News: Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement

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Nursing's Alumna of the Year opens free-standing birth center to provide a home-like environment for women in labor.

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The College of Liberal Arts Alumnus of the Year went from being uncertain about the future of his education to being one of the top residential real estate agents in the Las Vegas Valley.

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Making her way from the sugar beet fields of Idaho to the stage of a professional opera company — the College of Fine Arts Alumna of the Year is out to prove the genre is for everyone.

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Boyd Law's Alumna of the Year fled Peru and left behind a career in dentistry to help others on a similar path by becoming an immigration lawyer.

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The ER doctor and Integrated Health Sciences Alumnus of the Year shifted from baseball to medicine after a shoulder injury.

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Though she didn't become a marine biologist, the Graduate College Alumna of the Year charted a course that now supports researchers.

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Jumping into extracurricular activities as a student leads Hospitality College Alumna of the Year to vice president role at Wynn Resorts.

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U.S. District judge uses lessons learned from her distinguished career to mentor and inspire UNLV's next generation of jurists.

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Campus News |

This fall, Academic Impressions will be bringing even more personal, professional, and leadership education resources to UNLV faculty.

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New endowment fund to be named for donors Tom and Leslie Thomas.

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Campus News |

Investing in the future is a defining principle for longtime finance professor whose donation created new experiential learning program.

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UNLV's Tribal Education Initiative gives its new director an outlet for advocacy and Native students the opportunity of a lifetime.