News: Business Affairs
One of the first in her family to graduate from college, this new human resources employee feels at home on UNLV’s “rainbow” campus.
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Among our campus' more than 4,300 trees are 10 specimens that stand above all others in Nevada.
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Paul Dzerk came to UNLV three decades ago to transform the dusty campus into the arboretum it is today.
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Jean Vock, fresh to UNLV from the University of Arizona, breaks down the new system that will serve as point-of-contact for purchasing, invoices and human resources.
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Vock, who will also serve as UNLV's chief financial officer, brings more than 30 years of university and corporate finance experience.
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Baron Pace, winner of the President's Classified Rookie of the Year Award, advises that team work is critical to success.
![Flor Cardona](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71607_125.jpg?itok=SyzKRV8G)
Dozens of employees also recognized for their years of service to the university.
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How to use the Barrick Museum’s new exhibit to talk to your children about the environment.
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This budget analyst was surprised and pleased to discover that at UNLV it's not only the students who have Rebel pride.
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Just leave the vampire eradication equipment and fire pits at home
![Christmas Angel III by Kim Rugg](/sites/default/files/styles/768_width/public/articles/main-images/D71364_052.jpg?itok=ir7l7Ybi)
An installation at the Barrick compels museum curators and UNLV mailroom staff to take new notice of each other.
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Christmas tree recycling begins Dec. 26 at more than 30 Southern Nevada locations; more than 20,000 trees recycled in 2015.