News: Alumni Engagement
![Sara Leoni](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Sara-Leoni.jpg?itok=uHXD58PQ)
Sara Leoni, the College of Urban Affairs Alumna of the Year, finds that a great team can last a lifetime.
![Tomas C. Walker](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/walker_D70320_06.jpg?itok=a1jqqPwa)
Tomas C. Walker, the 2017 Nursing Alumnus of the Year, working to develop an artificial pancreas to help patients with diabetes.
![Herb J. Santos Jr.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Herb-Santos-Jr_h.jpg?itok=w8X4XmJ7)
Herb J. Santos Jr., the Liberal Arts Alumnus of the Year, finds opportunity in adversity.
![Jason Smylie, standing in front of a Capriotti's](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/smylieD71384_003.jpg?itok=NmFuLSax)
Jason Smylie, the Honors College Alumnus of the Year, invests in Capriotti's and ends up owning the company.
![Maria Barton](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/barton_D71396_04.jpg?itok=TI3EZxIt)
Maria Barton, the Allied Health Sciences Alumna of the Year, finds the payoff in helping others.
Holly Lyman, the Community Health Sciences Alumna of the Year, builds a Dragon boating tradition to fight cancer.
Fine Arts Alumnus of the Year Tim Bavington on representing the Las Vegas art scene.
![Theodore Garland Jr.](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Ted-Garland.jpg?itok=_cORf_WL)
College of Sciences Alumnus of the Year Theodore Garland has taught across the globe.
![Daron Dorsey](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Dorsey_D71375_13.jpg?itok=oEdShq7a)
Former golf team member Daron Dorsey named the Boyd School of Law Alumnus of the Year.
![Kathy (Clark) Dyke](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Dyke_D70379_20.jpg?itok=vThBmc3k)
Las Vegas set the stage for the career of Kathy Dyke, the Hotel Administration Alumna of the Year.
![Lisa Danielson overlooks the lobby of the Beam Engineering building](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Danielson_D70908_20.jpg?itok=DC9Efk7J)
The career of Lisa Danielson, the Graduate College Alumna of the Year, took off like a rocket after UNLV.
![Tina Kunzer-Murphy](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/Kunzer_Murphy_D71378_08.jpg?itok=1cQFVu5L)
Tina Kunzer-Murphy, the College of Education's Alumna of the Year, rose from being a student-athlete to leading all of them.