Latinx/Latino
Latinx/a/o students, faculty, and staff add rich experiences and perspectives to the UNLV comunidad. UNLV provides programs, services, and resources to support and celebrate Latinidad as it is an important part of the very fabric that is UNLV!
Latinx students, staff, and faculty may face many of the same challenges navigating higher education. UNLV provides programs, resources, and services that help the Latinx comunidad. #YoSoyUNLV
Resources
- Student Diversity & Social Justice – the office of Student Diversity & Social Justice (SDSJ) was created out of student demand for identity specific support. As such, several identity-based positions were created to serve UNLV’s traditionally underserved students through programs, initiatives, and services.
- Diversity trainings - peer educators are dedicated to leading presentations, training sessions, and workshops related to social justice and diversity.
- Jean Nidetch CARE Center - provides free and confidential support services to members of the UNLV community who have been impacted by sexual assault, relationship abuse, family violence, and/or stalking.
- Latinx Heritage Web Resources
- Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada
- UNLV Library Databases Focusing on Latinx Heritage
- Latinx Heritage-Related Streaming Media Selections
- Afro-Latinx Resources
- Latinx Heritage Special Collections Resources
- Latinx and Latin American Studies
Affinity Groups
- Latinx Faculty Alliance - The Latinx Faculty Alliance’s mission is to support the Latinx and Hispanic communities on- and off-campus by promoting and advocating for diversity initiatives at UNLV.
- Student Affinity Groups - There are numerous registered student organizations on campus where students can get involved.
