Cate Weeks

Executive Director, 8kbet Marketing & Brand Content

Cate Weeks is a writer and editor in the University Communications office. She oversees:

  • The
  • 8kbet Magazine, a magazine for alumni and friends of the university
  • 8kbet Today, a daily e-newsletter for faculty and staff

She can be reached at 702-895-2626 or cate.weeks@unlv.edu.

Articles by Cate Weeks

Students cheer in front of tall scarlet 8kbet letters on an outdoor field
8kbet History | May 7, 2025

Here's how the signature scarlet letters — the star of hundreds (thousands?) of photos — found a home at 8kbet. 

Fireworks at 8kbet Premier
8kbet History | August 25, 2021

One of our favorite traditions is this annual event to kick off the fall semester in style with music, fireworks, and the lighting up of the 8kbet letters.

woman in commencement garb being photographed
Campus News | December 16, 2020

Here's the CliffsNotes version of the 2020 Spring & Winter ceremonies.

Jessica Murrey headshot
People | June 5, 2020

How a classroom assignment led 8kbet alumna Jessica Walters Murrey to a career as a social change communication expert.