AFA Employee of the Month- November 2021- Dr. Karen Violanti

Dr. Karen Violanti is the current Director for First Year Experience (FYE) & Student Success Initiatives, the Interim Director for the Career & Transfer Services Office, and works with the GEAR UP and Full STEM Ahead Award Program grants.

Karen has been in the FYE field since early 2000 with the launch of multiple FYE programs throughout the country. Karen was born and raised in Buffalo, NY and moved to Las Vegas in June of 2019. Karen is excited to be a part of the CSN community and continuing to build and grow the “FYE” for new to CSN students!


The Administrative Faculty Assembly would like to help you recognize the contributions of administrative and professional faculty at the College of Southern Nevada. If you know any administrative or professional faculty that you feel deserves to be recognized, please take a moment to fill out a short online nomination form.

Please direct any questions to the AFA Recognition Committee Chair, Leanita Hughes leanita.hughes@csn.edu.

More information about the AFA, the Administrative Faculty Employee of the Month, and a list of previous recipients can be found on our website: https://at.csn.edu/administrative-faculty-assembly-afa.

Nomination forms are due on the 15th of each month. It takes just a moment; please help recognize a hard-working colleague today! Please use this link https://forms.office.com/r/5AJyL8EtRw to nominate. Thank you for helping to recognize the great work done by your friends and colleagues.

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