Lori Candela (Nursing) received two UNLV awards recognizing her significant record of teaching excellence. Candela, who has taught at the university since 1999, earned the UNLV Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award, and is one of two faculty members to receive the inaugural UNLV Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award.

Breanna Boppre (Criminal Justice) has been awarded the President's UNLV Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for the 2017-18 academic year. Her doctoral dissertation research focuses on understanding the pathways of justice-involved women of color, and their criminogenic needs and strengths. Boppre and her work were the subject of an…

Cassandra Boyer, Jorge Adrian Castrejon, Jessica Nave-Blodgett, Andrew Ortiz, and Karl Wennerlind have been chosen to receive the fall 2016 Southwest Travel Awards. They were selected from among 150 student applicants. Recipients of the awards receive a round-trip travel voucher from Southwest Airlines to allow them to travel to a conference or…

Jamie Wong, Jordan Myrda, and Edgar García (all World Languages and Cultures) each has been awarded a $500 Wing and Lilly Fong Scholarship for accomplishments in, and further study of, Chinese language. Administered by the UNLV Foundation, the grants were awarded through a committee chaired by professor Ying Bao of the department of…

Carrie Ahlborn, Kerry Sallee, and Alexandra Liebman (Foundation) were lead creators of "Flexible. Personal. Vital.," a campaign for the UNLV annual fund, which was named a 2016 CASE VII Award of Excellence bronze winner in the category "Best Practices in Fundraising: Campaigns." The annual awards competition is presented by District VII of…

Scott Roberts, associate vice president for development, was elected to serve a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District VII. CASE supports alumni relations, communications, development, and marketing professionals at educational institutions worldwide. The association…

Nancy Strouse and Scott Roberts (both Foundation) presented "Naming Opportunities: What's That Space Worth? Naming Policies, Practices and Pitfalls" to the Las Vegas chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals in April. They discussed why spaces are named, how to determine the correct monetary amount for naming a space, naming policies…

Nancy Strouse (Foundation), Scott Roberts (Foundation), and David Frommer (Planning and Construction) made presentations as part of the Leveraging Your Assets: Public Private Partnerships session at the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, district VII conference in San Francisco in March. As university budgets tighten and state…

Tori Klein (Foundation) recently was elected to the board of the Sunrise Children's Foundation (SCF). The mission of the SCF is to help children fulfill their potential of safe, healthy, and educated lives. The organization, founded in 1993, provides multiple pediatric health and education programs throughout Clark County, all free charge.