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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 19, 2004

Date

2004-04-19

Description

Includes meeting minutes and agenda, along with additional information about Rebel Yell Operating Policy and Articles of Incorporation. CSUN Session 34 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) College of Liberal Arts 33rd commencement program

Date

1996-05-11

Description

Commencement program from University of Nevada, Las Vegas Commencement Programs and Graduation Lists (UA-00115).

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Meli Calvo Pulido oral history interview: transcript

Date

2018-11-13

Description

Oral history interview with Meli Calvo Pulido conducted by Laurents Banuelos on November 13, 2018 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Pulido discusses her early life in Tijuana, Mexico and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in the mid-1970s. She talks about the challenges she faced as an English as a Second Language (ESL) student, and assisting her parents who did not speak English fluently. Lastly, Pulido describes volunteering for the non-profit organization Project 150, the work the organization does for homeless youth in Las Vegas, and assisting underprivileged students.

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Luceanne "Lucy" Taufa oral history interview: transcript

Date

2022-12-16

Description

Oral history interview with Luceanne "Lucy" Taufa conducted by Jerwin Tiu, Cecilia Winchell, and Stefani Evans on December 16, 2022 for Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Taufa describes growing up on the Tongan island of Vava'u in a large family and later immigrating to the United States. She recalls her father first immigrating to Hawaii, and after obtaining a green card, her and her siblings following shortly after. While Kaufa's older siblings continued to pursue higher education and her younger siblings were too young to work, she took on a bulk of the responsibility to provide income and navigate life in Hawaii for her family. Eventually, Lucy moved to Dallas, Texas, met her husband, and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada for her husband's job. Later in the interview, she discusses joining the Culinary Union after experiencing racial discrimination at her workplace and her pride in her identity as a Tongan woman.

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Robert Kim oral history interview: transcript

Date

2021-03-05

Archival Collection

Description

Oral history interview with Robert Kim conducted by Kristel Peralta, Cecilia Winchell, Ayrton Yamaguchi, and Vanessa Concepcion on March 05, 2021 for the Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Kim describes his career in law. He talks about his Korean roots, the model minority myth, and experiencing racial discrimination. Lastly, Kim discusses the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, his involvement with the Asian Bar Association of Las Vegas, and the importance of electing Asian Americans into political positions.

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Brendan Ly oral history interview: transcript

Date

2021-03-27

Archival Collection

Description

Oral history interview with Brendan Ly conducted by Cecilia Winchell and Stefani Evans on March 27, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. Brendan discusses his background growing up in communist Vietnam in the early 1970s and fleeing with his family as refugees; they immigrated to Hong Kong, China before moving to the United States to live briefly in North Carolina before settling in California. Brendan talks about working at a young age picking fruit, working in catering, and having positions in retail before pursuing higher education and studying pharmaceuticals. He shares stories of his work experience with Walgreens and how this led to him opening a pharmacy with his brother, which they've managed together for the past 18 years.

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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, March 05, 2007

Date

2007-03-05

Description

Includes meeting agenda. CSUN Session 37 Meeting Minutes and Agendas.

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Interview with Stuart C. Black, February 21, 2006

Date

2006-02-21

Description

Narrator affiliation: Scientist, U.S. Public Health Service; U.S. Environental Protection Agency REECo/Bechtel

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