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Office of Faculty Affairs News

The Office of Faculty Affairs supports faculty at every stage of their academic careers. It offers resources and services to facilitate faculty excellence in the areas of teaching, research, and service.

Current Office of Faculty Affairs News

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Campus News |

The Teaching and Learning Commons welcomes the campus community to explore resources, join information sessions, and learn more about the initiatives to drive innovation in teaching.

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Research |

The platform transforms UNLV’s research infrastructure, enhances the university’s data-driven culture, and supports strategic decision-making to expand faculty opportunities.

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People |

The former English department chair and American lit buff will support faculty and help develop their teaching and research.

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Campus News |

The program is a two-year pilot initiative that uses various strategies to help diversify the recruitment process for academic and administrative faculty positions.

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Campus News |

A collection of news stories highlighting the experts and events at UNLV.

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People |

Feeding faculty knowledge at UNLV proves more compelling than feeding calves on the farm.

Office of Faculty Affairs In The News

Yahoo!

Five days a week, Lexi McKimmey strides the Las Vegas Strip as a showgirl, dressed in a sequined bikini and sparkly silver boots. She takes pictures with tourists and chats with them about where they're from.

NBC News

Five days a week, Lexi McKimmey strides the Las Vegas Strip as a showgirl, dressed in a sequined bikini and sparkly silver boots. She takes pictures with tourists and chats with them about where they're from.

Seattle Times

Like many other American staples and luxuries, L.O.L. Surprise! dolls are made in China. Chatsworth-based MGA Entertainment has them manufactured in Guangdong province, trucked to the port in Yantian Harbor, loaded on ships and brought to the United States, where the popular toys are distributed to retailers and scooped up by eager children. The process went smoothly for years.

Los Angeles Times

Like many other American staples and luxuries, L.O.L. Surprise! dolls are made in China. Chatsworth-based MGA Entertainment has them manufactured in Guangdong province, trucked to the port in Yantian Harbor, loaded on ships and brought to the United States, where the popular toys are distributed to retailers and scooped up by eager children. The process went smoothly for years.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Jim Murren is set to receive a nearly $32 million exit package from MGM Resorts International.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

8 News Now is looking forward in our month-long series, 2020 Visions. This week, we took a look at the future of the Las Vegas Strip and how a change in the industry could re-shape how the Las Vegas valley does business.

Recent Office of Faculty Affairs Accomplishments

Gary Totten (Faculty Affairs) has published the coedited book Race in the Multiethnic Literature Classroom (University of Illinois Press). A reviewer notes that the book "foregrounds the imperative of teaching anti-racist education through the adoption of racial literacy and innovative pedagogies to offer critical hope for social change in…
Gary Totten (Faculty Affairs) wrote a guest post, "Peer Review, Academic Integrity, and AI," for the AAUP's Academe Blog discussing peer reviewers' central role in addressing AI's threats to academic integrity in publishing.
Kristin Steffen (Faculty Affairs) was recently accepted as one of approximately 60 LEAD Fellows from across the nation into the 2022-2023 national Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) Certificate Program through the Association of American Medical Colleges. The LEAD Certificate Program, an application-based certificate program,…
David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) recently published a commentary on the gaming news platform CDC Gaming Reports. In it, he traced the depictions of casino gambling in Ozark and Cuphead: Don't Deal with the Devil to a lingering image problem in the casino industry.
David G. Schwartz (Faculty Affairs) recently published a commentary on the CDC Gaming Reports platform detailing the significance of the 61st anniversary of the Moulin Rouge Agreement, the March 26, 1960, pact that symbolized the end of sanctioned segregation in Las Vegas casinos.
Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) was competitively selected to receive a tuition grant through the UNLV office of faculty affairs to attend the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity Faculty Success Program Summer 2021. This program is designed to teach faculty skills to increase research and writing productivity.