News: Student Involvement & Activities
![A student working in a workshop, with a rocket labeled "UNLV"](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2024-05/D75469_007_SEDS%20Testing%20%281%29.jpg?itok=HWUpnN8e)
Through the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space club, members launch their rockets and their careers.
![people walking outdoors on UNLV campus](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2023-04/220423%20Festival%20of%20Community%20049_NC.jpg?itok=BSTT3LYU)
Festival of Communities, Powwow for the Planet and Rebel Preview highlight full day of community focused events on the campus of UNLV.
![Students outdoors socializing, studying, reading, and interacting](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2022-10/internal_002_general_scenes.jpg?itok=YBWlnOhZ)
Transfer students explain how they found ways to thrive at a new school.
![Woman carrying young child into preschool](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2022-04/D74004_135%20Jessica%20Morales%20Alvarez.jpeg?itok=nB4SHWaO)
UNLV secures a U.S. Department of Education grant to remove the school vs. family conundrum for student-parents.
![woman posing outdoors](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/media/image/2022-04/OCE%202022%20Awards%20Abriana%20Perez%20Photo%20for%20UNLV%20News%20Story%20040622.jpeg?itok=5Yi8s_BI)
Student service award recipient Abriana Perez volunteered over 200 hours and partnered with others to help more than 5,000 community members during the pandemic.
![A hiker enjoys the desert around the Falling Man petroglyph area in the Gold Butte region Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71397_2016-0526-2913.jpg?itok=olmfB7DW)
UNLV Mountain Club serves as a vehicle for student growth in an outdoor setting.
![A student poses in a boxing ring with "UNLV" letters drawn on the wall behind him.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/enrique.jpg?itok=X2iReuk9)
Enrique Nieto and a team of students are setting out to improve the health of the Las Vegas community.
Oversized banner celebrates campus diversity as part of student government initiative.
![screenshot of videoconference call](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/political%20science%20club.jpg?itok=8QhMQ6o8)
New political science student organization builds membership by tapping into the need to connect.
![woman in mask in front of large artwork](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/jessicawalsea.jpg?itok=KGnd-k4Q)
After a semester of learning the behind-the-scenes operations at the Barrick, junior J. Walsea offers advice for any student seeking internships as the pandemic rages on.
A commitment to serve those who serve our country.
Celebrating our role in Nevada as we look forward to Saturday's football rivalry game.