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, …

Debra Gorov, Riley Sullivan, Ron Buncombe, Keith McMath, Jay Schneider (all Student Union and Event Services) and the entire SUES team are being recognized for their hard work and dedication towards the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees union Public Service Forum event. This event, held earlier this month, featured 19…

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…

Megan Brower (Student Involvement & Activities) has been appointed to the National Association of Campus Activities (NACA) West Regional Conference Planning Committee for NACA West 2019 taking place in Ontario, California. Specifically, she has been selected to serve the region as showcase selection coordinator. She is responsible for…

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.…

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:…

Student Diversity and Social Justice (Student Affairs) was awarded a Bronze Community Engagement Certificate for Organizations at the second annual UNLV Impact Awards, hosted by the office of service learning and leadership. This certificate is granted to recipients for completing up to 24 hours of community engagement and demonstrating an…

Johann Heske (Theatre), a UNLV senior and former campus recreation lifeguard, recently used his UNLV lifeguard training to help save a life while on a plane. While on a flight from Germany to Las Vegas, a passenger had been drinking, and could not be awakened. Heske, seated two rows back, jumped up and offered help. He put the passenger's seat…

Stephanie Molina, Eric Noonan, Mathew Varre, and Sidath Kapukotuwa have been elected to the 2019-20 Graduate & Professional Student Association Executive Board. Their positions are: President- Stephanie Molina Vice-President- Eric Noonan Secretary- Mathew Varre Treasurer- Sidath Kapukotuwa We would like to thank all of the candidates…

Student Diversity and Social Justice (Student Affairs) received Congressional Commendation from U.S. Rep. Susie Lee for hosting the 32nd Annual Festival of Communities, the longest reigning campus tradition designed to acknowledge and celebrate diversity.

Romeo Jackson (Student Diversity and Social Justice), published a book chapter in the second edition of Intersectionality & Higher Education: Research, Theory, & Praxis. The chapter is titled "Thinking Theoretically with and beyond #Intersectionality: Frameworks to Center Queer and Trans People of Color Experiences!" They also…