Accomplishments: Service Learning & Leadership

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership; Student Affairs) contributed a chapter to the newly published book from Routledge, The Handbook for Climate Change Leadership in Organizations: Developing Leadership for the Age of Sustainability, edited by Doug MacKie. Satterwhite's contribution, titled, "Environmental leadership is contemporary…
Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership; Student Affairs) recently presented at the International Leadership Association's 25th annual global conference held in Vancouver, Canada. Satterwhite co-facilitated a pre-conference session titled, "Flourishing Leadership in this New World," chaired a session titled, "Global Perspectives on…
Stine Odegard (Service Learning & Leadership) co-authored an article in the new special issue of the journal New Directions for Student Leadership, no. 179: Teaching Sustainability through Leadership Education. The article, titled, "Leadership education as democracy-in-action: In pursuit of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals," is…
Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning & Leadership) edited a special issue of the journal New Directions for Student Leadership, no. 179: Teaching Sustainability through Leadership Education. Satterwhite, alongside Kate Sheridan (Chatham University) and Whitney McIntyre Miller (Chapman University), authored an editorial and an article in the…
Juanita K. Hinojosa (Service Learning and Leadership, doctoral student in Higher Education) recently co-published an article, "(In)visibility to Advocacy: The Insider–Outsider Experiences of AfroLatinX Higher Education Professionals," in the Journal of Higher Education. This article explores the educational and professional experiences of…
The Office of Service Learning and Leadership (Student Affairs) received a $30k grant through the Center for Expanding Leadership & Opportunity, funded by the Allstate Foundation, to expand community engagement opportunities and student recognition initiatives. The funds will be used over the next year to expand existing community engagement…
Juanita K. Hinojosa (Service Learning and Leadership, doctoral student in Higher Education) and Federick Ngo (Higher Education) participated in a recently published report by the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) titled “An ASHE Institute with Southern Nevada Higher Education Leaders: Postsecondary Student Access…
Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership) recently served as a facilitator for the inaugural Campus Compact Changemakers Retreat, hosted by the Community Engagement Center at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Satterwhite also served as a member of the eight-person design team that created the event and built its curriculum. The…
Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership) co-authored a chapter titled, "Leadership Learning," in the new book, A Research Agenda for Leadership Learning and Development Through Higher Education, published by Edward Elgar. Satterwhite and his co-author, Benjamin Correia-Harker of Marquette University, explore brain-based factors…
Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership) represented UNLV at Campus Compact’s Research University Civic Engagement Network (TRUCEN) meeting at the University of Minnesota. This is the first time UNLV has been involved with TRUCEN — a network of community engagement professionals from R1 universities across the country — after…
Constance Brooks (Government and Community Engagement) and Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership) have accepted an invitation to represent UNLV and join the The Research University Civic Engagement Network (TRUCEN). Hosted by Campus Compact, TRUCEN members are "R1 institutions that share a fundamental commitment to leveraging…
Heather Richardson (Service Learning and Leadership) secured a $5,000 gift from Compassionate Las Vegas to support her ongoing work in supporting UNLV students who have experienced foster care through the Fostering Scholars program. Specifically, this money will help secure textbooks for students in need and assist with their academic progress and…