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Dance Day

More than 300 Clark County high school students come to UNLV for Dance Day. The annual December event features master classes, workshops, and performances led by students and faculty from the Department of Dance.

 

DASH

The Rebel Service Council makes, packages, and delivers peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to the homeless population at the Las Vegas Rescue Mission (LVRM).

Desert Survivors

"Desert Survivors" is an educational television show that promotes scientific literacy in local elementary schools. Each episode, shown on UNLV-TV on Cox Cable Channels 70 and 71, spotlights a "survivor" native to the Mojave Desert. During the show, the featured expert answers questions posed by local children.

 

Discover Mojave: Forever Earth

Forever Earth is a floating environmental education and research vessel at Lake Mead that:

  • Engages students in scientific research, including water quality testing and monitoring.
  • Provides professional development opportunities for teachers.
  • Offers logistical support to scientists engaged in research.
The program provides authentic learning experiences on water quality and water conservation, issues critical to Southern Nevada residents.
This is a partnership between Public Lands Institute at UNLV, Forever Resorts, and the National Park Service.

Discover Mojave: Outdoor World

Outdoor World provides recreational activities to at-risk urban youth. The program:

  • Stimulates an appreciation of and connection to nature.
  • Encourages the responsible use of recreational areas.
  • Provides a positive outlet for the alleviation of stress.
  • Promotes physical exercise and activity.
Positive outdoor experiences in youth are important to developing a stewardship ethic later in life. And few adults participate in recreational activities that they did not enjoy as children.
This is a partnership between Public Lands Institute at UNLV and the four federal land-management agencies in Southern Nevada (Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service).

 

Don't Trash Nevada

Don’t Trash Nevada is a comprehensive public outreach campaign to encourage clean-up efforts and discourage litter and illegal dumping in Southern Nevada. The program:

  • Creates advertising related to desert dumping and littering issues.
  • Organizes both annual and ongoing clean-up events.
  • Promotes stronger anti-litter regulations and laws and supports law enforcement and the judicial system efforts.
  • Increases the number of dumpsters, trash receptacles, and collection on Southern Nevada public lands.
  • Provides information related to litter and desert dumping on public lands.
  • Encourages recycling programs.
Don’t Trash Nevada is an initiative of the Southern Nevada Agency Partnership, composed of the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Forest Service. These agencies have been working together since 1999 to enhance public services, improve stewardship of the federal lands, and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their management activities. The federal agencies partnered with the Public Lands Institute at UNLV for administration and delivery of environmental programs

 

Early Studies Program

The Early Studies Program provides highly motivated Clark County high school students an opportunity to get a head start on their college education by enrolling in UNLV courses. Students receive full access to the Academic Success Center's resources, such as tutoring, advising, and academic success coaching.

Early Studies Program

The UNLV Early Studies Program provides highly motivated Clark County high school students an opportunity to get a head start on their college education by enrolling in UNLV courses. Early Studies students have the opportunity to earn dual credit (university and high school) with the approval of their high school counselor. In addition, Early Studies students receive full access to the Academic Success Center resources, which includes tutoring, advising, and academic success coaching. The Early Study Program attracts some of the best and brightest students in Clark County and creates a more streamlined bridge from their high school to UNLV. High school students of all levels (Freshman through Senior) are eligible for the program. There is no high school GPA requirement, but the ASC strongly recommends the program for students with a 3.0 GPA or higher. Early Studies students are eligible to enroll in available courses for which they meet the prerequisites. Early Studies students pay the same tuition and fees as other UNLV non-degree seeking students.

Education in the Environment Strategy

The Education in the Environment Strategy helps:

  • Identify effective methods for delivering environmental messages
  • Document what environmental programs are currently provided in the area
  • Determine where program gaps and overlaps occur and offer strategy for collaboratively addressing these
  • Develop a five-year strategic plan and work plan for a place-based education in the Las Vegas Valley
The initiative is run by Public Lands Institute, which helps federal agencies and other partners foster environmental literacy among a broad range of audiences in the Las Vegas Valley.

Education Student Practica and Internships

School districts across the region collaborate with the College of Education to provide practicum and internship experiences for education majors. Each semester, 90 to 130 students are in K-12 schools participating in a 16-week internship. In addition, schools provide approximately 600 placements for students involved in shorter practicum experiences.

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