This workshop will guide students on how to translate ideas into fundable proposals. By reviewing how to identify, apply for, receive, and manage grants, this workshop will provide an overview of the full lifecycle of a grant. In addition, this workshop will cover what needs to be done after a grant has been awarded, including follow-up reporting and relationship management. Learn more.
Oct. 7: Using Multimedia and Creating Engaging Videos in Online Courses
Participants of this workshop will understand non-academic job offers from a variety of employment sectors, learn strategies for how to negotiate a job offer, learn when it is most appropriate to bring up salary negotiations, and discuss what items are more negotiable than others. Learn more.
Learn how to use the Mendeley library of information resources to work more efficiently with research teams. Share folders and files and collaboratively annotate articles to improve group communications. Learn more.
Mendeley has hundreds of citation styles for journals and conference proceedings, but sometimes a unique style may be required. Attendees will learn how to modify an existing style to suit their need using Mendeley's Citation Style Language Editor. Learn more.
Oct. 9: Collaboration & Communication: Team-building and Teamwork
This workshop is designed to provide students with tangible strategies they can use to be successful during their thesis/dissertation writing process. Learn more.
Student Diversity & Social Justice Fall Sessions
The Student Diversity & Social Justice office is offering the following education sessions: SDSJ information sessions, introduction to diversity sessions, and gender and sexuality sessions. Learn more and RSVP.
The student health insurance waiver period for graduate and professional students for the Fall 2020 semester is May 4-Oct. 5, 2020. Students must complete a waiver once every academic year. Students who don't submit a waiver by Oct. 5 will be required to pay for the student health insurance. Waivers completed in previous years will not carry over.
Learn more.
Oct. 26: Final Day to Submit Application for Graduation
Final day to submit an application for graduation through MyUNLV account. More information on extended Fall 2020 graduation deadlines can be found on the
Graduate College COVID-19 webpage (under Current Students, Completing Your Degree).
The Student Technology Advisory Committee is a collaboration between UNLV students and the Office of Information Technology. This meeting will go over remote software access (RebelApps), study rooms, in-person and chatbot tech support for students, Panopto lecture capture, and Rebelmail feature changes. Please contact the committee with any questions at stac@unlv.edu.
Oct. 13-16: Southern Nevada Career Fair
The Southern Nevada Career Fair is a collaboration between UNLV departments to create a robust opportunity to connect students and alumni with many local, national, and global companies. This event streamlines the career fair model, allowing employers to connect with students and alumni from a variety of disciplines and fields in one place. The fall 2020 fair will be virtual. Register and learn more.
Please join the Graduate College for a livestream of its annual Graduate Showcase, which highlights some of the best and brightest graduate students from across campus who have competed for the chance to present their research at this special event. Learn more and RSVP.
This virtual workshop will help anyone struggling with psychological discomfort and who wants to change their relationship with anxiety, stress, or any emotional discomfort. Learn more.
