2019
- Jennifer Drennan, September 2019
- Erin Azua, August 2019
- Tonya Kemble, July 2019
- Eva Perez, June 2019
- Heather Sedlacek, June 2019
- Gloria Garcia, June 2019
- Brenda Guerra, June 2019
- Arturo Baltazar, June 2019
- Angela Martinez, June 2019
- Stephen Valine, June 2019
- Flora Phipps, June 2019
- Michelle Fearnley, May 2019
- Jill Zimbelman, May 2019
- Carisa Shaffer, April 2019
- Cate Weeks, April 2019
- Grant Kurosu, April 2019
- Katelyn Dibenedetto, April 2019
- Michelle Tomasino, April 2019
- Anna Toma, March 2019
- Abigail Wood, March 2019
- Alberto de Salvatierra, March 2019
- Dan Gianoutsos, March 2019
- Hallie Lyons, March 2019
- Hannah Doss, March 2019
- Jared Lau, March 2019
- Judith Paulson, March 2019
- Oriaku Kas-Osoka, March 2019
- Susie Skarl, March 2019
- Tricia McCrory, March 2019
- Nadia Pormirleanu, March 2019
- Sonia Taylor, March 2019
- Chad Phillips, March 2019
- Kenneth Hughes, March 2019