HIST 494X Once accepted each NEW Leadership Participant must be enrolled in a Nevada State Higher Education (NSHE) affiliated school and have a legitimate NSHE ID. Students must enroll in HIST 494X, and are required to pay all tuition and fees. Students will earn 2 credits once they successfully complete our program, and should talk with their advisors about how to apply the credits to their program of studies.

Information about NEW Leadership 2012

2012 NEW Leadership Information

Application for NEW Leadership 2012

2012 NEW Leadership Application

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**Please be advised the applicant completes only the top portion with their personal information. The recommending party is to complete the rest of the form and send directly to Alma.Castro@unlv.edu or fax to 702-895-4930.
** Two (2) recommendations are to be provided per applicant.

2012 NEW Leadership Recommendations Form

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Important Note! If we accept you as a member of the NEW Leadership Nevada Class of 2012, you must agree to attend the entire program from May 14-June 1. During the week of May 14-18, You must agree to reside in the residence halls on campus at UNLV, and attend all program sessions—exceptions are not made.

Submit your Application to:
Alma Castro, Program Manager
Box 455083
4505 S Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas NV 89154-5083
Email Alma.Castro@unlv.edu
Fax 702-895-4930

Questions? Call us at 702-895-2902

This event looks back at the progress and challenges of the forty years since Title IX passed in 1972. While Title IX is widely known as the law supporting women’s athletic teams, the legislation also dramatically improved the experiences of all women in education. Title IX prohibits discrimination based on sex in education programs and all activities that receive federal financial assistance. Some of the forms of discrimination that Title IX prohibits include sexual harassment, the failure to provide equal opportunity in athletics, and discrimination based on pregnancy. In 1972, before Title IX, women earned less than ten percent of law and medical degrees, and just 13% of doctoral degrees. Today, women earn nearly half of all law and medical degrees, and over half of all doctoral degrees.

The panelists will examine the impact of Title IX, its history, and its continued relevance. The speakers have a range of experiences in university administration, athletics, education, and the sciences.

The event is sponsored by the UNLV College of Education, the Women’s Research Institute of Nevada, Office of Diversity Initiatives, the Women’s Council, Intercollegiate Athletics, Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, and the Nevada Humanities.

Please click here for a map of UNLV showing the auditorium and nearby parking.

For more information please call 702-895-4931

Speakers:

Judith Sweet, Co-Director for the Alliance of Women Coaches. Judith Sweet served for six years as the NCAA Senior Vice President for Championships and Education Services and served as primary contact for Title IX and Gender Equity Initiatives. Prior to that, she was the Athletics Director at University of California, San Diego. She now assists organizations and universities with gender equity assessments and strategies. She has testified on Title IX before several congressional committees.

Dr. Carol C. Harter, Executive Director Black Mountain Institute, UNLV Regents Professor & UNLV President Emerita. Dr. Harter was the first woman to serve as president of UNLV and was the longest-serving president at the university. Under her tenure, the university’s academic range broadened tremendously with the addition of more than one hundred new degree programs, nearly sixty of which focused on graduate studies, including the School of Dental Medicine and the William S. Boyd School of Law. Since 2006, she has overseen the growth of the Black Mountain Institute at UNLV.

Dr. Peg Rees, Executive Director, Public Lands Institute, Interim Vice-Provost for Educational Outreach and Professor of Geoscience. In her role as Executive Director of the Public Lands Institute, Dr. Rees is responsible for strategic planning and outreach to guide and develop the institute. She is a full professor in Geoscience and has conducted National Science Foundation funded research, primarily in Antarctica, China, and the western United States. In addition, she helped build the UNLV Women’s Studies Dept. She received a grant from the National Science Foundation for interdisciplinary women’s studies, social science, and geology projects in earth science education.

Dr. Nancy Lough, Professor, College of Education, Department of Educational Research, Cognition, & Development. Dr. Lough teaches in the higher education graduate program and is currently mentoring doctoral students with an interest in intercollegiate athletic administration. She is an expert in the areas of marketing women’s sport, corporate sponsorship of sport, leadership in college athletics and gender equity. She has published widely on these topics in the fields of sport management and sport marketing. Recently she served as a Title IX consultant for the Clark County School District and Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association. She currently serves as the Editor for Sport Marketing Quarterly.

