Jean Nidetch Care Center News
The Jean Nidetch Care Center is committed to creating a supportive and inclusive environment for all genders through programming, services, and advocacy for the UNLV community.
Current Care Center News
The UNLV Support Team helps struggling students find success.
The UNLV CARE Center offers resources for victims-survivors to heal.
The administration encourages people experiencing loss to tap into these campus resources for support.
For many trailblazing students and faculty, the first step in their success is making sure they feel they belong here.
The new director of the Jean Nidetch Women’s Center focuses on providing victims of domestic and sexual violence a path toward healing and resilience.
Here's why the one-time temp worker was snatched up full time within a month of stepping on campus.
Care Center In The News
Non-profit organization, Live Violence Free, presents its inaugural event, #OneConversation, to be held virtually on Thursday, January 27, 2022, and Friday, January 28, 2022, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Two Nevada universities are reporting an uptick of sexual, domestic, and dating violence over the past two years.
The college years are all about education and new life experiences. And that lack of life experience can make some students vulnerable to dating violence.
It can be a challenge in itself for a new mother to return to work or school. Finding a place where she can breastfeed or take a break to pump milk compounds the issue.
When a sexual assault occurs, survivors face an array of barriers in dealing with the aftermath.
It is no different for students who have to deal with the same psychological issues and logistical nightmares. That is why care advocates for the Jean Nidetch Women’s Center at UNLV exist.
Daniele Dreitzer from The Rape Crisis Center Las Vegas, Criminal justice professor Alexis Kennedy and women's center director Christina Hernandez discuss sexual assault on college campuses.