News: Graduate College

Marissa Nichols in cap and gown
Campus News |

Commencement speaker Marissa Nichols embraces the anxiety of public speaking as she accepts her doctoral degree.

Fireworks ignite during commencement
People |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ has a commencement tradition for the president to select and highlight exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.

RAD team members hold up giant check
Business and Community |

Prizes totaling $55K in seed money go to three 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ teams who bested over three dozen Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup competitors with health care, hospitality, and esports business ideas.

senior Amber Turner and alumna Lisa Danielson
Research |

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ undergraduate and NASA intern Amber Turner shares her remarkable research journey, which may someday lead to human civilizations on other planets.

Tony Terrell
Athletics |

Tony Terrell was once a steadying force on the Rebels offensive line. Now he helps students stay the course to graduation. Catch his new Facebook Live series.

Douglas Duncan and Israel Alvarado
People |

With limited options in Nevada for top-notch scientists, two 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ grads welcome the high-tech jobs that the marijuana industry brought.

Tomas C. Walker
People |

Tomas C. Walker, the 2017 Nursing Alumnus of the Year, working to develop an artificial pancreas to help patients with diabetes.

Jason Smylie, standing in front of a Capriotti's
People |

Jason Smylie, the Honors College Alumnus of the Year, invests in Capriotti's and ends up owning the company.

Maria Barton
People |

Maria Barton, the Allied Health Sciences Alumna of the Year, finds the payoff in helping others.

Holly Lyman
People |

Holly Lyman, the Community Health Sciences Alumna of the Year, builds a Dragon boating tradition to fight cancer.

Theodore Garland Jr.
People |

College of Sciences Alumnus of the Year Theodore Garland has taught across the globe.

Lisa Danielson overlooks the lobby of the Beam Engineering building
People |

The career of Lisa Danielson, the Graduate College Alumna of the Year, took off like a rocket after 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.