Student Diversity & Social Justice hosted the 3rd Annual Black Carpet Awards. The Black Carpet was designed as a means to celebrate and recognize the contributions of Black students, staff, faculty, and community members. What started as one of the premier events during Black History Month, the Black Carpet is now an annual campus…

Kevin Wright (Student Diversity & Social Justice) presented at the All Districts Conference hosted by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education on the topic of "Cultivating a Culture of Philanthropy among Alumnx of Color who previously attended Historically White Institutions."

Kevin Wright (Student Diversity & Social Justice) delivered a presentation to business professionals at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The presentation was titled "Embracing Ethnic and Cultural Differences in the Workplace." He also served as a panelist to discuss the topic of "Diversity and Inclusion in the Business World" for business…

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership) presented six panels and workshops at the International Leadership Association's 22nd Annual Global Conference earlier this month. He serves as co-founder and co-convener of the International Leadership Association (ILA) Sustainability Leadership Member Community and co-chair of the ILA…

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership) completed co-hosting a four-part "Critical Conversation" series over the last month for leadership educators through the International Leadership Association. The free series, designed and facilitated by the Leadership Education Academy facilitators group for which he serves as co-chair…

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership) recently contributed to the new book Transforming Learning: Instructional and Assessment Strategies for Leadership Education (Information Age Publishing, 2020). His contribution, titled "Iterative Concept Mapping in Service-Learning," provides faculty implementing service-learning pedagogy…

Keith McMath (Student Union and Event Services) has been elected as the Region I director for the Association of College Unions International. He will be working with member institutions from Nevada, California, Hawaii, Arizona, and New Mexico to further the efforts of college unions through education and outreach. College unions serve as a bridge…

While we can't be together for the annual Campus Life Top Tier Awards this year, please join us in recognizing this year's nominees and winners. These awards span the different values of the Campus Life cluster including social justice, student and staff development, student engagement, economic viability, infrastructure,…

Harriet Barlow (The Intersection), Orlando White (Campus Life), and Kevin Wright (Student Diversity & Social Justice) facilitated a panel discussion and presentation on how toxic masculinity and hypermasculinity is manifested on campus and in the workplace, and how to alleviate those problematic behaviors.  The panelists who shared their…

A number of UNLV communicators and other staff members received high marks from the Las Vegas Valley Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America during the recent Pinnacle Awards ceremony. The Las Vegas chapter sends the entries to judges outside the local market for evaluation to provide the most objective evaluation and determination of…

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership) and Tamara Marino (Community Engagement) presented at the recent Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities annual conference in Philadelphia. Their presentation was titled "Grounding Service-Learning Theory and Practice in Las Vegas." Additionally, Satterwhite presented three…

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…