Regents Approve Four New Programs at UNLV

The institute will support financial education, information, resources, and tools to promote financial wellness for the university and southern Nevada communities. The Institute will help participants achieve personal short-term fiscal health and long-term financial stability and wellbeing.

This program will provide outreach and education about behavioral health professions to K-12 and adult learners; expand behavioral health training programs within higher education with an emphasis on building a diverse workforce; increase post-graduate internships and the number of approved supervisors; and offer support to the existing Nevada behavioral health workforce through continuing education and technical assistance. This network will establish a main hub at UNLV and have regional hubs in NSHE institutions throughout Nevada.

Institute researchers will work with local, state, and federal authorities to develop community resilience solutions and policies that enhance the safety and well-being of Nevada’s tourists and the tourism industry. The institute will be housed in the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs.

The program will help students who are looking to shape the future of the arts in an entrepreneurial way as arts leaders or those who have already achieved a number of credits toward a professional arts degree but are looking for opportunities to reframe and synthesize knowledge and experience in the arts to use in other fields as creatives.