Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership; Student Affairs) recently attended the International Leadership Association's (ILA) annual global conference. Satterwhite serves on the ILA Committee for the Advancement of Leadership Programs and on the steering committee for the ILA Sustainability Leadership member community. He presented three…

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning & Leadership; Student Affairs) attended the International Leadership Association's Future Forward Summit, hosted by the University of Colorado-Boulder. The event marked 25 years of the International Leadership Association and drew together leadership scholars, practitioners, and journal editors to envision…

Karly Van Holten and Brooklyn Cruz (both Service Learning & Leadership) presented "Empowering Minds: Strategies for Transformative Learning Environment" at the 2024 UNLV Administrative Faculty Development Day. The aim of this workshop was to help educators and youth-facing professionals draw on their own experiences, motives, and…

Mike Bricker (Student Union and Event Services) was accepted into the National Emergency Training Center (NETC). NETC is a FEMA training that includes weather, fire, and all other natural disasters. Bricker will travel to Washington, D.C., this winter to represent Southern Nevada and UNLV while becoming a certified emergency management…

Cate Weeks (Integrated Marketing & Branding) and Kaci Schroeder (Enrollment & Student Services) presented "Small Teams, Big Partnership. Developing a United Brand Marketing Communications Strategy" at the 2022 Conference on Marketing and Branding presented by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. The presentation focused on…

Jennifer Gray (Student Union and Event Services) was elected to the NACAS West Board of Directors. NACAS West serves as the regional board for the National Association for College Auxiliary Services. This is Gray's second term on the board. She also serves the national board as chair of the NACAS National Conference Committee.  

Nevada Beta, the UNLV chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta (AED), sent several members, including those serving on its executive board, to the Biennial AED National Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. AED is a national health pre-professional honor society. At the conference the chapter earned awards and represented Region 5, which consists of 11…

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning & Leadership) co-authored a chapter in the new book from Information Age Publishing titled Navigating Complexities in Leadership: Moving Toward Critical Hope. His chapter, authored with colleagues from Chapman and Chatham universities, is titled "Tensions in sustainability leadership" and introduces a model…

Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership) recently presented four sessions at the International Leadership Association's 23rd Global Conference, held in a hybrid format both online and in Geneva, Switzerland. He collaborated with 12 colleagues from 10 different institutions including Johns Hopkins, Texas A&M, and the University of…

Sunny Gittens (Student Life), Jenna-Weglarz-Ward (Education) and Claire Tredwell (UNLV/CSUN Preschool) were awarded a $460K Child Care Access Means Parents in School grant from the Department of Education. These funds for child care access are vital as they will enable UNLV to provide stipends to low-income students with young children…

Megan Brower (Student Involvement & Activities) was honored by Pi Kappa Phi as their Friend of the Fraternity. She has been at UNLV for the past seven years with her most recent role as assistant director, fraternity sorority life. A member of Alpha Sigma Alpha, she has been invaluable with member education. She has facilitated at two Pi Kapp…

The UNLV HOPE Scholars program (Service Learning and Leadership) has been awarded three years of funding totaling $180,000 by the United Way of Southern Nevada as part of their Community Impact Grants. The funding will sustain annual cohorts of students experiencing housing insecurity entering the HOPE Scholars program, which provides…