Rebel Applause
Rebel Applause is UNLV’s employee recognition platform that allows colleagues to send notes of gratitude to one another for a job well done and for exemplifying our Campus Values:
- Access & Equity
- Excellence & Integrity
- Compassion & Inclusion
- Collaboration & Stewardship
All job classifications (administrative and academic faculty, classified staff, postdoctoral scholars, letter of appointments, and medical and dental residents) are eligible to give and receive recognition through Rebel Applause.
Service Milestone Awards
Academic faculty, administrative faculty, and classified staff receive monetary awards redeemable only on Amazon Business through the Rebel Applause platform for reaching distinct service milestones.
Years of service are determined using the first day of employment at UNLV according to Workday without breaks in service. Please note that if there is a break in service at UNLV, the company service date resets. The passage of Assembly Bill 522 instituted longevity pay for certain state employees starting at eight years of continuous service. Service milestones up to five years of service are awarded in the form of REBEL Applause monetary points at the following marks:
- 1 year = $10
- 3 years = $25
- 5 years = $50
- 8 years and beyond = Longevity pay, awarded through payroll according to the schedule listed under longevity pay
For more information about Rebel Applause, email hr@unlv.edu.
Rebel Spirit Award
The Rebel Spirit Award recognizes UNLV employees who demonstrate our campus values.
Eligibility
All UNLV employees regardless of job classification are eligible for the Rebel Spirit Award.
Program Overview
The Rebel Spirit Award is distributed quarterly in January, April, July, and October. Recipients are chosen by the Rebel Spirit Award committee and are based on the quality and quantity of recognitions they receive in Rebel Applause. After selecting the recipient for the quarter, the Rebel Spirit Award committee notifies the recipient’s supervisor to coordinate how/when the award is presented.
Rebel Spirit Award recipients receive:
- A certificate of appreciation award signed by the Executive Vice President and Provost
- A UNLV campus values-branded tumbler
- Recognition in UNLV Today
Committee
Committee Partner
- Ericka Smith, Vice President for Human Resources & Chief People Officer
Committee Members
- Jared Christensen, Assistant Vice President and Executive Director for Human Resource Business Partners
- Jill Zimbelman, Assistant Director, Office of Research Integrity
- Nancy Uscher, Dean, College of Fine Arts
Past Recipients
1st Quarter
- Jose Montalto
- Jose Navarro
- Josie Boyle
- Mary Vance
- Tomeisha Davis
1st Quarter
- Arianne Yago
- Bob Soulliere
- John Nicpon
- Megan Black
- Nicole Hudson
2nd Quarter
- Kaytie Hackett
- Barbara Blue
- Tansy Rabijahed
- Mersina Swearinger
- Nicole Johnson
3rd Quarter
- Jacob House
- Yvette Aqui
- Derek Jones
- Luciana Yeh
- Michele Padilla
4th Quarter
- Alethea Inns
- Kimberly Lintz
- Ginger Garcia
- Maria Jerinic-Pravica
- Vaune Kudlubek
December
- Joe Sly
- Michelle Anderson
- Mary Yedinak
- Isabelle Johnson
- Yuko Shinozaki
- Beth DeBouck
November
- Kirsten Connelly
October
- Young Kim
September
- Lucas Graff
- Mehmet Erdem
- Kim Ensigne
May
- Kimberly Miller
March
- Miles Boulton
- Yaa Oberg
- Rosemary Le
- Deana Wilson
- Juan Lino
January
- Sam Fugazzotto
- Chinam Seto
- Deana Waddell
- Sherry Marks
- Amy Carito
- Lauren Calise
- Deb Powell
- Carla Zimmerman
December
- Ashley Stone
- Joy Ramior
November
- Jerra Strong
- Nadine Bentis
- Ashley Weckesser
- Leslie Rafaovich
- Staci Bueno
- Lisa Jacob
- Gail Griffin
- Abigail Wood
- Rosita Chapman
- Lori Ciccone
- Laura Anders
- Stephanie Page
October
- Alexandra Nikolich
September
- Joan Beneduce
- Kim Nelms
August
- Misty Valentin
August
- Rebecca Paulson
February
- Isabelle Johnson
- Elaine Anderson
January
- Ge Kan
December
- Eric Knight
- Erika Nolte
- Valerie Solerno
- Kevin Bergeron
October
- Jamilah Brewington
- Heather Rappaport
- Alecia Stacey
September
- Jennifer Drennan
August
- Erin Azua
July
- Tonya Kemble
June
- Eva Perez
- Heather Sedlacek
- Gloria Garcia
- Brenda Guerra
- Arturo Baltazar
- Angela Martinez
- Stephen Valine
- Flora Phipps
May
- Michelle Fearnley
- Jill Zimbelman
April
- Carisa Shaffer
- Cate Weeks
- Grant Kurosu
- Katelyn Dibenedetto
- Michelle Tomasino
March
- Anna Toma
- Abigail Wood
- Alberto de Salvatierra
- Dan Gianoutsos
- Hallie Lyons
- Hannah Doss
- Jared Lau
- Judith Paulson
- Oriaku Kas-Osoka
- Susie Skarl
- Tricia McCrory
- Nadia Pormirleanu
- Sonia Taylor
- Chad Phillips
- Kenneth Hughes