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The February/March 2013 issue of Outreach Insights is online and in your inbox. Outreach Insights is the bimonthly newsletter from the Division of Educational Outreach. Join our mailing list and never miss an issue.

A new look and better functionality now welcome you to edoutreach.unlv.edu, the website of the UNLV Division of Educational Outreach.
The new design features a consistent navigation structure and topic-and unit-focused navigation. For example if you want to take a class for credit, one simple click will get you closer to seeing the variety of courses specific to your interests and schedule. Career development, lifelong learning, survey, and volunteer opportunities are easy to find with direct links.
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The Spring 2013 Continuing Education Catalog is now available. The catalog lists a variety of non-credit courses being offered through UNLV Continuing Education. Our certificate programs and professional development courses will help you find a new job or enhance your current position. You can also learn a new skill or hobby with our enrichment classes. Additionally, Continuing Education offers travel programs allowing you to explore near and far.
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Are you ready for the SAT and ACT?
The date is circled on the calendar. You’ve been prepping on your own for weeks—maybe months. There is nothing else you can do to get ready for the SAT or ACT.
Or is there?
Thanks to a new alliance between UNLV Continuing Education and Catalyst, a SAT/ACT test prep company, Las Vegas now has an affordable weekend test prep boot camp strategically scheduled the week before you take your college entrance exams.
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UNLV Continuing Education has joined with Catalyst to offer SAT and ACT boot camps. The momentum-boosting weekend seminars will arm students with go-to strategies for every question they will face on the day of the test. Students will learn to spot hidden clues that instantly reveal the main idea in long reading passages. They will also find out how to avoid the four sneakiest ways SAT and ACT grammar questions try to trick students. In addition, students will be able to compose a perfect-score essay, no matter what question the SAT asks.
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The UNLV Public Lands Institute hosted an International Protected Area Exchange (IPAX) symposium June 18, 2013, with approximately 35 people attending the event at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Click the link below to read the full article.

Volunteers from OLLI at UNLV represented their program as well as the National Network at AARP’s Life@50+ conference, which was held May 30-June 1 in Las Vegas. The conference drew more than 8,000 participants from New York and Virginia, down to Texas and New Orleans, and throughout California. In addition to chatting up locals about the benefits of the OLLI at UNLV experience, they also encouraged hundreds of visitors that stopped by the table to contact their local OLLI office.Read More

The 94th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will be held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (June 16-19, 2013). In addition to a broad array of technical programs, paper and poster presentations, and field trips, 21 symposia have been organized. One of which is the International Protected Area Exchange (IPAX) symposium (June 18), organized by the UNLV Public Lands Institute.
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Heath Hiudt, UNLV Sommelier Academy instructor and sommelier at the Cosmopolitan’s upscale STK restaurant, will lead a two-day excursion to California wine country August 22-23.
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The April/May 2013 issue of Outreach Insights is now available. The enewsletter features the latest news about the people, programs, and courses of the UNLV Division of Educational Outreach.