Suppose you’re an aspiring college student looking to enter the hospitality industry and want an education to get set on the right path. In that case, the Hospitality College at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas has to rank near the top of the list.

Dr. Kweisi Ausar is an educator, author, researcher, and founder of the Center for Spiritual Cultivation. As an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, Dr. Ausar conducts research on workplace spirituality and other topics related to human dynamics in organizations. In January of 2021, Dr. Ausar published his memoir, No Sur: Breaking the Chains that Bind the Spirit, in which he details how spiritual cultivation revolutionized his existence and led to the realization of his goals and dreams.This week, we're going deeper by talking with Kweisi about what workplace spirituality actually looks like in practice, as well as how his own spiritual journey has helped him through challenges throughout his life, including family issues, addiction, and racial discrimination.

With the entire food industry going through unprecedented challenges last year, Aegean Exporters’ Associations took decisive steps to elevate the exposure of Turkish Tastes in the US, starting in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A UNLV hospitality expert says Las Vegas travel for the Christmas holiday and New Year's Eve is still strong, despite threats from the omicron variant that could put a damper on travel plans.

Leaders of today are facing a multitude of challenges. They need to create a triple bottom line, finding economical, environmental, and socially sustainable solutions. Moreover, leaders are not only expected to see a strategy through; they also need to reimagine and re-examine the workplace for their employees. In this episode, Dr. Kweisi Ausar discusses the relationship between workplace spirituality, organizational justice, and mental health.

All around the Las Vegas valley you can feel the holiday spirit, as restaurants, hotels and businesses prepare for guests who plan to celebrate Christmas and New Year in town.

There's no experience like a Las Vegas experience, and Hospitality Heroes make it all possible.

Some would say the food that defines Nevada is the casino buffet. A heightened perception of contagion risks and other pandemic-linked obstacles have led to the permanent closure of some buffet restaurants. However, KUNR’s Lucretia Cunningham spoke to UNLV Assistant Professor Amanda Belarmino who says the buffet made a major comeback over Thanksgiving and is eager to see how the industry will fare this holiday season.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) and the Vegas Chamber worked together to recognize this past year’s Hospitality Heroes at a reception at the William H. Harrah College of Hospitality at UNLV.

The achievements and character of the following winter 2021 graduates reflect the extraordinary work that goes on day in and day out in Southern Nevada’s institutions of higher learning.

After the announcement of the establishment of a new eSports Technical Advisory Committee in Nevada, Yogonet spoke with one of its newly appointed members, Dr. Brett Abarbanel, Director of Research for the UNLV, International Gaming Institute, who provided an accurate description of the current panorama of eSports gambling and the reasons for the creation of this new committee.

Kweisi Ausar is an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He conducts research on workplace spirituality and other topics related to human dynamics in organizations. Dr. Ausar is focused on empowering individuals to transcend undesirable, dysfunctional, and harmful conditioning by cultivating spiritual competencies that are designed to increase mental, physical, and spiritual well-being.