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UNLV Lifelong Learning News

UNLV Lifelong Learning is the university's central hub for community-focused education, offering career-building programs, personal enrichment opportunities, and community connections, all in one place. We offer short-term, noncredit courses and certificates for adults of all ages and backgrounds, designed for career advancement, skill development, and personal enrichment, with flexible options available online, in-person, and hybrid.

Current Lifelong Learning News

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Campus News |

UNLV Lifelong Learning brings alumni back as community educators in workforce development and personal enrichment courses.

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UNLV History |

UNLV’s origin story traces back to one vote by one man, Herb Derfelt. And his legacy continues through generations of family members who followed in his educator footsteps.

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People |

The associate vice provost of academic effectiveness plays a key role in the accreditation process. 

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Business and Community |

Centralized registration streamlines process for parents seeking university summer camps and programming for K-12 students.

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Campus News |

The Adult Learner Summit provides students with resources to thrive in higher education. 

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Business and Community |

Centralized registration and customer service makes it easier than ever for parents to access university summer programs for area K-12 students. 

Lifelong Learning In The News

Las Vegas Review Journal

More than 50 cannabis industry leaders and subject matter experts helped create the programs and are featured in the courses, which were developed in partnership with the cannabis education company Green Flower.

Las Vegas Review Journal

More than 50 cannabis industry leaders and subject matter experts helped create the programs and are featured in the courses, which were developed in partnership with the cannabis education company Green Flower.

KSNV-TV: News 3

If you're hoping to make a career out of cannabis, you're in luck. The University of Nevada Las Vegas has just announced a new certificate program

Vegas Business

A Wellness Corral will be hosted by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNLV, where attendees can explore activities such as ukulele lessons, Mahjong, art tables, and puzzle and board game strategies.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

The DJ Essentials Course led by Kelly Webb is part of UNLV Lifelong Learning, the university’s central hub for career-building programs, personal enrichment, and community-focused education.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Tucked in a spacious building just off Maryland Parkway, a couple of blocks away from UNLV’s Student Union, there’s a program that has become invaluable to hundreds of seniors. No, not the kind of seniors that are fourth-year students at UNLV, but rather retired and semi-retired people in the Las Vegas Valley who don’t believe that learning stops when life’s twilight years begin.

Recent Lifelong Learning Accomplishments

Rob Levrant (Lifelong Learning) published an article, "The Psychology of Learning in Retirement: Lifelong learning programs foster positive aging," in the Society of Certified Senior Advisors CSA Journal.
Asma Awan (Social and Behavioral Health), Rob Levrant (Educational Outreach and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute),  and Manoj Sharma (Social and Behavioral Health) presented at the Lumivero Virtual Conference 2024 on September 25. The presentation was titled: "Determining Vaping Cessation (Quitting) Intervention Strategies among Young…
Matthew Gyger (Social Work), Stephanie Borene (Educational Outreach), Ramona Denby (Social Work), and Sara Hunt (Medicine), along with Efren Gomez from the University of Michigan and Amanda Klein-Cox from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, co-authored the paper, "Using SBIRT (Screen, Brief Intervention, and Referral to…
Rob Levrant (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) spoke on an expert panel at the 2022 Osher Institutes National Conference, "What You Really Need to Know to Ask for Money in Person." His portion of the presentation focused on the nexus between fundraising and community-building in the context of a membership-based lifelong learning community.
Rob Levrant (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) and Ana Paula Loures-Elias (Educational Psychology) co-presented a lecture session at the 2021 Conference on Academic Research in Education. Their session, "Emerging Professionals in the Field of Learning in Retirement: A Case Study of Participatory Action Research," described and interpreted the…
Jenna Heath (Liberal Arts) and Sam Leif (Summer Term) presented at The Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, the topic being "Experiential Learning During COVID-19: Did We Serve Our Students?" They discussed the power of virtual internships during COVID-19.