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AH’-WAH-NEE

Submitted by Wendy Kveck, Visiting Assistant Professor, the Department of Art

AH’-WAH-NEE Panel Discussion I at the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, November 5, 2021. Photo credit Mikayla Whitmore.

Last Fall, Department of Art and the Donna Beam Gallery were honored to receive the support of a grant from the MSI Student Council, and are now pleased to share video the recently published documentation of the 2021 AH’-WAH-NEE Symposium Panels and Performance, filmed by the award-winning filmmaker Ben-Alex Dupris. 

AH’-WAH-NEE (Paiute for ‘balance’) was a momentous group exhibition and symposium celebrating the beauty of Indigeneity through the art of … Read More

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MSI Graduate Student Open Access Fund

MSISC Member and doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology: Daniel Perez.

Daniel Perez is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology. More specifically, Daniel is an archaeologist by training and specializes in the archaeology of the North American Southwest. Daniel has also been involved in archaeological research projects in the Near East for 10 years prior to arriving at UNLV. Daniel serves as a member of the Minority-Serving Institution Student Council (MSISC). He helps promote individual projects as well as collective initiatives and events with other council members–both of which aim to further the mission and research of … Read More

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CAMPUS DISBURSEMENT FUND

The Minority-Serving Institutions Student Council (MSISC) wishes to announce there are funds available to support events, programs, and initiatives for UNLV departments and registered student organizations through its Campus Disbursement Fund.

The mission of the MSISC is to design, construct, and maintain institutional support systems to promote educational success for students of color and other
underrepresented students in higher education. The MSISC Campus Disbursement Fund is one avenue that is available to help the Council fulfill its mission.

Funding Eligibility Requirements
The MSISC will accept applications from any UNLV department and registered student organization. Each program or service model will … Read More