{"id":718,"date":"2026-09-22T11:09:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coenewscenter.sites.unlv.edu\/?p=718"},"modified":"2026-09-22T11:09:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:09:47","slug":"alumni-spotlight-alex-templeton-05-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coenewscenter.sites.unlv.edu\/?p=718","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Spotlight: Alex Templeton \u201805 \u201809"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Originally posted: Jul. 31, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By: COE Communications Staff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Name: <\/strong>Alex Templeton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Degrees:<\/strong> \u201805 B.A.Ed. Secondary Education (Social Science), \u201809 M.Ed. Educational Leadership <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current Employer: <\/strong>State of California, Employment Development Department
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How did UNLV prepare you for your career? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got involved with student government, and that experience helped build my confidence and leadership. It helped me understand that I can be a teacher and researcher, or a civil guiding leader. It gave me a lot of good groundwork and the foundations for leading by example for my students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are you most proud of from your UNLV experience? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m very proud that I was recognized as a leader in the Latino student community.\u2029I made it a point to help with one of the first Latino convocation program ceremonies. I went and lobbied the student government. I was involved in the multicultural ethics student group. I felt like that was a big deal for future generations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was your favorite activity that you participated in and why? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We used to do a Chicana poetry night, and it involved a variety show, like music and poetry night. I would play instruments, do spoken word, and recite some of the songs I wrote that helped me get through an earlier part of my life. That was so much fun because it really built a fun and safe space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


Are you a COE alum? Let us know what you\u2019ve got going on by submitting a Class Note<\/a> or getting involved<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Originally posted: Jul. 31, 2026 By: COE Communications Staff Name: Alex Templeton Degrees: \u201805 B.A.Ed. Secondary Education (Social Science), \u201809 M.Ed. Educational Leadership  Current Employer: State of California, Employment Development Department  How did UNLV prepare you for your career?  I got involved with student government, and that experience helped build my confidence and leadership. It helped me understand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,28],"tags":[16,34,24],"class_list":["post-718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-psychology-leadership-and-higher-education","category-teaching-learning","tag-alumni","tag-faculty-staff-2","tag-tl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coenewscenter.sites.unlv.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coenewscenter.sites.unlv.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coenewscenter.sites.unlv.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coenewscenter.sites.unlv.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coenewscenter.sites.unlv.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coenewscenter.sites.unlv.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":720,"href":"https:\/\/coenewscenter.sites.unlv.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions\/720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coenewscenter.sites.unlv.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coenewscenter.sites.unlv.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coenewscenter.sites.unlv.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}