News: Honors College
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Nearly 6,900 UNLV students receive scholarships through the UNLV Foundation. Meet five recipients, whose college careers were made easier thanks to donors.
Five UNLV graduates will be recognized by President Donald Snyder during spring commencement for their combination of academic excellence and service to the community.
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Doctoral student to research human skeletal remains in Turkey; graduating senior will teach English in Germany.
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Meana, a professor of psychology at UNLV since 1997, has served as interim dean of the college since 2012.
Honors College student Aeriel Halstead explains why students like her choose UNLV to the university's top supporters.
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This fall’s freshman class is the biggest, smartest class to date. Here’s how new strategies kept Nevada’s brightest in state and opened the eyes of first-gen college students to the opportunity at their doorstep.
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Alumni Association announces recipients of its Alumni of the Year, Outstanding Faculty Awards. Fred Albrecht receives top honors.
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The rhetorical tradition gets Daniel Coyle jazzed but for fun, the soft-spoken Honors College development officer is a hardcore "Mudder."
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Tony Sanchez, ’88 BA Political Science, receives association's top honors.
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Psychology professor Marta Meana was appointed interim dean of the Honors College, effective July 1, 2012.
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After winning a prestigious internship, UNLV alum zooms toward to government consulting role.