Accomplishments: Honors College
Forty undergraduates recently were awarded scholarships through the office of undergraduate research's summer undergraduate research funding (OUR SURF) program. These scholarships support undergraduate research, scholarship, entrepreneurial, performance, or visual art projects in the summer months. A total of $39,000 in funding was…
Nemanja Novakovic (Sciences and Honors) is the 2017 UNLV undergraduate recipient of the Regents' Scholar Award. The award is bestowed upon one undergraduate student from each NSHE institution for their academic achievements, leadership ability, and service contributions. Each honoree receives a $5,000 stipend.
Novakovic is pursuing a double major…
Maria Jerenic-Pravica (Honors), Kate Wintrol (Libraries) , and Daniel Bubb (Honors) hosted a roundtable discussion at the National Collegiate Honors Council national conference on reasons why students should or should not go to college. The conversation resulted in fruitful dialog about the challenges students face not only deciding which college…
Maria Jerenic-Pravica, Lisa Menegatos, Joanna Kepka, and Daniel Bubb (all Honors College) presented on ways to address and discuss difficult topics related to diversity in the classroom at the National Collegiate Honors Council national conference in Seattle. Given today's environment where addressing issues related to diversity can be challenging…
Joseph Rhodes (Honors) is co-author of an article, “Imagining Moral Presidential Speech: Barack Obama’s Niebuhrian Nobel,” that appears in the fall issue of Rhetoric & Public Affairs. His co-author was professor Mark Hlavacik of the University of North Texas. The article joins an ongoing conversation about Barack Obama’s…
Dan Bubb (Honors) wrote an article, "Pushing the Boundaries: How Western American Airports Are Globally Connecting Their Cities in the Twenty-First Century," which appears in Journal of the West. The article examines the historic political, economic, and cultural roles airports play, along with commercial passenger planes, in helping connect…
Joseph Rhodes (Honors and Communication Studies), along with Nathan Crick (Texas A&M University), co-authored a lead essay in the journal Rhetoric Review. "Death and Eloquence" explores the relationship in Homer's Iliad between coming close to death and delivering eloquent speeches. Crick and Rhodes argue that only those Homeric heroes capable…
Natalie Schibrowsky (Chemistry) has been named the American Marketing Association's Student Marketer of the Year. President of the UNLV chapter of the AMA, she was selected for the award from the 9,986 AMA student members. The award, selected by the AMA students, focuses attention on the varieties of ways AMA collegiate members demonstrate…