Jason Smylie, the Honors College Alumnus of the Year, invests in Capriotti's and ends up owning the company.

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.

College of Sciences Alumnus of the Year Theodore Garland has taught across the globe.

Former golf team member Daron Dorsey named the Boyd School of Law Alumnus of the Year.

Las Vegas set the stage for the career of Kathy Dyke, the Hotel Administration Alumna of the Year.

The career of Lisa Danielson, the Graduate College Alumna of the Year, took off like a rocket after UNLV.

Tina Kunzer-Murphy, the College of Education's Alumna of the Year, rose from being a student-athlete to leading all of them.

Dr. Cody Hughes, the School of Dental Medicine's Alumnus of the Year, returns to serve its pediatric program.

College of Engineering Alumnus of the Year Suresh Vishnubhatla crosses continents to find his academic home.

When the real estate market took its toll on Chip Johnson, the 2017 Alumnus of the Year leaned on the relationships he started at UNLV.