News: Alumni Engagement

wintery scene on holiday card with red letters that read UNLV
Campus News |

The Holiday Card Scholarship campaign has raised over $160,000 and awarded scholarships to over 50 UNLV students. 

Audrey James rides in the first car in the Homecoming Parade.
People |

Audrey James was one of the few African Americans in UNLV's earliest classes and a lifelong educator.

An aerial image of a Homecoming Festival with the Las Vegas strip in the background.
UNLV History |

Homecoming brings students and alumni to gether to celebrate at traditions like the golf cart parade, festival, and football game.

four people posing with a plaque
Campus News |

Investing in the future is a defining principle for longtime finance professor whose donation created new experiential learning program.

photo illustration of woman next to education and community graphics
People |

UNLV's Tribal Education Initiative gives its new director an outlet for advocacy and Native students the opportunity of a lifetime.

smiling and waving female in red graduation gown walks across stage
Campus News |

The new initiative raised $7,742 within the first seven months.

group of volunteers cleaning a park
Campus News |

“What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?”

man posing at large outdoor statue of coach Jerry Tarkanian
People |

This former Alumni Association president continues to build relationships by connecting Rebels to each other for career development.

woman smiling behind podium
People |

Nancy Rapoport has always pitched in to smooth things out. Now she's the Alumni Association's 2022 Outstanding Faculty Award winner.

man in suit posing in hallway
People |

Nursing Alumnus of the Year Robert J. Vadovic is as committed to mentoring fellow nurses as he is to helping patients.

older man and woman, who is holding flowers, pose by table
People |

Before it was UNLV, it was Nevada Southern — and the starting point for Marydean Martin's career in library science, as well as her passion for accessible programs in literacy.

woman posing by sign saying "commitment to excellence"
People |

Nevada's superintendent of public instruction found inspiration to become a teacher out on the slopes.