North Vegas Times

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, employee Cassandra Davidson-Bryant, who garnered a third-place finish on the President’s Classified Employee of the Year list, recently reflected on her tenure at the school.

After Davidson-Bryant relocated to Las Vegas in 2005 from Brooklyn, New York, she desired a change in her career, according to a news release from UNLV. 

“I was looking for a change when I packed up and moved to Las Vegas to take care of my uncle, Claude Marsh. He had been working at UNLV as a custodian for 17 years," Davison-Bryant said. "He was the one who got me into UNLV. He took me to see (then assistant director for custodial services) Phil Shealy. My uncle joked with him and said, 'Give my niece a job and get her out of my pockets!'”

Being an employee at the university is where she found her calling, and she expects to retire in a couple of years with a multitude of college degrees.

“There is no typical day. When students come into our Welcome Center, we make sure they get the information they need or connect them with the right person who can help them. We deal mainly with Exploring Majors and Pathway students,” she said in the release about working as an assistant to Dean Ann McDonough of the Academic Success Center.

According to the release, she started her UNLV career as a janitor and even advised on how people can be better equipped when calling the ASC office.

“Research your information before you give it out to parents and students. If you are not sure, make a phone call before you give the information. Avoid giving students and parents the run-around because that is very frustrating for them,” she said.

She considers UNLV her home and enjoys interacting with students. 

“The Academic Success Center is definitely my family,” she said.