Let's Talk UNLV

Join us as we talk about the beauty of life, exploration, and art. Dr. Tanya Crabb and guest host Ailisha Vaughn, are joined by Alisha Kerlin to discuss UNLV's Barrick Museum here at UNLV. 

Alisha Kerlin encourages dialogue about art and ideas through interdisciplinary programs and innovative exhibitions linked to wide-ranging community outreach. With full graduate faculty status, she received the UNLV College of Fine Arts Outstanding Administrative Faculty of the Year in 2017. In the same year, she earned an inaugural UNLV Top Tier award, confirming her academic excellence, creative activity, and pursuit of research befitting a Top Tier institution. Kerlin played a vital role in the Barrick’s transition from UNLV’s “hidden jewel” into an award-winning university art museum. She introduced practices that brought the organization of the visual art collection in line with international museum standards. Committed to making the Barrick an accessible resource for all, she has created initiatives that target both the academic community and K-12 schoolchildren. In the first year, the Bus to the Barrick program brought over a thousand visitors to campus, most of them for the first time. Kerlin also rebranded the institution by adding “of Art” to the name, solidifying the fifty-year-old museum as a gathering place for the creative community. A graduate of the University of Tennessee (BFA) and the Milton Avery Graduate School of Arts, Bard College (MFA), she connects the university to a top-tier cohort of emerging scholars and artists. Kerlin’s own artwork has been shown at institutions ranging from P3Studio at The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas, to the Museum of Modern Art’s PS1 Museum in New York.

Today Tanya and guest host Ailisha are joined by the Assistant Director of the Writing Center, Andrew Yim to discuss resources and opportunities available to UNLV students at the writing center. 

Andrew Yim grew up in California and is currently a PHD candidate at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) where he served as the previous assistant director of the writing center. In addition, he has completed both his BA in Professional Writing from Purdue University and MA in Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse from DePaul University. He has also taught elementary school students in Hapcheon, South Korea for 2 years and lectured at Huaqiao University in Quanzhou, China for 3 years. His ultimate dream is to continue his work in writing centers alongside instructing composition classes for both undergraduates and graduate students.

Dive into the UNLV diversity with Dr. Tanya Crabb and guest host Ailisha Vaughn, as the speak with our guest, Egypt Howard the Black/African-American Program Coordinator for Student Diversity & Social Justice.

Egypt Howard (she/her/hers) currently serves as a Program Coordinator in the Office of Student Diversity Programs. She holds an M.A. in Social Science as well B.A. in Multicultural and Gender studies with a minor in African American studies from California State University, Chico. Egypt’s previous experience as an Assistant Program Coordinator allowed her to be able to work with students from various cultural backgrounds. She helped to develop programs both on and off-campus while finding ways to support their voices being heard and represented on their campus. Her research passions include leadership and Blackness, Black students' experiences within higher education, and the matrix of domination in regards to working moms (second shifting). She enjoys playing video games with her family, watching basketball, cooking new and unique dishes, and swimming in her downtime.

Some UNLV students face societal barriers as a result of their interaction with the criminal justice system. Having an arrest, criminal charge, or record of conviction can impact career and educational opportunities.  Tune in to hear a powerful discussion about redemption, second chances, as well as the community Rebel Rebound has created for justice impacted students here on campus. 

UNLV is dedicated to providing guidance and support services that enhance the academic experience from orientation to graduation and beyond. Rebel Rebound helps justice-impacted students by serving as a resource and point of contact, call 702-895-0156 or email Elgin Lofton at [email protected].

Eliza Wiggins is the Community Programs Manager for the International Gaming Institute (IGI). In this position, she leads, develops, and implements educational programs within IGI related to diversity and community relations with a primary focus on the Young Executive Scholars Hospitality & Tourism Program and Battle Born Heroes Innovate.  Eliza was born and raised in Washington, DC and earned her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. She spent over 14 years working for the University of California, San Diego where she led alumni, donor, and community engagement and events strategy. Eliza enjoys anything food-related and taking road trips with her husband and two boys. 

