Accomplishments: Campus Recreation Services and SRWC Facilities
Brigette Sohn, LaToya Burdiss, and Reginald Ungos (all Campus Recreational Services) presented "Desert Oasis: Unleashing Revenue Potential when the Funds are Drying Up," at the 2024 NIRSA Annual Conference and Campus Rec & Wellness Expo in Phoenix, Arizona. NIRSA: Leaders in Collegiate Recreation is a non-profit membership association that…
Hannah Doss (Campus Recreation) was awarded the Excellence in Social Justice award at UNLV's Campus Life Achievement Awards 2019.
John McElrath (Campus Recreational Services) has been appointed to a 2019-20 National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) Assembly seat. The assembly is a leadership group made up of NIRSA members across the country. They are facilitators of thoughtful discussions surrounding hot topics that will affect the profession in…
The Campus Life Achievement awards were held May 7 in the Student Union Ballroom. These awards span the different values of the Campus LifeCluster including Social Justice, student and staff development, student engagement, economic viability, infrastructure, academic impact, assessment, and recognition.
This year’s award winners are:…
Johann Heske (Theatre), a UNLV senior and former campus recreation lifeguard, recently used his UNLV lifeguard training to help save a life while on a plane. While on a flight from Germany to Las Vegas, a passenger had been drinking, and could not be awakened. Heske, seated two rows back, jumped up and offered help. He put the passenger's seat…
The UNLV Ice Hockey Team (Campus Recreational Services) has won its way to the American Collegiate Hockey Association National Championships for the second straight season. The #13-ranked Skatin' Rebels begin play in Dallas on March 21, facing the #20-ranked team from Robert Morris University. The Rebels have qualified for the national…
Dallas Leong (Accounting), Emi Leong (Entertainment Engineering and Design), and Matthew Dobbs (Journalism and Media Studies) will be traveling to Dallas this week with the UNLV Bowling Club for the sectional bowling competition.
Dallas Leong, a senior, now is ranked #2 in the nation by the United States Bowling Congress.
Emi Leong, a junior, is…
Arthur Hockwald (Campus Recreational Services) made two presentations at the UC Fitcon Conference at the University of California, Riverside in June. The topics were "Clean Slate: Creating a Personal Training Program" and "Motor Learning: Internal and External Focus." Hockwald, a graduate assistant, also took a leadership role as operations…
UNLV Wrestling (Campus Recreational Services) placed fourth out of 11 teams this past weekend at the National Collegiate Wrestling Association (NCWA) regional championships in St. George, Utah. UNLV had two individual champions, Pleatheal Roberts and Jared Brathor. We have qualified five wrestlers Roberts, Brathor, Austin Holloman, Elias Edmonson…
Erin Farrar, Reginald Ungos, LaToya Burdiss, John McElrath, Sean Kinnally, Steve Kinsey, and Brigette Sohn (all Campus Recreational Services) were selected by the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) Region VI Conference Committee to present five topics to professional and student colleagues from nine states and two…