David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) recently shared a new post on For the Ombuds, the office's official blog, called "Why the Ombuds is Informal." The brief post defines the concept of informality as it relates to the Ombuds office, explains its importance to the practice of organizational ombuds, and demonstrates why informality is a boon to those who…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) has shared a blog post that outlines the top issue UNLV employees brought to the Ombuds Office in 2021: communication. "Why Can't We Talk" sketches the importance of communication to UNLV's educational mission before breaking down a few common types of poor communication, closing with suggestions on what we each can do…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) published a blog post highlighting the recently-released Ombuds Office 2022 Annual Report.  The post includes a brief summary of the report's contents and a glimpse of what the ombuds office has planned for this year. If you are curious about what goes on in the Ombuds Office, or what will be, both the post and the…

David G. Schwartz (Ombuds), recently published a post on From the Ombuds, the blog of the ombuds office, about the dangers of speaking poorly of others in the workplace. As Schwartz discusses, doing so can lead to many undesirable outcomes. While gossping might not be a positive step toward conflict resolution, the activities planned for Ombuds…

Claytee D. White (Libraries) and David G. Schwartz (Ombuds) were recently honored with Historic Preservation Awards by the Historic Preservation Commission of the city of Las Vegas. White was celebrated for her decades of dedicated work to preserve the history of Las Vegas by collecting, documenting, and preserving oral histories from the…