Close to 2,000 students graduate UNLV — PHOTOS

By MARK DAMON LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

11 years ago

A health science graduate customizes her motor board during the 2014 UNLV winter commencement at the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in Las Vegas. Nineteen hundred seventy three graduates received their diplomas. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Marketing major Autumn Spicer dances her way to the back of the processional line before the start of the 2014 UNLV winter commencement at the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in Las Vegas. Nineteen hundred seventy three graduates received their diplomas. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Former UNLV president Carol Harter receives an honorary decorate degree during the 2014 UNLV winter commencement at the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in Las Vegas. Nineteen hundred seventy three graduates received their diplomas. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Graduate student Kaiyang Wu speaks to graduates during the 2014 UNLV winter commencement at the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in Las Vegas. Nineteen hundred seventy three graduates received their diplomas. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Undergraduate student Maui Cheska L. Orozco speaks to graduates during the 2014 UNLV winter commencement at the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in Las Vegas. Nineteen hundred seventy three graduates received their diplomas. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A graduate customizes her motor board during the 2014 UNLV winter commencement at the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in Las Vegas. Nineteen hundred seventy three graduates received their diplomas. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Urban affairs graduate Vladana Derviservic shows off her customize her motor board during the 2014 UNLV winter commencement at the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in Las Vegas. Nineteen hundred seventy three graduates received their diplomas. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Business graduates from left, Allison Watson, Marcel Morales, Autumn Spicer and Amber Burges take a selfie before the start of the 2014 UNLV winter commencement at the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in Las Vegas. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Variety of footwear are seen on graduates before the start of the 2014 UNLV winter commencement at the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in Las Vegas. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Education graduate Stephanie Gugel cheers as she walks in line before the 2014 UNLV winter commencement at the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in Las Vegas. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Graduates Rhea Hill and Devante Davis take a selfie before the start of the 2014 UNLV winter commencement at the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in Las Vegas. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Masters graduate Tesa Hickman poses with the statue of former UNLV basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian before the start of the 2014 UNLV winter commencement at the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in Las Vegas. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Hospitality graduate Kismat Dhanoa gives a thumbs up to family before the start of the 2014 UNLV winter commencement at the Thomas & Mack Center on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in Las Vegas. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

UNLV held its winter graduation at the Thomas and Mack at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Close to 2,000 students graduated received their diplomas in Tuesday’s ceremony. According to UNLV, graduated ranged in ages from 19 to 70 and came from 56 foreign countries. Eighty-two percent of the grads were local.

UNLV President Don Snyder honored two graduated for their outstanding achievements. One is a doctoral student doing cancer research and another is an undergraduate doing research in Alzheimer’s.