Students, faculty and staff enthusiastically celebrated Nevada's 159th birthday by walking in the Nevada Day Parade on Oct. 28, three days before the state's official statehood anniversary.

Western Nevada college showcased the mobile manufacturing lab, and candy, lanyards, hats and koozies were handed out to the crowd lining the parade route on Carson Street.

Despite below-freezing temperatures upon arrival for the lineup of parade participants, spectators crowded both sides of route to cheer a variety of parade entries as they made the 4-hour march from North Carson Street to South Carson Street.

Note: Photos by WNC student Logan McAlister.