Accomplishments: Service Learning & Leadership

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…
Rian Satterwhite (Office of Service Learning & Leadership / Student Affairs) is participating in a small invited group to craft one of the next Carnegie elective classifications for the American Council on Education (ACE) and the Carnegie Foundation. Satterwhite recently participated in a working meeting in Atlanta, hosted by Morehouse College…
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…
Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning & Leadership; Student Affairs) was a guest on Phronesis: Practical Wisdom for Leaders, one of the official podcasts of the International Leadership Association. Rian joined fellow guest Kathy Allen, author of Leading From The Roots: Nature Inspired Leadership Lessons for Today's World, and host Scott Allen (…
Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning & Leadership) recently presented at The Research University Civic Engagement Network (TRUCEN) and Campus Compact national conferences. Topics included a recent collaborative research initiative studying how institutions of higher education engage with and compensate community partners for their time and…
Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning and Leadership) was recently featured on The Leadership Educator podcast as a returning guest. Satterwhite and his collaborators Kate Sheridan (Duquesne University) and Whitney McIntyre Miller (Chapman University) recently edited special issue 179 of New Directions for Student Leadership. Titled, “Teaching…
Rian Satterwhite (Service Learning & Leadership) was interviewed about the work of the Office of Service Learning & Leadership on the latest episode of Let's Talk UNLV, hosted by Tanya Crabb (Medicine) and Sammie Scales (Student Diversity Programs). "From fostering leadership development to providing vital support for students facing basic…
Karly Van Holten (Service Learning and Leadership; First-Year Higher Ed. Ph.D. student) and Brooklyn Cruz (Nevada Treasurer's Office) presented "I Ain’t One of Your Little Friends…But I Am," an interactive workshop on empowering students through leadership opportunities at the Southern Nevada Black Educators Initiative's "Educators Conference…
Ash Quinn, Juanita Hinojosa, Melissa Hernandez, and Keva Francis (all Service Learning and Leadership) presented "A Collaborative Approach to Supporting Youth Impacted by the Foster System and Student Basic Needs" at the NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) annual conference.
Rian Satterwhite (Office of Service Learning & Leadership, Student Affairs) recently participated in the inaugural International Leadership Association Dialogue Lab, where he facilitated a session on the future of leadership in the Anthropocene. The event drew together approx. 100 leadership educators, coaches, and researchers from multiple…
Rian Satterwhite (Office of Service Learning and Leadership; Student Affairs) was recently featured as a panel guest on the NASPA Leadership podcast in an episode exploring the work of the International Leadership Association’s Committee for the Advancement of Leadership Programs (of which Satterwhite is a part) and the ILA General Principle for…