Our First Grad School Grads
The Graduate School celebrates its 50th anniversary with a look at its first graduating class.
- October 04, 2017
- By UNLV News Center
In This Series
UNLV History
| October 4, 2017
Crossing the Stage Into History
In 1967, Dorothy Bokelmann became the first UNLV graduate student to receive a degree.
UNLV History
| October 4, 2017
After Grad School, the Call of the Wild
Lee Baker, one of UNLV Graduate College’s initial class, put his education to work with four-legged friends.
UNLV History
| October 4, 2017
Pivoting Into the Classroom, and Then Into the Classroom
Walter Ashcraft took a chance on UNLV Graduate College, and it paid off in 1967 with a new career in education and a new direction in life.
