Keith Rogers (Student Affairs), vice president for Student Affairs, was named the 2024 Tyrone Thompson Emerging Leader Awardee. Rogers is one of six trailblazers the city honored. The city is honoring these community leaders before another highly-anticipated event — the Legacy Park induction ceremony. Learn more about the…

Rian Satterwhite (Office of Service Learning & Leadership, Student Affairs) recently participated in the inaugural International Leadership Association Dialogue Lab, where he facilitated a session on the future of leadership in the Anthropocene. The event drew together approx. 100 leadership educators, coaches, and researchers from multiple…

Rian Satterwhite (Office of Service Learning and Leadership; Student Affairs) was recently featured as a panel guest on the NASPA Leadership podcast in an episode exploring the work of the International Leadership Association’s Committee for the Advancement of Leadership Programs (of which Satterwhite is a part) and the ILA General Principle for…

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership; Student Affairs) contributed a chapter to the newly published book from Routledge, The Handbook for Climate Change Leadership in Organizations: Developing Leadership for the Age of Sustainability, edited by Doug MacKie. Satterwhite's contribution, titled, "Environmental leadership is contemporary…

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership; Student Affairs) recently presented at the International Leadership Association's 25th annual global conference held in Vancouver, Canada. Satterwhite co-facilitated a pre-conference session titled, "Flourishing Leadership in this New World," chaired a session titled, "Global Perspectives on…

Stine Odegard (Service Learning & Leadership) co-authored an article in the new special issue of the journal New Directions for Student Leadership, no. 179: Teaching Sustainability through Leadership Education. The article, titled, "Leadership education as democracy-in-action: In pursuit of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals," is…

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning & Leadership) edited a special issue of the journal New Directions for Student Leadership, no. 179: Teaching Sustainability through Leadership Education. Satterwhite, alongside Kate Sheridan (Chatham University) and Whitney McIntyre Miller (Chapman University), authored an editorial and an article in the…

The Office of Service Learning and Leadership (Student Affairs) received a $30k grant through the Center for Expanding Leadership & Opportunity, funded by the Allstate Foundation, to expand community engagement opportunities and student recognition initiatives. The funds will be used over the next year to expand existing community engagement…

Cicely Morgan and Rebecca Rogers (both Academic Enrichment and Outreach) recently presented at the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) conference. Titled, "Collaboration Works: GEAR UP/TRIO Best Practices to Enhance College Readiness Programming," the interactive session allowed the presenters to share…

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership) co-authored a chapter titled, "Leadership Learning," in the new book, A Research Agenda for Leadership Learning and Development Through Higher Education, published by Edward Elgar. Satterwhite and his co-author, Benjamin Correia-Harker of Marquette University, explore brain-based factors…

Shanna Kinzel, associate director of the UNLV Student Union and Conference and Event Services, a Division of Student Affairs, was awarded the Association of College Unions International (ACUI) Values Award during the annual conference in Boston, Massachusetts. The ACUI Values Award is presented to college union professionals who uphold the ACUI…

Dr. Sal Biazzo, a senior staff physician at UNLV, received the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians 2023 Award for Leadership in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion because of his time developing a cultural competency training that has ballooned into a train-the-trainer program. The program spread beyond the student health…