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Our Academic Context: UNLV and NSHE
History of the Graduate College
The Organizational Structure of the Graduate College
Our Vision and Mission
Our Guiding Principles and Core Values
Graduate College Location: 2nd Floor of the University Gateway Building
Graduate College Contact Information
Appointments and Tours with Graduate College Team Members
Visit Us
Graduate College Strategic Goals
Equal Opportunity
Our Academic Context: UNLV and NSHE
UNLV wishes to acknowledge and honor the Indigenous communities of this region, and recognize that the university is situated on the traditional homelands of the Nuwuvi, Southern Paiute People.
UNLV is one of eight institutions of NSHE, which consists of two doctoral-granting universities (UNLV and the University of Nevada, Reno, a state college (Nevada State College), four comprehensive community colleges, and the Desert Research Institute (campuses in Las Vegas and Reno). UNLV promotes research, scholarship, and creative activities by students and faculty that respond to the needs of an urban community in a desert environment, as well as regional, national, and international issues.
UNLV is recognized as a regionally accredited university by the Northwest Commission of Colleges and Universities (NWCCU). UNLV attained Carnegie Very High Research Activity (R1) status in fall 2018 - the gold standard for university research and recognized as one of the top American research universities, as designated by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. As of 2020, UNLV also holds the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement, a distinction widely considered to be the highest standard of recognition for community engagement efforts at higher education institutions.
UNLV’s mission is to stimulate economic development and diversification, foster a climate of innovation, promote health, and enrich the cultural vitality of the communities that we serve. Our core themes express this mission and include the following: (1) advance student achievement, (2) promote research, scholarship, and creative activity, (3) create an academic health center, and (4) foster community partnerships. The Graduate College is deeply involved with; and committed to these core themes.
History of the Graduate College
The UNLV Graduate School was founded in 1965 and we graduated our first 11 master’s students in 1967. Our first doctoral student, an Ed.D., graduated in 1977 and we granted our first Ph.D.s in 1991. It is fair to say that the first 55 years of graduate education at UNLV have been characterized by growth and maturation. We are building on this history of continual growth, improvement, and modernization, despite being a young college operating in a resource limited environment. Our modus operandi is to face challenges, fix problems, and innovate to enhance the quality and caliber of graduate education at UNLV. We are committed to maintaining Carnegie R1 graduate education in a socially just, inclusive, and equitable manner. Our path is unique and bold thanks to the strength we derive from our diversity, and the unique benefit of being a MSI with an inclusive community of scholars. Please visit our Graduate College website for a more comprehensive overview of our history.
The Organizational Structure of the Graduate College
The Graduate College reports to the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and is the central organizational unit that coordinates, advocates for, and supports graduate education at UNLV. The Graduate College is a service unit with both administrative and academic missions, serving a broad base of constituents including prospective and current students, graduate alumni, academic and administrative faculty and staff, postdoctoral scholars, and community partners. Interdisciplinary graduate programs and the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs are both housed in the Graduate College. We work closely and collaboratively across campus to fulfill our mission in support of program excellence, faculty and student success, innovation, and campus and community impact.
The Graduate College works closely with the Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs together comprise a broad base of support for the UNLV graduate community. These areas are:
- Financial Services
- Graduate assistant program
- Scholarships
- Fellowships
- Business and budgets
- Communications & Marketing
- Development
- Academic Affairs
- Graduate Council and committees
- Academic support services: graduate curriculum (course and program review, innovation, management); graduate faculty status; Graduate Catalog and Graduate Student Handbook; graduate entries in the Degrees Directory
- Interdisciplinary graduate programs
- College awards
- Assessment and accreditation
- Support for graduate faculty and student research, scholarship, creative activities
- Retention, Progression, & Completion
- Successful student progression
- Nonacademic advising
- Timely graduation
- Degree conferral
- Student Services, which provides comprehensive student support services, including:
- Student advocacy efforts
- Coordination of the Graduate Commons
- Graduate registered student organizations (GRSOs)
- Thesis and dissertation support
- Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
- Student Support Spot
- The Grad Academy, which offers a wide array of free leadership, professional, and career development opportunities to promote student success and help students prepare for their career after graduation, including:
- Co-curricular certifications
- Programs
- Badges
- Workshops
- Events
- The Graduate College organizational chart is available online.
Our Vision and Mission
To be nationally recognized for research excellence, diversity, customizable and interdisciplinary academic experiences, and our vanguard approach to professional and career development. We strive to be just, equitable, and inclusive, and we foster transformative educational experiences that result in graduates who are innovative scholars, experts, professionals, and leaders who help solve complex regional, national, and global challenges.
With an institutional mission of advancing graduate education at UNLV, the Graduate College supports more than 175 graduate certificate, master’s, specialist, dual-degree, and doctoral programs. We work closely with departments and the graduate faculty to provide UNLV’s more than 5,000 graduate students with high-quality academic experiences through coursework, research, scholarship, and creative activity, and innovative professional and career development opportunities. We aim to create an innovative and thriving scholarly community and provide consistently strong support for our diverse student body and top-notch graduate faculty, while offering outstanding graduate experiences and services that enhance student learning, provide customizable experiences, and facilitate graduate student success.
