President's Vision: High Performance, World Class

The Community College of Southern Nevada embraces the importance of constructing a strategic plan with clear and measurable objectives to chart our course into the next decade. Over the past few years, substantial work has been accomplished at CCSN within the context of strategic planning, but deep and protracted administrative turnover, along with other factors, have stalled the completion of a plan. As president, I stand firmly committed to the efficient completion of a guiding and action-oriented college plan that represents the broad-based inclusion of faculty, staff, students and the community at large.

I welcome your review of this Strategic Plan Framework. This Framework represents my vision for CCSN that has evolved from considerable interaction with people (both on and off campus) who have a vested interest in CCSN’s long-term success. In short, the Framework is a ten point blueprint around which our strategic plan will be developed. These ten points highlight the issues and areas of greatest potential and/or concern to the college.

Link here to the Strategic Plan Framework, Performance Measurements and Benchmark Institutions.

As CCSN strives for national community college prominence, we will focus on restoring public confidence, improving student success, enhancing our academic reputation and mapping our future. By measurably improving overall quality and public accountability, the College will enhance its reputation and, in turn, its capacity to positively affect the lives of more and more students as well as the communities in which they live.

CCSN now finds itself at a crossroad and the future success of the College will depend upon its administration, faculty, and staff being actively engaged in its systematic transformation. I believe that generating positive and lasting change is a fundamental function of leadership, and I am both honored and excited to be associated with such a dynamic College.

Dr. Carpenter's Fall 2005 Convocation Video Address Parts 1,2,3

 

Regents Learn CCSN Strategic Plan, Approve Salary Equity Plan

The Board of Regents met this week at the Desert Research Institute in Las Vegas, highlighted by CCSN President Dr. Richard Carpenter's presentation of the College’s Strategic Plan Framework. He discussed the constituencies who were included in the focus groups and surveys, program priorities, and initiatives that are included in the plan, and specific measurable objectives. He made a similar presentation during Fall Convocation Week to faculty and staff, accessible in this edition of NewsWeb.

Dr. Carpenter also requested and the Board approved the college's plan to use funding appropriated by the 2005 Legislature for CCSN faculty equity adjustments, consistent with legislative intent. A legislative study this year concluded that faculty salaries at CCSN averaged about $3,000 per year less that the average of the state’s other community colleges.  This finding is consistent with the Assembly Bill 203 Study conducted during the last legislative session that made 11 references to the “subsistence-level” funding of CCSN

From the 2005 legislative session, CCSN received an appropriation of $617,081 for FY 2005-06 and $1.234 million for FY 2006-07, allocated within the operating budget for academic faculty salaries.  Furthermore, the appropriations bill envisions a total infusion of $9 million over the next six years.  If funding continues as envisioned, the salary gap between CCSN faculty and those at other Nevada community colleges should close by 2011.

Comprised of three components – Distinguished Professor Initiative (effective July 1, 2006), Nursing Faculty Special Adjustment and Academic Faculty Salary Adjustment – CCSN’s plan was the product of faculty and administrative collaboration, unanimously endorsed by the Faculty Senate and the CCSN Chapter of NFA.

Distinguished Professor Initiative

Succession planning and information transfer is vital in the current community college environment, especially when it is increasingly difficult to recruit and retain experienced faculty.  Across the country, seasoned faculty are retiring and being replaced by those less experienced, as well as by business professionals making career changes, with both typically deficient in pedagogical skills.  Through the development of this initiative, CCSN will identify knowledgeable (and typically senior) faculty who, through structured professional development, can serve as faculty mentors and curriculum development leaders for those less experienced.

This focused professional development initiative, collaboratively developed between CCSN’s academic administrators and faculty partnered with the college’s newly established Center for Academic Professional Excellence, will stress several key areas:

  • Student Learning: Faculty/student advisement programs; classroom management techniques
  • Teaching Methods: Student tam program activities; research various pedagogical approaches
  • Materials and Technologies: Distance delivery development; curriculum and program development; technology across the curriculum; evaluation methods
  • Specialization: Interdisciplinary initiatives and mentoring

Nursing Faculty Salary Adjustment

CCSN has committed to meet student demands and medical community needs by expanding its Nursing Program, already the state’s largest.  Current enrollments exceed 500 FTEs in the Associate Degree Nursing Program.  But due to CCSN’s non-competitive salaries which are the lowest in the valley, the program is operating with five faculty vacancies this semester that resulted in denying access to over 100 academically eligible nursing students. 

Faculty recruitment and retention in this discipline continue to be a major hurdle and obstacle.  Therefore, the Nursing faculty component of the salary equity distribution plan has two parts:  initial placement and salary adjustment.

  • Initial placement provides the needed funds to increase starting salaries for new nursing faculty, with appropriate experience, from step 10 to step 15, on the NSHE community college salary schedule.
  • Salary adjustment provides an across-the-board salary adjustment for faculty in the Associate Degree Nursing track, in addition to the merit and COLA increases recently granted by the Legislature.  Although still lagging behind salaries at UNLV and Nevada State College, this initiative will result in a 10 percent total adjustment for the current fiscal year to help counter fierce hiring competition from private and public institutions.

