Kelsey Lupo Mazmanyan, '14 BA Environmental Studies, is the student supervisor and digitization lab manager in the digital collections department of UNLV's University Libraries. Previously, she worked for the Las Vegas Clark County Library District. Last year she earned her master's degree in library and information science from Ohio's Kent State University. This January, she married Avetis Mazmanyan, '16 BA Economics. He owns the Mediterranean food company Mezze Foods and sells hummus and dips at local Whole Foods stores and at farmers' markets around Las Vegas. He also works for Caesars Entertainment in analytics.

Paula Avery, '92 BS Hotel Administration, works in human resources for a construction company. Previously, she worked in the Las Vegas hospitality industry for 15 years with companies such as Binions Gaming, Sam's Town, New York-New York, and MGM/Mirage during its merger. Her son, Zachary Avery, is a criminal justice major at UNLV. She lives in Henderson.

Lynette Boggs-Perez, '98 MPA, was elected in May 2019 as the District 7 trustee of the Judson Independent School District, one of the 19 independent school districts in the San Antonio area. She also serves as board secretary of the school district. She is a juvenile and child welfare attorney in San Antonio. She lives in Converse.

Glenn S. Alai, '02 BA Communication Studies, has been appointed president of the board of directors for Aid for AIDS of Nevada (AFAN). He has been a producer and manager for Penn & Teller since 1995.

John Santana, '95 BA Communication Studies, saw his debut novel novel, Bastards of Young, released in May by Black Opal Books. In it, Nick Karenka is lost in Sin City. His band’s singer has navy SEAL aspirations, his dad’s marrying a young stripper, and why does his girlfriend’s family make such a big deal about eating with your elbows on the table? Nick holds LA as some sort of utopia, until a chance encounter with a kilt-wearing, hearse-driving, drum-playing college freshman named Gremlin starts to bring out who Nick really is. They begin to explore the world beyond the desert island that is Las Vegas until they finally realize that their future isn’t in Southern California, but with a bunch of lumberjack-dressing misfits in the Pacific Northwest. Santana lives in Nassau, New York.

Gregory M. Smith, '86 BA and '98 MA Criminal Justice, retired from public service in August, having served 21 years with the Nevada attorney general's office and four years with the Clark County district attorney's office. He is the father of Mark G. Smith, '16 BA Criminal Justice.