Accomplishments: Office of Executive Vice President and Provost
Joanna Libby (Educational Outreach) and Cynthia Carruthers (Educational and Clinical Studies) co-authored an article that will be published by the Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership in October. The article, "Outcomes Associated with a University Outdoor Adventures Women's Canoe Trip," examines women's experiences and the…
Edward Collins (Cannon Survey Center) has been selected as a fellow for the 2013 National Data Institute on the datasets of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and National Science Foundation (NSF).
Dave James (Provost) has been named a fellow member of the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE). The fellow member grade was established 13 years ago to honor those active NSPE members who have demonstrated exemplary service to their profession, their society, and their community. This honor for his outstanding service was presented…
Elizabeth Baldizan (Educational Outreach) participated in 25th annual International Conference for the Association for Student Conduct Administration in Clearwater, Fla. As part of its 25th anniversary, the conference honored all past presidents, including Baldizan, who served as the 12th president. She participated in writing a monograph, The…
Rachel Anderson (Law) was one of the recipients of the Medal of Justice awarded by the State Bar of Nevada for the Black History Month issue of Nevada Lawyer, which was published in February. This historic issue was a joint venture between the Las Vegas chapter of the National Bar Association (LVNBA) and the State Bar of Nevada and celebrates…
Christina Drum (Institutional Analysis and Planning) made invited presentations at both the annual forum of the Rocky Mountain Association for Institutional Research in Albuquerque in October and at the Higher Education Data Warehousing Conference in Austin, Texas, in April. She presented "Of Forests and Trees: Institutional Data Definitions and…
Dan Bubb (Academic Assessment) has written a book, Landing In Las Vegas: Commercial Aviation and the Making of a Tourist City, which became available in bookstores at the end of May. It was published by University of Nevada Press.
The Office of Institutional Analysis and Planning has achieved national recognition for developing 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's enterprise data warehouse and business intelligence tool, MY51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Analytics, allowing campus employees access to accurate, actionable information to carry out their responsibilities. Office staff members have presented papers on different…
Kari Coburn and Mike Ellison (Institutional Analysis and Planning) made invited presentations at both the annual forum of the Rocky Mountain Association for Institutional Research in Albuquerque in October and at the annual forum of the Association for Institutional Research in New Orleans in June. Coburn's presentation was "Establishing an…