NEW CERTIFICATE PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT
UNLV Continuing Education constantly looks for opportunities to develop programs to provide training for Southern Nevada's workforce. Two new certificate programs launching this fall address in-demand skills and support growing industries.
Job openings for interpreters in Nevada are expected to increase 44 percent in the next ten years. The Legal Interpretation Certificate: Spanish will help provide more court interpreters to ensure language barriers do not become legal barriers for people whose primary language is not English.
With more than 34,000 fitness centers in the United States, many fitness and wellness professionals need to be competitive in the business world. The Fitness Business Management Certificate will prepare entrepreneurs, owners, or managers to implement successful fitness business strategies.
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UNLV Reaches Out Into the Community
If you live near downtown or in Henderson, you have the opportunity to take an academic class for credit from UNLV. Community2Campus has worked with UNLV academic departments to provide more of these classes at off-site locations in the Las Vegas Valley for the Fall 2016 semester. The following classes will be offered at The Center (401 S. Maryland Pkwy.) and the Henderson Multigenerational Center (250 S. Green Valley Pkwy.):
Classes at The Center
- WMST 113 Race, Class & Gender
- SOC 101 Principles of Sociology
- SOC 370 Sociology of Subcultures
Classes at Henderson Multigenerational Center
Enrollment in academic classes requires admission to UNLV. For information, visit
unlv.edu/registrar/registration.
If you have had an interruption in your education and need academic advice, contact:
Sal Mora, Asst. Director of Advising, Academic Success Center
702-895-2025 or Salvador.Mora@unlv.edu.
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OLLI at UNLV Offers Classes in More Locations
The benefits of lifelong learning will be experienced by more retired and semi-retired residents in the Las Vegas Valley. OLLI at UNLV will now offer classes at East Las Vegas Community Center, Doolittle Senior Center, and Sterling Ridge Senior Living. Here is the full list of OLLI at UNLV locations:
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1. UNLV Paradise Campus
851 E. Tropicana Avenue
(across from the Thomas & Mack Center)
2. Las Ventanas Retirement Community
10401 W. Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas
3. Sun City Aliante
7394 Aliante Parkway, North Las Vegas
4. Merrill Gardens Retirement Community
1935 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson
5. Henderson City Hall
Green Valley Room
240 S. Water Street, Henderson
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6. The Center
401 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas
7. Sun City Summerlin - Sun Shadows Center
8700 Del Webb Boulevard, Las Vegas
8. Doolittle Senior Center
1950 S. J Street, Las Vegas
9. East Las Vegas Community Center
250 N. Eastern Avenue, Las Vegas
10. Sterling Ridge Senior Living
4255 Spencer Street, Las Vegas
11. Acacia Springs
8630 West Nevso Drive, Las Vegas
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For OLLI membership and other information, please call 702-774-OLLI (6554) or email olliatunlv@unlv.edu.
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Catalogs to Explore New Learning Opportunities at UNLV
The UNLV Division of Educational Outreach produces print and digital catalogs every semester for Continuing Education and OLLI at UNLV.
Continuing Education's Fall 2016 catalog is available online at ced.unlv.edu/cat2016 and has been mailed to previously registered students.
Here's a sample of new fall classes:
* Strategic Resource Estimation for Mining Project Development
* Ethics in UAS Operations
* Holiday Gifts from the Kitchen
* Italian I & II
* Homeowners Association (HOA) courses
To join the catalog mailing list, email continuing.education@unlv.edu
or call 702-895-3394.
The OLLI catalog is in the final stages of production and will be available early August. Click on the link below to be added to the catalog mailing list or to sit in on a class as our guest.
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