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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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CSN Town Hall Jan. 27, 2010 Webcast

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CSN Town Hall Tomorrow, January 27

As most of you have heard by now, the Economic Forum estimated the state is $800 million in the red for this current budget. Gov. Jim Gibbons is expected to call a special session during his State of the State … Continue reading

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December Cabinet Notes

Dr. Richards distributed a report from the University System of Maryland that details its efficiency efforts. The reporting system has been in place in Maryland for five years and has helped greatly with funding requests from the Maryland legislature. The NSHE Board of Regents has placed high priority on each of the Nevada institutions‟ ability to demonstrate similar efforts, and detail those efforts in an efficiencies report. Dr. Richards encouraged the cabinet members to visit the University System of Maryland website to view the reports from previous years.

http://www.usmd.edu/usm/workgroups/EEWorkGroup/eeproject/eereports.html

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Planning for more potential budget cuts

As we welcome faculty, staff and students back for spring semester 2010, we are beginning to make internal plans to respond to the governor’s call for budget reduction plans of 6, 8, or 10% for each year of the biennium.

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Happy Holidays

As we head into the holiday break, Jan and I would like to wish everyone happy and safe holidays. Continue reading

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