GEAR UP Alumni Stephani Ruiz selected for Inaugural Alumni Leadership Academy
CSN Student Stephani Ruiz was one of thirty Alumni Leaders from the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) selected from twenty two states to participate in the inaugural GEAR UP Alumni Leadership Academy. She is one of two GEAR UP Alumni Leaders of The National Council for Community and Education Partnerships who began this initiative with the national GEAR UP community and with financial assistance from The Kresge Foundation. This is a 12-month program designed to train and engage GEAR UP alumni in advocacy and leadership, and work toward creating positive change in education policy for their young peers. The GEAR UP Alumni Leaders will share personal experiences about the challenges of preparing for, applying to, and affording college. They will educate lawmakers about the importance and value of GEAR UP. GEAR UP Alumni Leaders will also articulate how the federal investment in them—an average of $2400 per student or $400 per year for 6 years- will be returned to the community over the student’s lifetime by earning a livable wage, paying increased taxes, strengthening citizens engagement, and better public health. Alumni Leaders will build their confidence and skills, and harness their leadership potential to become empowered, community-centered citizens. The program runs from May 2013 through May 2014 and will focus on four key leadership skills in advocacy development:
Peer Outreach: To understand the power of peer influence and mobilize peers for action and outcomes.
- Social Media Activism: To employ the tools available and use them as a vehicle for change with peers and other circles of influence.
- Public Speaking: To share student stories in an effective and non-exploitative way that is tailored to specific audiences (lawmakers, parents, current students)
- Issue Advocacy: To apply newly acquired advocacy skills in direct ways through Capitol Hill and District visit to elected officials, responding to and initiating calls to action, and leading a Hill briefing.
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Customer Service Training Registration Now Open
!!!Registration Now Open!!!
Master Series: Level III Student Affairs Customer Service Training Program
You may register through the CAPE at http://sites.csn.edu/cape/. Fall 2013 sessions begin on October 8, 2013. Sessions will be offered at the Henderson and Charleston campuses during the fall 2013 semester and at the Cheyenne and Charleston campuses during the spring 2014 semester.
All staff, including student and part-time employees, must use their CSN staff email address to register. For your information, I have attached the training calendar for the fall sessions.
Master Series: Level III sessions consist of:
• Emotional Intelligence: Jann Carson (spring 2014 only)
• Relaxation and Breathing for Calmness: Lisa Schapiro (spring 2014 only)
• Assisting Students with Special Needs: Sharnee Walker
• The Student Experience Panel: Loamy Diaz
In addition,
The following sessions from Levels I & II will be offered as well:
• Delivering Exceptional Customer Service – Rubi Ornelas & Sharon Allen
• Cultural Awareness: Interacting with an Open Mind – Debbie Tanner
• Active Listening and Body Language Skills to Improve Communication – Jann Carson
• Empowered to Serve: The Art of Civility in difficult Situations: Jann Carson
• Getting to Know CSN Resources: Kelly Wuest, Shawn Claxton & Andrew Farrar.
• Dealing with Difficult People and Situations: John Scarborough & Jessica Stellberg-Filbert
• It’s Not a Confrontation: It’s Empowering your Employees to Serve: Mandatory for AAII’s and up and all professional staff who supervise and have not previously attended – Lester Tanaka
• I’m Hired: Now What?: Mandatory for all student employees, part-time employees and AAI’s who have not previously attended: Shawn Claxton
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Expanding Transition Services: Ensuring Associate Degree Students Successfully Graduate and Transfer
By helping students engage in the exploration of educational options after the completion of the associate degree, CSN’s transfer services have served a vital function in fostering a culture of baccalaureate attainment throughout the years. Transfer services at CSN range from advising staff helping students search for school and program information to the development of institutional transfer articulations under the direction of Academic Affairs. With over twenty transfer articulations with baccalaureate granting institutions across the nation, CSN graduates are able to complete their bachelor degrees more quickly and affordably. In addition to benefiting from transfer articulations, CSN students enjoy regular campus visits from in and out-of-state college recruiters and take advantage of CSN’s annual fall and spring Transfer Fairs which bring on campus dozens of recruiters for two consecutive days. Transfer fairs have traditionally been organized by CSN’s Advising Services.
Most recently, CSN entered into an agreement with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas that houses two full-time UNLV Transition Advisors alongside CSN’s Advising & Coaching Services Department – Mr. Eric Lee on the Charleston Campus and Ms. Janet Hollinger on the Cheyenne campus. Mr. Lee and Ms. Hollinger rotate office hours at Henderson. As Transition Advisors, they are responsible for simplifying the transfer process from CSN to UNLV, advising CSN students interested in transferring to UNLV after graduation, and providing UNLV admission services to future CSN graduates. Since establishing a home at CSN in January of 2013, Mr. Lee and Ms. Hollinger have logged 1,175 student appointments. Their daily presence in the Advising and Coaching Services Department facilitates continued collaboration between the two institutions leading to timely dissemination of curriculum and policy information, as well as better coordination of resources and activities for a more seamless transfer experience for our students. Through a streamlined process which includes onsite degree articulations, advising, admission evaluations, financial aid, and orientation services, CSN and UNLV hope to increase baccalaureate degree attainments in the state of Nevada.
This CSN/UNLV partnership has indisputably provided a model for exploring similar arrangements with other institutions. In the next few weeks, CSN and Nevada State College will finalize the establishment of two NSC transition advisors on campus whose purpose will be to enhance the transition experience of CSN graduates to NSC.
by Laura Latimer, Assistant Vice-President of Community Engagement Services