Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) presented "Strengths-based Leadership and Team Building" to the Ethnic Minorities and Women in Coaching and Leadership Conference at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in May. She followed that with a presentation on "Media Representation and Marketing of Women Athletes" at the FLAME (…

Nancy Fawley, Samantha Godbey, Sue Wainscott, and Xan Goodman (all Libraries) contributed book chapters to Teaching Information Literacy Threshold Concepts: Lesson Plans for Librarians, edited by Hazel McClure, Gayle Schaub, and Patricia Bravender. Fawley wrote "Determining the Relevance and Reliability of Information Sources." Goodman penned "…

In spring 2014, the office of housing and residential life established a sustainability team to educate residents and promote sustainability in the residence halls. In February and March, the residence halls competed in the Campus Conservation Nationals. This year, 345,000 students and staff members from 125 schools participated in CCN, the world'…

Michael Frazier, UNLV University Libraries Library Technician II, was named the UNLV Classified Employee of the Month for April 2015. Frazier was originally recognized for the invaluable role he played in creating a successful partnership between the Preservation Lab and the Libraries Acquisition and Resource Sharing units, which resulted in the…

Melissa Bowles-Terry (head of Educational Initiatives at UNLV University Libraries) and Erin Rinto (UNLV University Libraries undergraduate learning librarian) recently presented at the Library Orientation Exchange (LOEX) Conference, the premier national conference for those interested in library instruction. Their presentation, "Taste Testing…

Law professor Ruben Garcia presented "The Constitutional Right to a Minimum Wage'" at the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, May 30, in Seattle. Garcia also co-chaired the activities of the association's Collaborative Research Network (CRN8) on Labor Rights.

Katie Cannata (Journalism and Media Studies), Lee Hanover (History), Bella Victoria Smith (Interdisciplinary Studies), and Manuela Bowles (English) recently received the Lance and Elena Calvert Undergraduate Research Award. Given by UNLV's University Libraries, the award recognizes original research and sophisticated critical thinking skills…

Brian Townsend (Controller's Office) recently earned a master of public administration degree at UNLV. His concentration was in non-profit management.

Hannah Fluitt (Architecture) was named student chapter Leader of the Year for 2015 by the American Society of Interior Designers. She is president of UNLV's student chapter.