News: Alumni Engagement

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UNLV History |

Homecoming brings students and alumni to gether to celebrate at traditions like the golf cart parade, festival, and football game.

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Campus News |

Investing in the future is a defining principle for longtime finance professor whose donation created new experiential learning program.

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People |

UNLV's Tribal Education Initiative gives its new director an outlet for advocacy and Native students the opportunity of a lifetime.

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Campus News |

The new initiative raised $7,742 within the first seven months.

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Campus News |

“What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?”

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People |

This former Alumni Association president continues to build relationships by connecting Rebels to each other for career development.

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People |

Nancy Rapoport has always pitched in to smooth things out. Now she's the Alumni Association's 2022 Outstanding Faculty Award winner.

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People |

Nursing Alumnus of the Year Robert J. Vadovic is as committed to mentoring fellow nurses as he is to helping patients.

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People |

Before it was UNLV, it was Nevada Southern — and the starting point for Marydean Martin's career in library science, as well as her passion for accessible programs in literacy.

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People |

Nevada's superintendent of public instruction found inspiration to become a teacher out on the slopes.

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People |

Alumnus Phil Ralston has been as instrumental in the residential growth of the Las Vegas Valley as he has in the cultivation of Lee Business School.

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People |

This longtime Rebel and physical education program coordinator is helping UNLV shape up inside and outside of the classroom.