Career Skills Webinar: 55 Soft Skills to Success
Mar. 20, 2019, 5:00pm
Webinar Overview Most people have heard of soft skills and perhaps can list one or two. Dr. Tobin Porterfield and Bob Graham, both university professors with extensive business backgrounds, have uncovered a list of 55 soft skills that employees and organizations are increasingly unleashing to spur innovation and growth. By blending soft skills with people's technical skills, those aptitudes, competencies and expertise most education focuses on, employees and organizations can overcome challenges in today's complex workplace. As organizations, and the leaders and employees that work for them, seek a new edge to achieve greater productivity and innovation, focusing greater attention on soft skills could be the difference maker. Tobin and Bob have drawn from a review of hundreds of academic articles and their experiences in various industries, including manufacturing, energy, publishing and start-ups to identify the 55 important soft skills. While Tobin will not have time to go into all 55 you will gain a better understanding of some of the MOST important soft skills that will help you advance your career - RAPIDLY. Don't miss this opportunity to learn what you need to know to gain that next raise and promotion. Presenter: Tobin Porterfield As the college's director of graduate programs and the director of supply chain outreach, I get to bring students and our business partners together to see great things happen. Whether that is through an industry site-visit, a case competition, or a career development event - I see our industry participants get excited about the students we are preparing and I get to see my students connect their education and their future career. My classes integrate hands-on experience and industry guest speakers. Outside the classroom, I encourage my students to engage with industry through site-visits, professional groups, research projects and case competitions. My research keeps me engaged with business technology and analytics in practice as well as the more applied world of logistics and supply chain management.
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UNLV Gaming & Hospitality Education Series
Mar. 21, 2019, 9:00am
Operators Vs. Manufacturers: Making Peace Communication between operators and manufacturers has never been great in the casino industry but has worsened in recent years. Manufacturers build amazing games with spectacular bonus levels, but to pay for those remarkable games, operators set the payback percentage too high for players to enjoy those bonuses. At this session, operators and manufactures will sit down and discuss vital issues for casinos: the changing casino floor and new technology, the innovation of new games and systems, and the regulatory stranglehold in some jurisdictions. Also participating will be executives who have worked on both sides of the fence. Schedule: 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Setting the Stage: Walking the Walk 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. The Great Debate: Creating the Extraordinary Gaming Experience 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. The Future Is Now: New Technology That Will Rock the Floor The series is a cooperative effort between the UNLV William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, publishers of Global Gaming Business (GGB) Magazine, and Applied Management Strategies. Visit the UNLV GHES website for more information.
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UNLV SEED Meeting
Mar. 21, 2019, 5:00pm
We will be having conversations about various social justice issues on our campus, city, and state and what actions can be taken to alleviate these issues. Free snacks and refreshments will be available.
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#RebelRedDay
Mar. 22, 2019 (All day)
Please join the Rebel Events Board and Student Involvement & Activities in showing our school spirit and pride with #RebelRedDay by wearing UNLV gear or scarlet and gray attire. Offices/departments who take group photos and share them with rebeleventsboard@gmail.com will get a special shout out via social media. Using the hashtag when posting photos for #RebelRedDay can get you featured on our social media as well!
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Balancing the Demands of Research/Teaching/Service/Life
Mar. 25, 2019, 12:00pm
Three UNLV faculty, Robert Futrell, Andrew Hardin, and Lori Johnson, share their wisdom on best practices for balancing research, teaching, service, life. After a question/answer period, the panelists will facilitate discussions with small groups of participants. Snacks will be provided to attendees. Offsite participants may connect to this event via Zoom.