Specifically, the Graduate College fosters collaborative leadership to build a forward-thinking, data-driven, and diverse top tier, MSI graduate community that:
- advances UNLV’s R1 standing and Top Tier aspirations;
- delivers rigorous, leading edge graduate programs in which excellence, innovation, and opportunity flourish;
- strives to more closely mirror undergraduate diversity and expand our international graduate student community;
- is committed to increasing inclusion, equity, and social justice by embracing diversity and fostering an anti-racist, anti-sexist, socially just and inclusive MSI graduate community;
- partners to provide innovative personal, academic, leadership, career, and professional development opportunities to students;
- ensures consistent, transparent, and fair implementation of policies and processes;
- exemplifies a culture of inclusion, innovation, and seeks to make a positive impact;
- delivers outstanding service to all our constituent groups through a variety of in-person and virtual service modalities;
- recognizes and supports the graduate faculty and promotes their interests;
- seeks and secures a diverse base of funding to support students and provide robust financial resources and services that promote financial well-being;
- provides GA packages and benefits to the graduate community;
- and cultivates a dynamic, well-connected, and inclusive scholarly community in which the highest quality research, scholarship, creative, and professional activities thrive.
Our Guiding Principles and Core Values
The Graduate College is committed to a data-informed continual improvement model to advance the following guiding principles: excellence, equity, diversity, innovation, accountability, resilience, and positive impact.
To enact these principles, our mission is driven by core values that inspire us to act and interact with: empathy, kindness, respect, inclusivity, ethics and integrity, a collaborative spirit, and servant leadership.
Graduate College Location: 2nd Floor of the University Gateway Building
In fall, 2019, the Graduate College moved into their new space in the University Gateway Building (GTW) on the eastside of Maryland Parkway. Built to be a hub for the entire graduate community, the Graduate College Gateway space includes faculty/staff offices, a Graduate College Welcome Center, a Gateway Grad Commons study space and computer lab for graduate and professional student use, multiple shared-use conference rooms, hoteling space, and multiple shared-use spaces including conference rooms and large flexible meeting spaces.
Graduate Education Contact Information
Welcome Center
Graduate College
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4700 S. Maryland Pkwy. Suite 200
Las Vegas, NV 89119
Email: gradcollege@unlv.edu
Phone: 702-895-3320
Fax: 702-895-4180
Recruitment
Future Students
Email: grad.recruitment@unlv.edu
Phone: 702-774-UNLV(8658)
Campus Location: Office of Admissions in SSC-B
Admissions
Graduate Certificates and Degree Programs
Application Deadlines
Information for Newly Admitted Students
Email: gradadmissions@unlv.edu
Phone: 702-774-UNLV(8658) for our main line. Our previous admissions and recruitment lines are forwarded there and calls will be distributed to our team members accordingly.
Campus Location: Office of Admissions in SSC-B
International Recruitment and Admissions
Prospective International Student Information
Email: internationalgrad@unlv.edu
Phone: 702-774-UNLV(8658)
Campus Location: Office of Admissions in SSC-B
Student Retention, Progression, & Completion
Information for Current Students
Email: grad.rpc@unlv.edu
Phone: 702-895-2702
Campus Location: GTW 224
Student Services
Email: gradrebel@unlv.edu
Phone: 702-895-5579
Campus Location: Gateway Graduate Commons
The Grad Academy
Email: gradacademy@unlv.edu
Phone: 702-895-5980
Campus Location: Gateway Graduate Commons
Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Postdoctoral Affairs
Email: OPA@unlv.edu
Phone: 702-895-5579
Campus Location: GTW 211
Academic Affairs Support Services
Faculty and Staff Resources
Email: gradcurriculum@unlv.edu
Email: gradfacstatus@unlv.edu
Phone: 702-895-0446
Campus Location: GTW 200
Communications & Marketing
Questions and Comments
Email: vaneh.darakjian@unlv.edu
Phone: 702-895-1698
Campus Location: GTW 217
Systems & Data
Grad Rebel Gateway Student Portal
Email: grad.systems@unlv.edu
Phone: 702-895-1100
Financial Services, Business Operations and GA Office
Financial Services, Scholarships/Fellowships, and GAs
Email: gradfinancialsvc@unlv.edu
Phone: 702-895-4273
Campus Location: GTW 231
Advancement & Development
Email: katherine.freund@unlv.edu
Phone: 702-895-3429
Campus Location: GTW 209
Grad Alumni Information
Support the Graduate College
Leadership
About the Graduate College
Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate College - Dr. Alyssa Crittenden
Graduate.Dean@unlv.edu
Associate Dean - Dr. Emily Lin
GradAssociateDean@unlv.edu
Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Services - Dr. Valarie Burke
Valarie.Burke@unlv.edu
Visit the Contact page of the Graduate College website to view the most up-to-date version of the Graduate College Organizational Chart and current staff bios and contact information. Additional information may be found on the Graduate College website.
Appointments and Tours with Graduate College Team Members
Set up personal recruitment appointments and/or tours at gradrecruitment@unlv.edu. To meet with a Graduate College representative in an area beyond Recruitment, please use the contact information provided above.
Visit Us
We accept walk-ins Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on the second floor of the University Gateway Building at: 4700 S. Maryland Pkwy. Las Vegas, NV 89119.
Equal Opportunity
UNLV is an equal opportunity institution. UNLV is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504 institution. All applicants to the Graduate College, and admitted students, will receive equal consideration, access to programs and activities, and equitable and just treatment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, or covered US veteran status. Diversity is our strength; you are welcome here.
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