Anabel Chavva (Service Learning and Leadership), Kevin Wright (Student Diversity and Social Justice), Cecil Yeckes (Sociology) Theresa Butler (Urban Studies), and Zarria Benniefield (Engineering) were part of a panel hosted by the HOPE Scholars Program and Faculty Center last month. Panel members discussed ways to support students who are…

Leanne Soter and Stine Odegard (both Service Learning and Leadership) co-presented earlier this month at the Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada's (GSSNV) 7th annual LEAD Conference: Your Next Step In Leadership.  Their session, "The Service Mindset," was aimed at supporting troops and service units to take the leap to do more community…

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership) recently completed his third time as facilitator for the International Leadership Association's Leadership Education Academy, an initiative that he helped found in 2015. The academy was created as an intensive professional development experience for people engaged in leadership education, …

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership) completed his two-year term serving as co-chair of the National Leadership Symposium by hosting the 29th annual event this week. Leadership educators from 19 institutions and three scholar/practitioners gathered at UNLV to explore the ways in which leadership education and development must be…

Leanne Soter and Stine Odegard (both Service Learning and Leadership) presented "Keeping Leadership Education Out of 'the Sunken Place': Doing Better as Leadership Educators" at the 4th annual Women and Leadership Conference, "Building Solutions, Harmony and the Greater Good." The conference was hosted by the International Leadership Association.…

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership) was invited to and participated in the National Summit on Leadership Education and Student Development Partnerships, held at the University of Maryland earlier this month. With funding from the C. Charles Jackson Foundation and the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs, the…

Janna Bernstein (Service Learning and Leadership) was recognized as a finalist for the inaugural University of Southern California (USC) Rossier School of Education Second Century Alumni Award. This award recognizes alumni whose remarkable accomplishments speak well for the range and quality of a USC Rossier education. Through their work they…

The Campus Life Achievement awards were held May 7 in the Student Union Ballroom. These awards span the different values of the Campus LifeCluster including Social Justice, student and staff development, student engagement, economic viability, infrastructure, academic impact, assessment, and recognition. This year’s award winners are:…

Students Engaging and Empowering through Dialogue (S.E.E.D.) received an honorable mention for the Diliberatory Dialogue Award at the 2nd Annual UNLV Impact Awards, hosted by the Office of Service Learning and Leadership.  The UNLV Impact Awards seeks to recognize students whose engagement activities advance learning, justice, and social…

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership) has been selected as co-chair of the International Leadership Education Academy for 2020 and 2021. The academy is offered by the International Leadership Association as an intensive cohort learning experience for leadership educators from around the world. Satterwhite was part of the original…

Lucas Graff (Office of Student Conduct) and Janna Bernstein (Service Learning and Leadership) recently presented their work, "Community in a Borderland: A Case Study of How Pet-owners Experience Community in a Gentrifying Neighborhood" at the 22nd Annual American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences conference at the Flamingo.

Mary Whitehead (Student Diversity and Social Justice) and Eli Williams (Service Learning and Leadership) hosted a leadership lunch on the topic of Black Womxn and Leadership.