Jean Nidetch Women's Center A Resource for Everyone

Jean Nidetch, Benefactor

The UNLV Jean Nidetch Women’s Center has established itself as a resource center on the UNLV campus, committed to providing services and programs, which empower all students to achieve academic, personal, and professional goals.

The Center is a point-of-entry for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and local community to receive information and help in a safe, supportive, inclusive environment, sensitive to issues of concern and interest to women. The Center encourages participation of all people, including men, in the realization of its mission and goals.

The Center strives to ensure a campus community in which women and men can live and work together in a mutually respectful and supportive environment where equality, responsibility, and personal empowerment are encouraged and fostered.

The Center is committed to raising awareness of women’s issues, creating opportunities for personal and professional growth, and to celebrating accomplishments of women. The Center is recognized as a safe place where people can voice opinions and share concerns. Students, faculty, staff, and volunteers are encouraged to engage in dialogue, exchange viewpoints, find assistance, devote time in educationally purposeful activities, and work together as equal partners to further institutional goals.

In cooperation, collaboration, and affiliation with other campus, community, and national resources, the Center addresses the following topical areas through our programs, services, and outreach: adults returning to school, sexual and relationship violence, personal safety, women's health, information and referral, student health and wellness. All programming is designed to be inclusive of people of all genders, sexual orientations, levels of ability, and racial, ethnic, and national backgrounds. This includes outreach to the local community as well as on-campus activities.

The Center is successful in involving the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community in the following ways: employing staff that are GLBT; collaborating with campus GLBT organizations in programming; and implementing programs for and about the GLBT community.

The Center facilitates recruitment of re-entry and non-traditional students and provides support through groups, discussion, and activities with a focus on student retention, leadership opportunities, and academic success. It houses a resource library of books and videos and is a meeting place for students and other interested groups. Additionally, it provides accurate campus and community resource information and referral, again, with student recruitment and retention as its’ goal.

If you are want to get involved in any of our projects or just want to relax in a safe, non-threatening environment, visit our offices, located in the Student Services Complex room 255, or call (702) 895-4475.