Tracy Johnson (College of Liberal Arts), Ed Ronca (College of Education), and John Starkey (School of Business) presented at the 2015 National Academic Advising Association National Conference. Titled, "Numbers Don't Lie: A Framework for Recognizing and Supporting Nontraditional Learners," their presentation focused …

UNLV Collegiate DECA Members recently received several awards at the Utah Collegiate DECA's annual Fall Leadership Conference (FLC). Collegiate DECA is a career and technical student organization formerly known as the Distributive Education Clubs of America. Among those receiving awards at the FLC were: Daniel Dinev (Accounting/Global…

Paul Thistle (Finance) has been elected vice president of the American Risk and Insurance Association. He presented a paper, "The Principal-Agent Model When Agents Can Make Mistakes," at the association's conference in Seattle in August.

American Marketing Association Collegiate Chapter continued its streak of excellence by earning five notable awards during the 36th annual American Marketing Association (AMA) International Collegiate Conference in New Orleans. The conference brings together more than 1,200 marketing students and their faculty advisers for three days of…

Natalie Schibrowsky (Chemistry) has been named the American Marketing Association's Student Marketer of the Year. President of the UNLV chapter of the AMA, she was selected for the award from the 9,986 AMA student members. The award, selected by the AMA students, focuses attention on the varieties of ways AMA collegiate members demonstrate…

Tracy Johnson (Liberal Arts), Valarie Burke (Vice Provost Academic Affairs), Stacy Shapin (Fine Arts), Kristie Berthelotte (Fine Arts), Heather Hatch (Academic Success Center), Chris Parker (Engineering), Sal Mora (Academic Success Center), David Belt (Sciences), and Michael Biesiada (Business) made presentations at the annual NACADA (National…

Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) and Anjala Krishen (Marketing & International Business) presented "USA Pro Cycling Challenge: Cycling Fans Lifestyles and Event Sponsorship" along with co-author Angeline Close of the University of Texas at a meeting of the Sport Marketing Association in October. That month Lough…

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…

Lisa Davis (MBA Programs) has been selected as the recipient of the 2014 UNLV Academic Advisor Award at the graduate level. Her name has been forwarded as a nominee for the NSHE Regents' Academic Advisor Award.

Mary Riddel (Economics) received a $3,000 grant to conduct research on misperceptions about the effectiveness of prevention strategies and demand for insurance. The grant is funded by the Risk Project of the Center for Risk Science Innovation and Application in the International Life Sciences Research Foundation. She will present her research…

Bob Aalberts (Accounting) coauthored an article, "Our Own Private Sustainable Community: Are Green Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions a Viable Alternative to a More Environmentally Sustainable Future for Homeowners?" which was published in the spring issue of the New Mexico Law Review. His coauthor, Darren Prum of Florida State University, is…

Stephen Brown (Economics) and Hillard Huntington of Stanford University are the authors of "Assessing the U.S. Oil Security Premium," which was published in Energy Economics.