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Admissions News

The Office of Admissions is responsible for delivering services and resources to assist students in their admission and transition to UNLV. Services include community outreach, recruiting and enrolling undergraduate and graduate students, and new student orientation programming.

Current Admissions News

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Campus News |

Students in the new bachelor's program benefit from a Las Vegas home field advantage and industry connections.

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Campus News |

New initiative helps returning and current students find their way forward to a UNLV degree; includes partnership with education non-profit Earn to Learn.

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People |

At the UNLV School of Social Work, this professional programs manager helps students navigate college through connection and mentorship.

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Campus News |

Support efforts focus on easing transition and strengthening connection on campus.

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Business and Community |

The citywide competition brings UNLV faculty and staff together for friendly rivalry and wellness.

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Campus News |

From spotlight tours to community STEM outreach, ambassadors amplify the college's recruiting effort.

Admissions In The News

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

New initiative includes partnership with education nonprofit Earn to Learn

Las Vegas Sun

UNLV administrators and U.S. Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev., launched Destination Degree, an initiative to help more people earn bachelor’s degrees, at a panel discussion Thursday at UNLV. Eligible students who deposit up to $500 a year into a matched savings account receive $8 for every $1, up to $4,000 annually. The program also includes coaching and financial education.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Five programs within the new effort bring resources to students who may be struggling with debt or other challenges to going back to school. “Destination Degree” launched on Oct. 1 when it was announced during a roundtable at UNLV with university leaders, representatives from education non-profit Earn to Learn, and Democratic Nevada Congresswoman Susie Lee.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Current, former and aspiring UNLV students struggling to afford higher education will soon have new pathways to a diploma. The Destination Degree initiative, announced by UNLV on Thursday, will offer five programs next year to help UNLV students, dropouts and parents earn or complete a bachelor’s degree.

PBS

Meet CCSD students who spent part of their summer on the UNLV campus for the Young Rebels Program “Starting the School Year Full STEAM Ahead Day Camp."

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

Thousands of students have returned to campus at UNLV this week in preparation for classes that start on Monday. The fall semester will see record-breaking enrollment numbers for the university with 32,000 students expected to attend classes this fall. Around one-third of those students are new students coming to campus for the first time.

Recent Admissions Accomplishments

Ross Bryant (Veteran Services), Tracy Johnson (Wilson Advising Center), and Allison McSwain (Admissions) made presentations at the 2014 NSHE Southern Nevada Diversity Summit. Bryant and Johnson presented "Keys to Veteran Success and Retention: A UNLV Model." The office of veteran services and the Student Veterans & Military Family Services…