News: Alumni Engagement
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UNLV Alumni Association affinity club helps develop networks between students and alumni and build bridges for career development.
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The alumni engagement events coordinator makes the plans to make people happy.
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UNLV alumna shoots for the stars and lands at NASA and Los Alamos.
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Nursing alumna Tabitha Lustig opened a new clinic in Washington barely a week before the pandemic first broke on U.S. shores in that state.
Nontraditional student scholars benefit from re-entry scholarships.
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Annual Rebels Give event turns to the sometimes subtle and rich ways that philanthropy ties together UNLV and Las Vegans.
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Rebels Give is a 1,957-minute fundraising drive (in honor of the date of UNLV’s founding) that encourages the community to get involved and support campus programs.
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Naval commander Stephen Col leaves a legacy of transformation and growth following his time at UNLV’s Army ROTC.
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Rebels Give - UNLV's annual day of giving - is scheduled for March 2-3.
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With a gaming-centered master’s degree newly in hand, UNLV Hospitality grad Margaret Simpson is bringing powerful leadership to her tribe’s Oregon casino.
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Great places are made of great people. Here are a few who made the news in 2020.
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Alumna and sports journalist Cassie Soto returns to UNLV-TV's studios to co-host Tuesday's ceremonies.