Accomplishments: Honors College
Assistant professor-in-residence Michael Chin (Honors College) published a work of creative non-fiction with Eunoia Review, titled "RUN-HIDE-FIGHT." The essay pairs reflections on his experience teaching at UNLV during the tragic events of Dec. 6, 2023, with experiences from his youth
Gillian Gottlieb (Honors College; Nursing) with Corrin Sullivan, Dale Netski, and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) published an article, "Anxiety and Depression Among College Students in the Post-COVID-19 Phase," in the Journal of Medicine, Surgery, and Public Health.
Gillian Gottlieb, Lisa Menegatos (Honors), Brenna Renn (Psychology), with Corrin Sullivan, Dale Netski and Kavita Batra (all Medicine) presented a poster of their study, "The Mental Health Impact Among College Students in the Post-COVID-19 Phase" at the Spring 2024 Undergraduate Research Symposium held at UNLV.
Gottlieb is graduating this…
Michael Green (History; Honors) was elected to membership in the American Antiquarian Society, based in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is a national research library and learned society founded in 1812.
Project Wellness President Jose Llanes, faculty co-advisors to Project Wellness Ursula Kamanga (Honors; Communication Studies) and Daniel Bubb (Honors; Academic Affairs), the Project Wellness Executive Board, and the Project Wellness Planning Board published an article in The Beacon, a newsletter distributed to colleges and universities…
Members of Alpha Epsilon Delta, the American Medical Student Association, Project Wellness, and other UNLV students participated in assembling hygiene and health kits for the unhoused. In all, 20 students participated in this project, resulting in 153 kits that will be given to the unhoused. Next week, the kits will be delivered to local Las Vegas…
Lance Nelson (Health Sciences), John Starkey (Business), Marlon Urquico (Honors) and Cheryl Tillotson (Liberal Arts) are the winners of the 2023-24 UNLV Academic Advising Awards presented by the Office of the Associate Vice Provost for Student Success and the Academic Advising Council Leadership Team. These awards recognize individuals that go…
Dan Bubb (Honors College) was part of a panel that included Mark Hall Patton, retired director of the Clark County Heritage Museum, and consultant on the television show, Pawn Stars, and Rosemary Vasiliadis, director of Aviation in Clark County, celebrating 75 years of commercial aviation and Harry Reid International Airport (formerly…
Professor William Joseph Sipe (Honors) recently presented an article at the National Communication Association's annual conference in Washington, D.C. The paper, titled "Fantasies of Whiteness Lost: Eco-Fascism in the Modern Viking Community," was a chapter of his 2023 dissertation.
Michael Chin (Honors) recently published a short story, “The Lost Girl,” in Bluestem Magazine from Eastern Illinois University.
William Sipe (Honors College) recently published an article in the peer-reviewed journal Critical Studies in Media Communication. The article examines interracial dynamics within the Netflix series, Bridgerton, and argues that those dynamics reflect contemporary economic structures of authority and desire.
Honors College student Jerwin Tiu was accepted to attend the 23rd annual Public Policy and Leadership Conference (PPLC) at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government this October in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
This year, PPLC received applications from 220 different colleges and universities, and invited 70 students in all to attend…