Maria Roncal, '11 BA Journalism and Media Studies, has been promoted to senior social media manager at Kenshoo, a software company for social media and search advertising. Notable clients include brands such as REI, The Honest Company, and tech disrupters such as San Francisco-based Stitch Fix and Bogota-based app Rappi. She became engaged to Brian Wuethrich during a trip to Santorini, Greece. They are planning a May wedding in Cancun, Mexico. The couple recently moved from San Francisco, where they met, to Los Angeles. Her hobbies include dancing in heels, CrossFit, and exploring Los Angeles’ food and culture scene

Whitney Cole, '18 BA Communication Studies, is pursuing a master's degree online. Her hobbies include basketball and writing.

Cecilia Heston, '18 BA Journalism and Media Studies, began working as an associate producer at KVVU Fox5 following graduation. While at UNLV, she worked with UNLV-TV on productions and interned in Washington, D.C., with the senior deputy chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Previously, she worked at KSPS-PBS, TravelingMom, and WiredSafety where she had the opportunity to speak on Capitol Hill and participate in special projects with Disney, Google, and Microsoft at their respective headquarters. Shortly before graduating, she became the UNLV Alumni Association's youngest lifetime member. She lives in Henderson.

Ross Bennett, '15 BA Communication Studies, is a global account manager for the Microsoft Account Team within Cisco Systems. He is part of a team of seven account managers at Cisco who are responsible for advising Microsoft on their investment with Cisco Systems within Microsoft's business processes on a global scale. He lives in Seattle.

Tracy Moody Skenandore, '00 BA Communications, has been named director of corporate communications and public affairs for Kirvin Doak Communications. She has more than 20 years of public relations, marketing, and corporate communications experience in Southern Nevada and spent more than eight years as manager of corporate communications and public relations for Republic Services. Most recently, she directed the communications effort for the successful Coalition to Defeat Question 3. She is an inductee in the Women’s Chamber of Commerce Women’s Hall of Fame, recipient of the InBusiness Las Vegas Top 40 Under 40 Young Leaders Award and the Las Vegas Business Press Rising Stars of Business Award. She is married to Michael Skenandore, '96 BA Communications.    

Sarah Thornton, '96 BA Communication Studies, was named 2018 Volunteer of the Year by the Clark County Bar Association for her exceptional service to the organization. She is president of the Las Vegas-based boutique public relations and marketing firm Sarah Thornton Public Relations, which was founded in 2007. When receiving the award she was praised for not only helping to plan activities and services for association members but also for recruiting attorneys to write articles for "Communiqué," to teach legal education seminars, to volunteer at Three Square, and to distribute blankets to the homeless at Project Homeless Connect. She has been a member of the association's Community Service Committee intermittently since 2008. She also currently serves on the board of directors for the Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) Las Vegas chapter and is an advisory board member for Cure For the Kids Foundation. She is a past chapter president and past regional board member of the International Association of Business Communicators’ (IABC) Las Vegas chapter, in addition to being a past president for IABC Colorado. She is also a past chapter president and assembly delegate for PRSA Las Vegas and a past board member for PRSA Colorado. From 2015 to 2017 she served on the board of directors for Kenzi’s Causes, formerly Dolls For Daughters, a non-profit in Colorado that serves children living in poverty.