YES (Young Executive Scholars) Program Description: Modeled after the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ International Gaming Institute (UNLV IGI) and University of Nevada Reno’s renowned Executive Development Program for industry professionals, the Young Executive Scholars Hospitality & Tourism Program (YES) is a rigorous summer course of applied learning, team collaboration, and a mentor-guided, case-study analysis of the global hospitality tourism industry. Each summer, under-resourced high school students discover the managerial and executive-level career opportunities available to them in the industry of their backyard, gain insight into the UNLV college experience, and develop new skills to excel in the classroom today and the workplace tomorrow.  The immersive, holistic YES experience allows students to study all aspects of today’s evolving integrated resort industry 

Did you know you can have your own garden here on campus? Tune in to learn more about UNLV's Community Garden, and how students like Tara Pike-Nordstrom and Andie Davis are serving the community of Las Vegas.

Andie Davis has a passion for plants that can be traced back to early high school. Now, her passion has carried into college, inspiring the sophomore to join the UNLV Community Garden as an intern in 2019 and work her way up to the community garden coordinator just a year later.

She knew the garden was a wonderful opportunity to bring campus closer together, so she set off on a mission to make this happen when in-person classes resumed in 2021.

“With relaunching the community garden, my goal was to bring the word ‘community’ back into the name.” 

The UNLV Campus Community Garden is made up of 41 garden beds open to anyone in groups of four on campus, from registered student organizations to faculty, for the school year. The garden welcomes everyone — even those who lack a “green thumb” — as each group is provided with the information needed to make their gardens grow. The members are then welcome to take their food home and enjoy their hard work once the plants are grown.

Description: The facilities management department consists of multiple sections that are devoted to protecting and preserving state supported facilities, equipment and assets. These consist of some 69 buildings covering nearly 3.9 million square feet and 360 acres over the Maryland (332), Paradise (10) and Shadow Lane (18) campuses. Sections include work management, facilities maintenance, landscape and grounds, energy management, custodial services, Rebel Recycling and finance and business operations.

Harriet E. Barlow is executive director of the The Intersection, UNLV's academic multicultural resource center. Since January 2016, she has been working to establish a center that emphasizes and supports student development through personal advising, advocacy, leadership development opportunities, cultural diversity education, and cultural programming, and a connection to campus and community resources. 

The center is designed to foster a supportive campus community that educates and provides resources for students, faculty, staff, and the greater Southern Nevada community about issues related to the experiences and perceptions of underrepresented students. 

Campus leaders like Cindy Romina Ballesteros-Paniagua are creating amazing resources for UNLV students in need. Tune in to hear about how the food pantry could benefit you and your loved ones!

The UNLV Food Pantry Farmers Market will be celebrating its one year anniversary in February! The potential date for our Farmers Market event is February 11, 2023 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The purpose of our Farmers Market event is to reduce food insecurity among the Las Vegas Community by providing additional food to support those in need. Anyone is welcome to come and obtain food. No identification is required. The food provided will vary including perishable, non-perishable and non-food items. There is no cost for anyone to attend our event.

This Farmers Market takes place in front of the Stan Fulton parking lot (900 Cottage Grove Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89119). During our event, individuals can obtain food through walk-up options. For our one year anniversary, we wanted to have other organizations and programs promoting their services for individuals to come and check out. We would prefer for the items provided to be at low to no cost, for many of the individuals who come are used to not providing monetary funds at our event. This would be a great opportunity for your organization to be promoted! We thought that since half of our attendees tend to be UNLV Students/Staff/Faculty that they could benefit from having the UNLV Caps from having a table promoting its services. 

 Dreamed of spending time abroad during college? We are here to help make that happen. Each semester, our students travel to the corners of the globe to pursue a life changing experience. Honors College will coordinate with the Office of International Programs to assure that you can maximize your study abroad experience. While abroad, you can fulfill your foreign language requirements and complete other degree requirements.\

Many students rule out study abroad simply because they have misinformation. Don’t let this be you! Get the right information from people who actually know the details — not your nay-saying cousin who says study abroad is “too expensive.” Talk to your Honors advisor or take initiative and contact our friends in International Programs at UNLV

Want to work towards your degree and see the world? It might just be more possible than you think! Tune in to learn more about the opportunity to study abroad with guest Kara Marinch, Senior Education Abroad Advisor and Interim National Student Exchange Coordinator.

Tune in to hear all about the 2nd Annual MSI Week with guest Dionna McDonald Special Assistant to the associate VP and Director of Special Projects in Student Life. Enjoy! 

UNLV hosts Minority- Serving Institution Week (MSI Week), which features a full slate of educational opportunities designed to foster conversation and celebrate the richness of UNLV's students.UNLV is a dual-designated Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving (AANAPISI) and Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).