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Oral history interview with Amy Bush-Herzer conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on December 1, 2025 for the Game On! An Oral History of Las Vegas Sports project. In this interview, Bush-Herzer tells of her early life growing up in Tempe, Arizona where sports were a big part of her life, especially golf. She attended New Mexico State University with the help of athletic scholarships, and after graduation, Bush-Herzer worked for Tournament Players Club (TPC) Summerlin and was able to work during the PGA Tour. She later worked as an assistant coach out in Lake Las Vegas, and received a master's degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). In 2007, she joined UNLV as an assistant coach and later became head coach. Bush-Herzer helped establish the UNLV Women's Golf Excellence Center. Mentoring is important to Bush-Herzer, and she concludes the interview by discussing how proud she is of her students. She is particularly excited for the 25th anniversary of the women's golf team in 2026. Digital audio available; no transcript available.
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Oral history interview with Ernest Oon conducted by Cecilia Winchell, Stefani Evans, and Jerwin Tiu on February 16, 2023 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Oon recalls his childhood in Singapore, where his father worked on the Health and Sports Council for the Singaporean Government and his mother worked as a television assistant producer. Growing up, Oon recalls being very active, participating in everything from soccer to Tae Kwon Do. In an effort to continue his education without being being interrupted by Singapore's civil service program, Oon applied to college in the United States and ended up attending California State University. Although he was on the medicine track in Singapore, he switched to finance. After a series of jobs within credit banking, he is now a chief credit officer for Bank of Nevada. Throughout the interview, Oon reflects on the changes in his life living in different places, the street food from Singapore, and his unique tennis game.
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The Women’s Studies Program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) was established in 1979 with the goal of meeting the unique needs of women. The program was designed to give clarity and organization to existing data on women, increase research in neglected areas, create new research, and evaluate feminist theory. The program was initiated in 1978 when UNLV staff members formed a Women’s Studies Committee. The Women’s Studies program was originally housed under the College of Arts and Letters as an interdisciplinary degree.
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