Executive Director, UNLV Office of Undergraduate Research Liam Frink’s research and scholarship interests include Arctic prehistory and colonial history. His current work has two main trajectories. He conducts ethnoecological field research in western Alaska and works in Yup’ik Eskimo villages where people continue to hunt, fish, and gather with many of the same subsistence techniques […]

Sylvia Whitlock, Rotary District 5300 Governor in 2012-2013, was the first woman president in Rotary International. She was born in New York City but was educated, through high school, in Kingston, Jamaica. After returning to New York City she earned a B.A. in Psychology from Hunter College. Sylvia worked for the United Nations, as a […]

Len Jessup Len Jessup joined UNLV as its 10th president in January 2015. An accomplished leader in higher education, Jessup brought his experience as a university professor, administrator, entrepreneur, and fundraiser and lead UNLV on its path to becoming a high-performing, community-engaged Tier One research university. Among his top priorities was the development of UNLV […]

John Entsminger - General Manager, Las Vegas Valley Water District and Southern Nevada Water Authority John Entsminger is the general manager of the Las Vegas Valley Water District, which serves nearly 380,000 customer accounts, and the Southern Nevada Water Authority, which is responsible for providing water to local agencies that collectively serve 2 million residents and […]

Captain Sandy Holmes entered the Navy Nurse Corps Candidate Program while completing her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing at the University of Michigan. Her Naval and professional nursing career began at Naval Hospital, Oakland California in 1965 where she served as the Charge Nurse of the amputee ward. This was followed by an 18-month […]