Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 45.68
Liaison Tara Pike
Submission Date Dec. 18, 2015
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University of Nevada Las Vegas
AC-2: Learning Outcomes

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.11 / 8.00 Tom Piechota
Associate Vice President for Interdisciplinary Research
Division of Research and Graduate Studies
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Number of students who graduated from a program that has adopted at least one sustainability learning outcome:
1,256

Total number of graduates from degree programs:
4,765

A copy of the list or inventory of degree, diploma or certificate programs that have sustainability learning outcomes:
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A list of degree, diploma or certificate programs that have sustainability learning outcomes:

Architecture
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Construction Management
Environmental and Public Affairs
Geoscience
Honors College
Hotel Management
Social Work
Nursing


A list or sample of the sustainability learning outcomes associated with degree, diploma or certificate programs (if not included in an inventory above):

Architecture, Interior Architecture And Design, Landscape Architecture
Civil Engineering
Construction Management - Eng/Mangagement
Environmental Studies
Geology, Environmental Geology
Honors University And Department
Beverage Management — Hotel Adminsiraction
Social Work


The website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability learning outcomes is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Mission Statement
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas is a research institution committed to rigorous educational programs and the highest standards of a liberal education. We produce accomplished graduates who are well prepared to enter the work force or to continue their education in graduate and professional programs. Our faculty, students, and staff enthusiastically confront the challenges of economic and cultural diversification, urban growth, social justice, and sustainability. Our commitment to our dynamic region and State centrally influences our research and educational programs, which improves our local communities.

Our commitment to the national and international communities ensures that our research and educational programs engage both traditional and innovative areas of study and global concerns. UNLV’s distinctive identity and values permeate a unique institution that brings the best of the world to our region and, in turn, produces knowledge to improve the region and world around us.

UNLV is committed to and driven by these shared values that will guide our decision making:

High expectations for student learning and success;
Discovery through research, scholarship, and creative activity;
Nurturing equity, diversity, and inclusiveness that promotes respect, support, and empowerment;
Social, environmental, and economic sustainability;
Strong, reciprocal, and interdependent relationships between UNLV and the region around us;
An entrepreneurial, innovative, and unconventional spirit.

UNLV’s Core Themes
The core themes of UNLV, the objectives, and their indicators of achievement, express the mission of the university. The core themes describe in broad statements what UNLV plans to accomplish and reflect the values that are shared by faculty and staff. Evaluation of the metrics associated with the indicators of achievement will demonstrate how effectively UNLV is carrying out its mission.

Core Theme 1: Promote Student Learning and Success
Core Theme 2: Advance Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Core Theme 3: Foster a Diverse Campus Population and Engagement with the Community


Mission Statement
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas is a research institution committed to rigorous educational programs and the highest standards of a liberal education. We produce accomplished graduates who are well prepared to enter the work force or to continue their education in graduate and professional programs. Our faculty, students, and staff enthusiastically confront the challenges of economic and cultural diversification, urban growth, social justice, and sustainability. Our commitment to our dynamic region and State centrally influences our research and educational programs, which improves our local communities.

Our commitment to the national and international communities ensures that our research and educational programs engage both traditional and innovative areas of study and global concerns. UNLV’s distinctive identity and values permeate a unique institution that brings the best of the world to our region and, in turn, produces knowledge to improve the region and world around us.

UNLV is committed to and driven by these shared values that will guide our decision making:

High expectations for student learning and success;
Discovery through research, scholarship, and creative activity;
Nurturing equity, diversity, and inclusiveness that promotes respect, support, and empowerment;
Social, environmental, and economic sustainability;
Strong, reciprocal, and interdependent relationships between UNLV and the region around us;
An entrepreneurial, innovative, and unconventional spirit.

UNLV’s Core Themes
The core themes of UNLV, the objectives, and their indicators of achievement, express the mission of the university. The core themes describe in broad statements what UNLV plans to accomplish and reflect the values that are shared by faculty and staff. Evaluation of the metrics associated with the indicators of achievement will demonstrate how effectively UNLV is carrying out its mission.

Core Theme 1: Promote Student Learning and Success
Core Theme 2: Advance Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Core Theme 3: Foster a Diverse Campus Population and Engagement with the Community

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