Current Diversity Initiatives News
Theresa Barrett Clark leads program to help new hires navigate their roles and build connections.
Faculty, staff, students, and administrators came together to discuss recent initiatives and how to improve as a Minority-Serving Institution.
UNLV-led grant project creates a hub for faculty across the country to share resources, learn, and collaborate with each other.
The Student Affairs head focuses on fostering upward mobility on campus and in the community.
UNLV is emerging as a national leader in fostering the economic mobility of its graduates. For Southern Nevada, that means a healthier middle class.
Leaders from the nation’s Tribal Colleges and Universities convene at UNLV for American Indian Higher Education Consortium annual summer meeting.
Diversity Initiatives In The News
There are many treasures in Las Vegas and one most valued notable will soon be retiring from her post: Dr. Barbee Oakes, Chief Diversity Officer for UNLV. Often described as a guru of diversity, equity and inclusion, Oakes has spent four years advancing inclusive programming that makes UNLV one of the most diverse universities in the nation. She has implemented a “Cultural Intelligence Leadership Series” that fosters a culture of inclusive excellence among senior administrators, academic leaders, and faculty.
Spring is upon us, and we are grateful to be moving closer to our regular routines while staying safe.
State of the University addresses are, traditionally, fairly bland affairs. They are a chance for university presidents to be boosters, to laud the university’s successes and sell the school’s upward trajectory to an audience of administrators, faculty, students and donors.
UNLV is retiring the Hey Reb! mascot, but retaining its Rebels nickname, university president E. Keith Whitfield announced Tuesday afternoon.
Thirteen community-based organizations that support Nevada’s immigrant communities have given out $1 million in funding.
More than a dozen community-based organizations in Nevada that help immigrants will be receiving an additional $516,000. That money will allow them to provide financial assistance to immigrant families.