Two Generations, One Commencement
Gloria Flores and her son, Michael, share a stage as they both earn degrees on the same day.
Gloria Flores and her son, Michael, share a stage as they both earn degrees on the same day.
The themed residence hall floor, named for the county's first black landholder, offers students a place to explore African American identity.
Kris Engelstad McGarry and the Engelstad Family Foundation are helping make the dreams of dozens of UNLV School of Medicine students come true.
Ivet Aldaba-Valera was the first in her family to graduate from college and now she’s helping other first-generation students get to the finish line, too.
The Las Vegas native completed her undergrad at Reno and returned home for law school. After graduation, she’ll head north again for a clerkship in Carson City.
Working against the odds, this alumna became the first in her family to attain a college education and launch an ambitious career.
Some inspirational words from Rebels who've made it through another fall semester.
McNair/AANAPISI programs for low-income, first-generation students matches undergrads with faculty mentors that share their focus and goals.
UNLV undergraduate and NASA intern Amber Turner shares her remarkable research journey, which may someday lead to human civilizations on other planets.
Margie Toves is among the first graduates from a program to produce social workers specializing in children’s mental health.
This fall’s freshman class is the biggest, smartest class to date. Here’s how new strategies kept Nevada’s brightest in state and opened the eyes of first-gen college students to the opportunity at their doorstep.
College once seemed so unobtainable to academic advisor John Starkey. He'll share his inspiring story of rising from poverty with incoming freshmen this week.