Diane Shearer Dierks, '95 BA Communication Studies, is the author of a new novel, Back to Life. In the book, protagonist Kate Mulligan is given a chance to relive her life. After a fatal accident, she is told she can have a do-over and begin again as a child, only this time with the wisdom she learned the first time around. Intrigued and convinced she can remedy a lifetime of mistakes, Kate opts to go back to 1976, the year her 9-year-old brother drowned. Dierks, who also is the author of another novel and two non-fiction books, donated some of the royalties from this latest book to Atlanta-area food banks. She lives in Dacula, Georgia.    

C. Dean Milne, '81 BS Biology, has practiced internal medicine in the Las Vegas Valley for 32 years. He is associate dean for clinical studies and professor of medicine at Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine and also clinical faculty at Roseman University School of Health Science. He also is founder and director of medical education for Valley Hospital Medical Center's graduate medical education program. He oversees the program's 84 residents in the following fields: internal medicine, family medicine, neurology, orthopedic surgery, gastroenterology, and pulmonary critical care. He was appointed by Nevada Govs. Bob Miller, Jim Gibbons, and Brian Sandoval to the Nevada State Board of Osteopathic Medicine. He and his wife, Donna Grimaldi Milne, '98 Undergraduate Certificate in Radiology,  have three children, all of whom also are UNLV alums, Erica Milne-Gold, '00 BSBA - Finance, Michael Milne, '05 BSBA - Finance, and Natalie Milne-Burns, '06 BA Psychology. They have nine grandchildren. Dean enjoys attending Golden Knights games and traveling all over the world with his wife. The couple lives in Henderson.

Kristi Dickinson, '05 MS Hotel Administration, was named general manager of Canyon Ranch Woodside (California). Dickinson brings more than two decades of luxury hospitality and wellness experience to the role of managing the wellness retreat. She joins the property from Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa in Rancho Santa Fe, California, where she was director of spa & wellness. She also has held key executive positions at the Mayflower Inn & Spa in Washington, Connecticut.; Spa Montage at the Montage Deer Valley in Park City, Utah; and the Golden Door Spa at The Peaks Resort in Telluride, Colorado.

Jamie Ibanez, '18 BA Criminal Justice, has been promoted to assistant security supervisor of the D and Golden Gate casinos.

Jeremy Burr, '09 BSBA Finance and International Business, and Stephanie Beadle Burr, '08 BA Economics, had a baby girl in 2019. Jeremy works in EY's turnaround and restructuring practice. The family lives in Escondido, California.