“Honoring Women Victims of Rape in War Zones, Human Trafficking, Sexual and Domestic Violence.” The event will allow refugees and immigrant women to interact with American women around an exchange of stories and dishes.

Featuring:
• Speakers from American Civil Liberties Union, Frederick Douglass Family Foundation, Amnesty International, Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada and UNLV Women’s Center.
• Music performance, video on UNHCR Refugee Congress in Washington DC and victim witnesses.

Organized by African Rights Activists Group
708 S. 6th street
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Tel (702)752-8809

http://www.aragnv.org

Based on ten years of interviews with women — maids, cocktail waitresses, cooks, laundry workers, dealers, pit bosses, and vice presidents– Chandler will discuss in detail the attractions to, experiences with, and critiques of the state’s primary economic machine from her subjects’ perspectives. Some of the areas for discussion include 1) the entry into casino employment, 2) the persistence of gender-typed jobs despite equal employment laws, 3) women’s coping strategies in a sexualized work place, 4) the pivotal role of the culinary union for many workers, and 5) how thousands of remarkable women assert their humanity in the face of gaming empires’ relentless quest for profits.


The event is free and open to the public.


Co-sponsors: University Forum Lecture Series, Women’s Research Institute of Nevada, Departments of History and Sociology, School of Social Work, the Women’s Studies Program, and Bo Bernhard.


Please join us at the lecture by Dr. Susan Chandler on Feb. 21, 7:30 pm at the Marjorie Barrick Auditorium at UNLV.

Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, Dr. Esther Brimmer, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations, & Dr. Joanne Goodwin, Assoc Prof History, UNLV & Director of the Women’s Research Institute of Nevada will be discussing the topic “Shattering the Glass Ceiling: advancing the role of women in government nationally and locally.” Each will speak for about 10 minutes and then the audience will have an opportunity to ask questions.
Congresswoman Berkeley has served Nevada’s First Congressional District since 1999 and is currently in her seventh term in the U.S. House of Representatives. She sits on the powerful Ways and Means Committee and the subcommittee on social security. Among the many constituencies she serves, she is also a member of the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues.
Dr. Esther Brimmer has served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations since April 2009. Her mission in that position is to advance US interests through international organizations in areas of human rights, peacekeeping, food security, humanitarian relief and climate change.
Dr. Joanne Goodwin is the founding director of the Women’s Research Institute of Nevada — a 12-year old research institute housed in the College of Liberal Arts. Among the institute’s many activities have been: reports on the Status of Women in Nevada, partnering with the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University to build a civic-engagement and leadership training program for undergraduate college women, and building historical resources on women’s involvement in the development of southern Nevada.
Please join us and bring a friend.
For more information, call 895-3401 or contact wrin@unlv.edu.

WRIN is pleased to announce that all of our Program Sponsor level sponsorships for 2011 Award Dinner Honoring Jan Jones have been sold, almost!

We still have one Program Sponsor and three other sponsorship levels left.

So give us a call and we’ll help you send your message!

702-895-4931 or wrin@unlv.edu, We look forward to hearing from you!

Helen J Stewart Statue Dedication
December 3, 2011 12-1 pm.
Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historical Park
Presented by Friends of the Fort

Meet Government officials, Family members, Ben Victor Sculptor and Dr. Linda Miller (Helen J. Stewart Interpreter) and preview of Documentary by Gwen Clancy:
Life and Times of Helen J. Stewart: the Legacy Lives On

Refreshments Following Program
Funding from Las Vegas Centennial Commission for Statue and Documentary
And Partial Funding from Nevada Humanities for Documentary

This course explores the diversity of approaches to women’s civic and democratic leadership as practiced by women over the twentieth-century in the United States. At the center of the course rests the question: why and how have women risen to become change makers and leaders? In addressing that question, the class focuses on differences among leadership styles, arenas of leadership, diverse communities, and the skills needed whether pursuing social change or career advancement. While addressing the changes in women’s lives in the twentieth century, the course also introduces students to contemporary women who have become leaders in their communities.

Please register by August 5, 2011.

For more information, see our flyer. HIST Flyer Fall 2011