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10th Anniversary Dean's Cup Competition
Mar. 26, 2019, 5:30pm
Please join us for 10th Anniversary Dean's Cup competition. Students, Faculty & Staff, and Alumni are all invited to participate on behalf of their program - the College of Hospitality, or the Lee Business School. This one is for bragging rights, and it's fun for everyone - you don't need to be a championship bowler to show your Rebel Pride. Please register for an event you won't forget! For more information about this event, please contact the representative from your college: Heidi Lee - Lee Business School Senior Director of Development heidi.lee@unlv.edu or 702-895-2019 Maggie Hausbeck - Hospitality College Director of Alumni Relations margaret.hausbeck@unlv.edu or 702-895-1052
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NEXTET New Music presents: Music of Michael Torke
Mar. 27, 2019, 7:30pm
Nextet new music presents contemporary chamber instrumental and vocal music selections by internationally acclaimed composer Michael Torke, who is based in Las Vegas. Joining him on the concert are distinguished UNLV faculty, students and guest artists including: alumni Jeremy Russo (cellist) and Bryan Wente (saxophonist); John Seaton (saxophonist and Associate Director of bands at Las Vegas Academy of the Arts); Greg Schmidt (tenor on the roster of the Metropolitan Opera); Naomi Mauro (acclaimed jazz singer in Las Vegas); and Stephanie Zelnick (Associate Professor of Clarinet at the University of Kansas). The music of Michael Torke has been called "some of the most optimistic, joyful and thoroughly uplifting music to appear in recent years" (Gramophone). Hailed as a "vitally inventive composer" (Financial Times) and "a master orchestrator whose shimmering timbral palette makes him the Ravel of his generation" (New York Times), Torke has created a substantial body of works in virtually every genre. Program: Telephone Book (1985/1995) I. The Yellow Pages II. The Blue Pages III. The White Pages Featuring: Jennifer Grim, flute Stephanie Zelnick, clarinet/bass clarinet Ambroise Aubrun, violin Jeremy Russo, cello Michael Torke, piano Two Drinks (2000) Michael Torke, piano Senna (2 arias) (2011) Libretto by Michael Korie I. Speed II. Fastest Man Greg Schmidt, tenor Michael Torke, piano July (1995) John Seaton, soprano saxophone Matthew Fox, alto saxophone Bryan Wente, tenor saxophone Shawna Pennock, baritone saxophone Kellisongs (2003) Lyrics by Mark Campbell I. When I Smiled II. How Do I Move On III. Cool and Collected Naomi Mauro, vocals Michael Torke, piano More about Torke: Career highlights include: Color Music (1985-89), a series of orchestral pieces that each explore a single, specific color; Javelin, recorded both for Argo and for John William's Summon the Heroes, the official 1996 Olympics album; Four Seasons, an oratorio commissioned by the Walt Disney Company to celebrate the millennium; Strawberry Fields, whose "Great Performances" broadcast was nominated for an Emmy Award; and two evening-length story ballets, The Contract, and An Italian Straw Hat, for James Kudelka and the National Ballet of Canada. In 1998 Torke was Composer in Residence for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, for which he wrote and recorded Rapture, his percussion concerto, and An American Abroad, a tone poem. In 2003 Torke founded Ecstatic Records and re-issued the Decca/Argo catalog of his works. Recent recordings include Blue Pacific, Tahiti, Miami Grands, Concerto for Orchestra, and the upcoming Unconquered, featuring The Philadelphia Orchestra. Three Manhattan Bridges, along with Winter's Tale—new concertos for piano and cello respectively—was released by Albany Records featuring Joyce Yang and Julie Albers as soloists, led by David Alan Miller and the Albany Symphony. Upcoming projects include a recording of wind concertos alongside a bluegrass concerto for violinist Tessa Lark, and the continuing development of SENNA, an opera about the Formula-1 racing legend.
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Seminar: "Musical Icons in Latin America, 1875-1967"
Mar. 28, 2019, 4:00pm
An exploration of the continuities and dialogues among key nineteenth-century opera characters—touching on operas such as Carmen, Lo Schiavo, and Bomarzo—and 1930s popular entertainment icons such as Carmen Miranda, Carlos Gardel, and Agustín Lara.
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Sciences 50th Anniversary Public Lecture: Nora Caberoy
Mar. 28, 2019, 7:30pm
The UNLV College of Sciences is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2018-19. To commemorate the anniversary, Nora Caberoy from the School of Life Sciences will present a public lecture. Her talk is titled, "Eyes Wide Open: The Race to Find a Cure for Alzheimer's Disease." Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia. It affects nearly 44 million people worldwide and has no cure. Dr. Caberoy will discuss how her work on the eye led to the creation of new types of molecular bridges and the implications they have for the development of a novel therapy for Alzheimer's. In 1958, UNLV's College of Science and Mathematics was formed. The following year, Robert Smith began serving as the founding dean with nearly 500 undergraduate and 41 graduate students enrolled. In Fall 2018, the college had approximately 2,500 undergraduate students and 250 graduate students.
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#RebelRedDay
Mar. 29, 2019 (All day)
Please join the Rebel Events Board and Student Involvement & Activities in showing our school spirit and pride with #RebelRedDay by wearing UNLV gear or scarlet and gray attire. Offices/departments who take group photos and share them with rebeleventsboard@gmail.com will get a special shout out via social media. Using the hashtag when posting photos for #RebelRedDay can get you featured on our social media as well!
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