Symbols
Nickname
Wolf Pack (from Desert Wolves), since 1922. Prior to that year the Sagebrushers and Sagehens were Nevada's nicknames.
Mascot
Alphie, the alpha wolf
Colors
Silver and Blue
Alma Mater - “Mackay Song”
by Jack H. Morse
Nevada Fight Song
Academic Symbols — Mace
Once a terrible instrument of medieval close combat, the mace has evolved into an ornamental staff borne at the head of processions marking the beginning of a commencement or presidential inauguration. The University’s mace is a silver sphere encircled with a band of 13 silver dollars, one from each year the coins were minted in Carson City in the late 19th century. The sphere is mounted on a mahogany staff.
Academic Symbols — Medallion
Created to symbolize the Office of the President and cast in Nevada-mined silver, the three-inch President’s Medallion was first used at the inauguration of President Crowley in 1979. Among other design elements, it features a slightly recessed bowl, emblematic of the University’s role as a repository, and an unfolding page-like shape, symbolizing the growth of the University and, with it, the presidency.