GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION DIRECTORS MOURN BONNIE BRYAN, HONORARY CHAIR AND FOUNDER  

The Division of Educational Outreach Information Desk at the UNLV Paradise Campus has adjusted its office hours due to the Presidential Debate. The Information Desk will close at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, October 18 and remain closed Wednesday, October 19. The regular hours of 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. will resume on Thursday, October 20. If you have questions, please call us at 702-895-3394 or email edoutreach@unlv.edu. 

Check out the latest news from the Division of Educational Outreach. The November 2016 issue of Outreach Insights is now available.

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Instructor Sharon Gainsburg has introduced stone carving to many UNLV Continuing Education and OLLI at UNLV students. The Las Vegas Review Journal has an article about Gainsburg and an upcoming exhibition.https://goo.gl/TWDoZv

Non-traditional students make up more than 20 percent of all students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. These are students who had their education journey disrupted by family commitments, military service, finances, or other reasons. Not surprisingly, money is often a barrier for adult learners wishing to complete their degree. UNLV’s Community2Campus office within the Division of Educational Outreach administers several scholarships earmarked especially for students returning to college after an extended interruption. 
 
The Bernard Osher Foundation Re-entry Scholarship awards up to $5,000 per year for part-time and full time students pursuing their first bachelor’s degree who have experienced a break of five or more years in their education. The UNLV Foundation board of trustees’ Sastaunik Re-entry Scholarship represents a commitment by the UNLV Foundation to get students back on track for graduation and offers up to $2,500 for the fall or spring semester. Eligible applicants should be pursuing their first bachelor’s degree and have experienced an interruption of five or more years in their education. The Re-entry Friendship Scholarship was established over 20 years ago by four Las Vegas women in honor of their friendship; it is still funded by donors who give in honor, memory, and celebration of special friends. Awards up to $1,000 are given for fall or spring semester to undergraduate or graduate students with a minimum three year interruption in their schooling. The Jerri Zika-Semenza Memorial Scholarship awards up to $2,000 per year to part time and full time students returning to college after an interruption of at least three years. In a nod to the scholarship’s namesake, this scholarship provides opportunities to students who are go-getters, self-starters, and hard workers.
 
The scholarship application deadline for the 2017-2018 academic year is 5 p.m. Friday, April 14. Awards for both fall and spring semesters will be selected from this pool of applicants. Scholarship applications are available online at http://edoutreach.unlv.edu/community2campus. Applicants must submit the form as well as a personal statement. Applicants for all scholarships must be formally admitted to UNLV as a degree-seeking student to be considered for an award. Awards are paid out two times per year based on meeting the award criteria.
 
Community2Campus supports non-traditional students as they make the transition back to college to complete their degrees. Staff is available to connect students with campus resources including academic advising, credit transfers, tutoring, student groups, and financial aid. To learn more about Community2Campus or re-entry scholarships, call Rochelle Sanchez at 702-895-5486 or email Rochelle.Sanchez@unlv.edu. The Community2Campus office is now located on the Paradise campus in building 200.

OLLI at UNLV is the recipient of a $45,000 grant from Dignity Health to expand the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) class and OLLI at UNLV membership in the urban core of Las Vegas. The grant will be implemented in partnership with the City of Las Vegas Parks and Recreation Department and the UNLV School of Nursing and will help support health-related classes including the CDSMP at community centers and senior communities in targeted areas. 
 
The six-week CDSMP workshops were developed by the Stanford University School of Medicine in an effort to improve health outcomes for patients living with chronic diseases including arthritis, cancer, chronic pain or anxiety, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, or HIV. Topics covered include: techniques to deal with frustration, fatigue, pain and isolation; medication adherence; appropriate exercise to improve strength, flexibility, and endurance; decision making tools; skills to communicate effectively with family, friends, and health professionals; and nutrition information and action plans.
 
CDSMP courses are led by teams of two peer educators. Instructors are often currently living with a chronic disease themselves, and the class format is highly participatory. Courses are currently scheduled for Paradise campus, Henderson City Hall, Doolittle Senior Center, East Las Vegas Community Center (in Spanish), and at The Center. The grant will allow the program to serve additional sites and students, with a focus on underserved populations. Participants at grant funded sites will not be limited to the CSSMP course. They will receive full OLLI membership benefits and be able to enroll in all classes offered through OLLI at all Las Vegas Valley sites.
 

The latest news from the Division of Educational Outreach is now available. Check out the March 2017 issue of Outreach Insights. 

UNLV is engaged in a four-year project to upgrade campus IT infrastructure and replace aging fiber connections to campus buildings. The project involves an unavoidable service outage for the Continuing Education registration system 5:00 pm April 7th to 10:00 am April 8th. You may email us at continuing.education@unlv.edu or call 702-895-3394 if you have any questions or require assistance.

The Division of Educational Outreach salutes Elena Gandia Garcia, Ph.D. for teaching excellence. Garcia is the recipient of the 2017 Division of Educational Outreach Faculty Excellence Award for being at the forefront of addressing a need for the state of Nevada and providing students with the skills to be successful legal interpreters. Garcia was indispensable to the development and implementation of the Legal Interpretation: Spanish Certificate Program for UNLV Continuing Education.
As developer and instructor of some of the courses in this certificate, Garcia developed a curriculum to instruct bilingual students in the techniques and procedures of producing an accurate, efficient translation, particularly in the legal field. Students completing this certificate are well-prepared for a career providing high quality interpretation to serve individuals with limited English skills.  
 
In addition to being on the faculty at UNLV as Assistant Professor in Residence at the Department of World Languages and Cultures, Garcia’s research interest is focused on legal translation and interpreting.  She is also Vice President of the Nevada Interpreters and Translators Association (NITA). Garcia received her Ph.D. in Translation and Interpreting (Estudios Avanzados de Traducción e Interpretación) at Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain. The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs appointed Garcia Sworn Interpreter and Translator in 2003.