Winter commencement will be held on December 7, 2019 in Lawlor Events Center
December 7, 2019, 8:00 a.m.
December 7, 2019, 1:00 p.m.
*Times are tentative and subject to change. Each ceremony will last approximately 2.5 hours.
*Times are tentative and subject to change. Each ceremony will last approximately 2.5 hours.
Justice Lidia S. Stiglich was appointed to the Supreme Court of Nevada by Gov. Brian Sandoval in 2016. Prior to her appointment, Justice Stiglich served as a District Court Judge in the Second Judicial District, where she was co-founder and presiding judge of the Youth Offender Drug Court. Her leadership roles include serving as chair of the Court Automation Enhancement Project Committee, co-chair of the Criminal Justice Advisory Committee, co-chair of the Civil Bench/Bar Committee and at-large member of the Nevada District Judges Association. She has served on the Washoe County Law Library Board of Trustees, is a master member of the Bruce R. Thompson Inns of Court and was formerly an alternate member of the Nevada Supreme Court’s Indigent Defense Commission and the Commission on Statewide Rules of Criminal Procedure. Justice Stiglich graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.S. in Business Administration. She received her J.D. from the University of California Hastings College of Law. Justice Stiglich serves as faculty for the National Judicial College and the University of Nevada, Reno. Prior to her appointment, Justice Stiglich was managing partner of the Stiglich & Hinckley law firm.
Senator Jacky Rosen has represented the people of Nevada in the U.S. Senate since 2018, following her service in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 115th Congress. In the House, she was rated one of the most bipartisan members and was a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus. As a U.S. Senator, the first bill Rosen introduced was the Hire Student Veterans Act, a bipartisan bill to incentivize businesses to hire student veterans. Rosen serves on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Special Committee on Aging, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control. She has championed early childhood education in STEM, especially for girls. Rosen started her career as a computer programmer and software developer in Nevada’s tech industry. Rosen is a former President of Congregation Ner Tamid, the state’s largest synagogue. Rosen has lived in Nevada for nearly 40 years, and lives in Henderson with her husband Larry, a radiologist. Their daughter, Miranda, is a recent college graduate.
