The UNLV Veterans Alumni Club is giving back to the community by supporting the efforts of the UNLV School of Medicine’s Military Medicine Group. The group of Alumni and medical students are putting together a care package for UMC resident physicians, who are at the front lines of the COVID-19 health services.  These resident physicians are working long hours and putting themselves in harms…

  Born and raised in Las Vegas, Beau McDougall is a proud graduate of UNLV and has been serving Las Vegas as a Firefighter/Paramedic for the last decade. He is also a small business owner focused in the Real Estate industry. When he’s not selling homes or fighting fires, he dedicates his time to his alma mater. Beau has recently accepted a position on the UNLV Alumni Association Board of…

UNLV Alumni Association Elects New President and Board of Directors   University of Nevada Las Vegas Alumni Association (UNLVAA) is proud to announce the installation of Stacey Purcell as President. Purcell, a seasoned sales and hospitality professional, brings a wealth of knowledge and leadership experience to the position. Currently, Purcell serves as a sales executive with Caesars…

Alumna Annmarie Duran came to UNLV ten years after earning her BA in Business Administration and Marketing Management from Northwood University. While working in hospitality at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, she noticed that there was a large Asian clientele. She decided to take some Japanese language classes at the university so she could engage in casual conversation with the patrons. She then…

Founding President of the UNLV Native American Alumni Club, Fawn Douglas Fawn Douglas came to UNLV determined to make a change. She witnessed a shortage of Native American representation and cultural awareness; along with a disregard of the history of Indigenous people, which caused her to feel marginalized. Despite her initial tribulations and objections to the school’s mascot, which Fawn views…

'97 Business Alumnus and Native Las Vegan, Jeff Jacobs Las Vegas Native and a 1997 graduate of UNLV, Jeff Jacobs works hard behind-the-scenes to connect the university and the community. Jeff says that his time at UNLV was pivotal to both his personal and professional endeavors. A thirteen year veteran in finance management and oversight, this alumnus studied Business Administration with a…

Adriana Fralick, longtime Nevadan and proud Boyd Law School alumna. In Adriana’s words, UNLV made sense. As a longtime Nevada resident, she gave the (then new) law school a chance after meeting with faculty and staff. She felt that the right people were in place to ensure the law school would excel and decided to take a chance. Adriana made her experience truly unique by taking classes that…

Leslie Mujica, '09 Master's in Public Administration As Executive Director and Chief Marketing Officer of Las Vegas Power Professionals - IBEW/NECA LMCC, Leslie Mujica focuses on recapturing market share and business development by facilitating, developing and nurturing strategic relationships in the construction industry, community affairs, marketing, and public relations. A 2009 graduate…

Tim Jones '86 is Chair of the President's Associates Council at UNLV. Being around similar MPA students in his time at UNLV, spending time with hands-on and approachable professors while discussing the challenges of course work and studying were moments in time that will forever live in the memories of Tim Jones. The energy on campus that was committed to the community, along with the amount…

Fine Arts Chapter President, Stacy Swim '98, is an unstoppable leader. Born in Vegas, Stacy Swim could never quite seem to stay away. Her ties to the university began at a young age, as her uncle, Paul Swim, graduated from UNLV in 1985. Additionally, he was part of the Limbo Theatre here in the Ham Fine Arts Black Box Theater, where she and her mother were enthralled by the shows and made to…