April 2008--The College held its annual Scholarship and Awards Reception at the Tam Alumni Center on April 17. More than 40 students were recognized as either scholarship recipients for the next academic year or for their achievements during 2007-08. Faculty award recipients also were recognized during the ceremony, which was attended by an audience of more than 100 faculty, staff, students, family, and friends. For the complete awards program, click here.

Greenspun College Scholarship Recipients 2008-2009.

Department of Criminal Justice Student Award Winners 2007-2008.

Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies
Scholarship Recipients 2008-2009.

Department of Marriage and Family Therapy Awardees
Karen Anderson (Excellence in MFT Practice) and
Shelley Kara Sendak (Excellence in MFT Research), with Chair Gerald Weeks.

Department of Public Administration Phi Alpha Alpha Inductees Michael Gordon and Kristin Cooper with Professor Jessica Word.

Student Advising Center Rebel Leadership Award Recipient Danica Speer with Director Adam Sikula.

UNLV Graduate Teaching Assistant Award Winner Nathan Myers (PUA) and College Outstanding Service Awardee Krystyna Stave (ENV).

College Outstanding Teacher Katherine Hertlein (MFT) and
College Outstanding Researcher Timothy Farnham (ENV) with
Associate Dean Erika Engstrom.

More than 100 people attended the 2008 Greenspun College of Urban Affairs Scholarship and Awards Reception honoring outstanding students and faculty.

February 2008--Professor Krystyna Stave of the Department of Environmental Studies and a team of fifteen students and alumni traveled to Los Angeles to facilitate a stakeholder workshop on zero waste. Working with laptops in small groups, the team helped about a hundred L.A. residents use a simulation model developed by Dr. Stave to understand and evaluate strategies for achieving zero waste by the year 2030.

Back row: Henry Weckesser, Mike Dwyer, Leah Hare, Simon Wade,
Dan Anderson, Stephanie Fincher, Marisa Turner, Nick Grenier, Prof. Stave
Front row: Surbhi Sharma, Ashley Rosia, Jennifer Ward, Heather Skaza, Michael Matulis, Megan Hopper, Emy Laija

September 2007--Greenspun Hall gets "topped off" with a special ceremony marking the final portion of concrete set into the last floor of the building. About two hundred people attended the event, including the construction crew. Below are Dean Martha Watson (center, without hard hat) and members of the Greenspun family and other dignitaries.

A southwesterly view of the Vegas Valley from the top floor of Greenspun Hall. The four-story building at the corner of Maryland Parkway and University Road is set to be completed in fall 2008. For artist's rendering of the completed structure, scroll down.

Summer 2007--Dean Martha Watson, Communication Studies Chair Thomas Burkholder, and Director of the Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies Ardyth Sohn traveled to Japan and lectured to the Japanese Association for Current English Studies. They also visited students and faculty at Tsuda College, Rikkyo University, and Aoyama Gakuin University to discuss student and faculty exchanges and research collaboration. Photo below, left to right: Rikkyo University Professors Mikinari Higano, with Ardyth Sohn, Dean Martha Watson, Tom Burkholder, and Professors Norihoshi Shiraishi, Takashi Ikosaka, and Shigeru Matsumoto.

Spring 2007--Commencement, May 13, 2007. Students and faculty celebrate at the College reception at the Thomas and Mack.

January 2007--Greenspun Hall groundbreaking took place in early 2007. CLICK HERE to see video of this historic event. Groundbreaking photo with Greenspun Family and former UNLV President Carol Harter, Dean Martha Watson, and current UNLV President David Ashley.

Rendering of Greenspun Hall, now under construction.

Fall 2006--The College sends birthday greetings to Brian Greenspun, member of the College's namesake sponsor family. Faculty, staff, and graduate assistants gathered for our first College photo, below: