Patti Shock (Hotel) is being inducted into the Convention Industry Council (CIC) Hall of Leaders 2014, the highest award in the industry. A Hall of Leaders Awards Gala will take place in October. The CIC is a federation of 33 industry associations. Shock retired from full-time teaching last year after 25 years at UNLV, but still teaches online.

Jean Hertzman (Hotel) received the Chef Herman Breithaupt Award from the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (I-CHRIE). This award honors the memory of a pioneer in culinary education by recognizing outstanding achievement and contributions to foodservice education by a chef/educator. The recipient of the award…

Dale "Shag" Shigenaga (Hotel) was inducted as an American Academy of Chefs (AAC) Honorary Fellow at the AAC dinner that took place during the American Culinary Federation national convention at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in July.

Toni Repetti and SoYeon Jung (Hotel) were awarded Best Conference Paper at the 2013 International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education summer conference. Their paper, "The Effects of Cross-Border Competition on Atlantic City Gaming Volumes," was one of three papers selected as conference best papers out of more than 100…

Lisa Rubin (Bob Boughner Career Services Center) graduated at UNLV's winter commencement Dec. 18 with a Ph.D. in educational leadership, focusing on higher education. Professor Vicki Rosser (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) served as her dissertation chair and advisor.

Karl Kingsley (Dental) and Christine Bergman (Hotel Administration) coauthored a presentation by dental student Don Phipps at the International Association for Dental Research in Iguacu Falls, Brazil, in June. It was titled "Soy Protein Extract Inhibits Oral Cancer Growth: Potential Dietary Implications." Kingsley also is the senior author of a…