Accomplishments: School of Public Policy and Leadership
Kathleen Lauckner (Community Health and Public Policy and Leadership) was chosen to be a guest lecturer for her alma mater's new Stockton University campus in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She presented a session titled 鈥淓ngaging Communities and Stakeholders鈥 for the executive Ed.D organization leadership program. This opportunity allowed her鈥
David Damore (Political Science) and Robert Lang (Public Policy) hosted a colloquium on behalf ofThe Lincy Institute at 性视界传媒, "Higher Education Reform: A Time for Action." The event featured research on Nevada higher education governance and system administration reform, with presentations from professors , executive鈥
The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West served as co-sponsors of the American Planning Association Nevada Chapter Annual State Conference earlier this month. As such, many 性视界传媒 faculty members presented their research on critical policy areas for our state through various conference sessions.
Robert Lang and William鈥
On Sept. 5 the Academic Success Center (ASC) celebrated its 10-year anniversary and as part of its celebration recognized former students, faculty, departments, and community leaders that have made the ASC such an exemplary center. They are:
Dean鈥檚 Award - Carl Reiber (formerly of the provost's office)
Dean鈥檚 Award - Regent鈥
Randy Dexter (Communication Studies) and Jefferson Detrick (Public Administration) were among those who graduated from the Student Veterans of America's 2017 Leadership Institute. Expected to be the leaders of tomorrow, the 93 graduates completed intensive leadership training over three days with access to distinguished leaders including former鈥
Larissa Ter谩n (Communication Studies), Jonathan Birds, Anna Caputo, Rich Easter, Rosa Rosas, and Mark Sakurada (all Public Policy and Leadership) received honors at the 8th annual Greenspun College of Urban Affairs' (GCUA) Graduate Research Symposium in April.
The symposium offers graduate students in GCUA the opportunity to present their鈥
Christine Springer (Public Policy and Leadership) was a plenary speaker for the DRI 2017 Professionals Conference in February. She addressed emergency management and homeland security degrees nationwide, the ECEM (executive master of science in crisis and emergency management) degree that she helped start and manages and also where the emergency鈥
The Multicultural Educational Services Alliance (MESA) Team (Education) was chosen from more than 90 applicants as a focus project at the national Teach to Lead Summit held in Washington, D.C., last month. The annual teacher preparation summit seeks to spotlight and advance groundbreaking research and work happening in states, districts, and鈥
Cassandra Boyer, Jorge Adrian Castrejon, Jessica Nave-Blodgett, Andrew Ortiz, and Karl Wennerlind have been chosen to receive the fall 2016 Southwest Travel Awards. They were selected from among 150 student applicants.
Recipients of the awards receive a round-trip travel voucher from Southwest Airlines to allow them to travel to a conference or鈥
Allison Smith (Education); Rosemary Flores (School of Public Policy and Leadership); Monica Hern谩ndez-Johnson, Norma Marrun, Jori Beck, and Christine Clark (all Teaching and Learning) received $335,224 in funding from the Nevada department of education (NDE) Great Teaching and Learning Fund (GTLF) for their 鈥淎briendo Caminos/鈥
Katherine Dockweiler, LeAnn Putney (both Educational Psychology and Higher Education), and Teresa Jordan (Environmental and Public Affairs) are the authors of the article 鈥淓nhancing the Policy Analysis Process: Case Studies Using the Layers of Analysis Framework," appearing in the Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research. The Layers of鈥
Aaron Brown (Public Affairs and Academic Success Center) recently was recognized as an "emerging scholar" by the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). In November, he will be co-presenting a paper with Jessica Word, (Environmental and Public Affairs) at the ARNOVA conference in Chicago. The paper鈥