Janet Runge (Business School) was honored with the High Tech Mentor Award for her efforts in entrepreneurship education in the winter 2013 edition of Las Vegas Woman magazine. As the school's enrichment coordinator, she oversees the Global Entrepreneurship Experience program and founded the UNLV Center for Entrepreneurship. She has served as faculty advisor for dozens of student competitors, including 18 finalists and winners in the Governor's Cup Business Plan Competition. She received the competition's inaugural Outstanding Advisor Award in 2008. In 2011, she was honored as the Woman of Distinction in Education by the National Association of Women Business Owners.