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President’s Volunteer Service Awards

Yesterday, I had the privilege to help honor two individuals, who have given much of their time, energy and passion to help their community, with the U.S. President’s Volunteer Service Awards.

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CSN Student Involvement

Today is the first day of student elections and I would like to encourage all CSN students to vote! Our ASCSN senators and executive officers do a tremendous job of providing leadership for our growing student body. These roles will … Continue reading

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Board approves CSN’s budget reduction plan

Today the Board of Regents approved CSN’s 2010-2011 budget reduction plan. If you missed last week’s town hall, the plan is available on CSN’s Budget Issues Web site, located on our home page.

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Important upcoming events at CSN

I want to take this opportunity to draw attention to several upcoming events at CSN. First on April 8, CSN will host a town hall forum to discuss the budget reduction plan for the current biennium. As many of you … Continue reading

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March Chronicle

Greetings to all! There is much activity on many fronts that I’d like you to know about. Continue reading

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Budget Cuts and Other CSN Information

CSN Colleagues: Since the beginning of the year, we have been engaged in an intensive effort on multiple fronts to address recurring and shifting financial challenges as Nevada continues its chronic fiscal crisis.  The crisis has affected all of our … Continue reading

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CSN Students Attend Special Session

Approximately 45 higher education students from Southern Nevada, 17 of which were from CSN, took a bus up to Carson City on Monday night, leaving at 10 p.m. to make it to the special session. Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford invited the students to an impromptu meeting with the Senate, where students told lawmakers about why higher education funding matters. Continue reading

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A rainy day for our students

I would just like to say that I am very proud of the CSN students who braved the rain and cold yesterday to attend the rally at the Grant Sawyer State Office Building with students from NSC and UNLV. I … Continue reading

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January Cabinet Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Dr. Richards at 9 a.m.

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Special Board of Regents Meeting 2-2-2010

The Board of Regents met at the Charleston campus today to discuss the state’s nearly $900 million budget deficit. We estimate this will mean a 22 percent cut in general fund appropriations to the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE). This would mean a statewide cut to Nevada colleges and universities of about $37 million for the remainder of this year and $110 million for next year.

For CSN, we estimate that this would mean a budget reduction of about $6 million this fiscal year and $18 million next year.

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