Accomplishments: Women's Council
Paul Clements and Karyn Holt (both Nursing) recently presented at the Global Summit and EdTech Expo Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age. This international conference was sponsored by Institute for Performance and Learning, the Ministry of Education of Canada ,and Contact Norde. The title of their presentation was "…
Fourteen students (all Education) will benefit next academic year from the Kitty Rodman Scholarship. The scholarship program was established in 2014 with the College of Education and was designated to support scholarships and graduate fellowships for UNLV students pursing careers in special education. At that time the $12.9 million donation was…
Jill Lukas (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) has been awarded the Kathleen W. McCartan Award. It is given to undergraduate or masters-level students who have made significant contributions through service to the field, community, and professional organizations. She is a graduate student studying early childhood education.
Alona Angosta and Andrew Thomas Reyes (both Nursing) co-authored the paper, "Is Intimate Partner Violence a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease in Women? A Review of the Preponderance of Evidence," which was published in Health. Angosta's program of research is in the area of cardiovascular disease while Reyes' program of research focuses on…
Toni Repetti, Mehmet Erdem, and Tony Henthorne (all Hospitality), along with Jinhua Hong, '18 MS Hotel Administration, recently co-authored the paper "Effect of Guest Demographics on Perception of Hotel Room Price." Accepted by the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights, the study analyzed whether guests' demographic profiles influenced…
Rachell Ekroos (Nursing) recently presented at the Evidence Management Conference sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Institute of Justice. She presented "Collection and Packaging Issues for Sexual Assault Kits" and participated on a panel that presented The Role of Medical Professionals in the…
Nancy J. Uscher (Fine Arts) recently was elected secretary of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD) Board. UNLV's College of Fine Arts will host the ICFAD annual meeting in Las Vegas in 2021. Uscher has been dean of the College of Fine Arts since the summer of 2016.
Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) was invited to give a plenary talk at the 14th Coloquio Internacional de la Asociación de Cervantistas, held at the Università Ca' Foscari in Venice, Italy, earlier this month. Her talk was titled "Cervantes y el Derecho: Préstamos RecÃprocos."
Amanda Belarmino (Hospitality) received an IEHA Membership Study Award from the International Executive Housekeepers Association.
Mellanye Lackey (Libraries) co-authored an article, "Building the Systematic Core in an Academic Health Sciences Library," published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association. She is director of the Health Sciences Library.
Benjamin P. Edwards and Ann C. McGinley (both Law) published a short piece summarizing their recent law review article, "Venture Bearding," in the Oxford Business Law Blog. The article details identity performance techniques used to access venture capital.
Howard R. D. Gordon, Xue Xing, Sara A. Shaw, and Mark C. Carroll (all Teaching and Learning) coauthored an article, "Why Apprenticeship Programs Matter to the 21st Century Postsecondary Education," in The CTE Journal. Shaw and Carroll are doctoral students.
Additionally, Gordon, Xing, and Shaw wrote a second article, "Analysis of…