Academic Faculty Salary Adjustment

The bulk of salary equity funds will be equally distributed among academic faculty – instructors, professors, librarians and counselors.  The first round of adjustments will be distributed in two phases, one for each year of the biennium. This will cumulatively advance CCSN academic faculty at least one step on the community college salary schedule for the two-year funding period.  Since the dollar amount will be the same for all, those on the lower end of the schedule could advance more than one step.

Other related matters considered by the Board included: Dr. Carpenter’s annual evaluation, a progress report on the establishment of an academic medical center in Las Vegas, approval of an internal audit of CCSN Admissions and Records, approval of a proposed joint policy statement on Tech Prep/Associate Degree Program between the State Board of Education and NSHE, creation of a “Bill of Rights” for students transferring within NSHE institutions, supporting policy for dual enrollment between Nevada High Schools and NSHE institutions, and approval for the Board’s Jan. 26-27 meeting at CCSN’s Cheyenne Campus.

 

Convocation Week Assembly and Awards
For the first time in modern CCSN history, a Convocation Week Assembly was held off-campus to afford more space for the President’s State of the College Address and a sitdown luncheon with keynote speaker Dr. John Roueche, director of the Community College Leadership Program at the University of Texas. The Orleans Showroom and Esplanade provided the settings for remarks and recognition awards. Links to streaming video of these events are accessible via this edition of NewsWeb.

Award winners included: Carmen Annillo, Regents Award for Academic Advising; Clarissa Cota and Mark Peplowski, President’s Outstanding Teaching Faculty of the Year Award [nominees included Deborah Ain, Lee Barnes, Robb Bay, Max Coe, Edward Coppola, Rudi Eichler, Janice Glaspar, Scott Helkaa, Steve Konowalow, Tom Myers, Dennis Olsen, Christine Privott, Gretchen Smolka, Joel Tierno, Robin White and Leslie Zuckerman]; Laura Moskowitz, President’s Outstanding Librarian/Counselor of the Year Award [nominees included Carmen Annillo, Carlos Ezeta and Florence Jakus]; and Mary Kaye Bailey and Elda Chavez, President’s Outstanding Administrative Faculty of the Year Award [nominees included Vartouhi Asherian, Hong Deng-Lee, Trish Henderson, Tammy Silver and Al Valbuena].

Receiving their awards from Dr. Carpenter (counterclockwise from left) are: Elda Chavez, Mary Kaye Bailey, Clarissa Cota, Mark Peplowski and Laura Moskowitz.


Community College Leadership Expert Addresses Convocation

As professor and director of the CCLP, Dr. John Roueche heads the doctoral program that is the nation’s oldest and has produced more chancellors, presidents, vice presidents and deans of American community colleges than any other university graduate program. Also a community college graduate, Roueche received his Ph.D. in higher education administration from Florida State University and taught at UCLA and Duke before joining the Texas faculty where he has won distinguished faculty, teaching excellence and national leadership awards.

In the past 35 years, Dr. Roueche authored 35 books and 150 articles and chapters focused on leadership, teaching and learning, and spoken to more than 1300 college and university audiences on those topics.


Pictured clockwise from lower left are: Dr. Lawrence Ita meeting Dr. Roueche, Regent Mark Alden, Regent Chair Bret Whipple presenting Academic Advising Award recipient Carmen Annillo, and Dr. Roueche during his address.

Dr. Roueche's Convocation Video Address Parts 1,2

New VPs Introduce Plans and Priorities

CCSN members had the opportunity to meet two new vice presidents during Convocation Week as Dr. Art Byrd (student affairs) and Dr. Mike Richards (academic affairs) revealed their plans, aspirations and priorities in navigating student success initiatives.

Both educators emphasized working as a team committed to college students and promised close and creative interaction between academic and student affairs operations. A cultural assessment of CCSN that surveyed administrative leaders, faculty leaders, professional staff and student leaders confirmed an underlying dedication to the education process through excellent, creative programs and a passionate commitment to student success.

The assessment also confirmed the need for strong leadership to bring stability and direction. Both vice presidents committed to creating an environment built on trust, collegiality and respect. Their specific presentations are available in this NewsWeb edition by accessing the following links.

 

 

VP PowerPoint Presentation Links

 

 

Dr. Jeffrey Foshee Named New Admin VP

Dr. Jeffrey Foshee has accepted the position as CCSN's first Vice President for Administrative Operations, effective October 1.  He received his Juris Doctorate from Samford University, Cumberland School of Law and his B.S. in Business Administration from Auburn University.  An attorney, he has been in private practice since 1989 specializing in advising and representing post-secondary institutions, employment law and civil rights.  He served as General Counsel and Assistant Attorney General for the Alabama State Board of Education and State Department of Education from 1981-1989. He was also Associate Counsel and Assistant Attorney General there from 1981 - 1985.

 

CCSN's
VP
Team




Dr. Mike Richards, Academic Affairs

Dr. Art Byrd, Student Affairs

Dr. Rand Key, Planning & Development

Patty Charlton, Finance & Budget

Dr. Al Valbuena, Information Technology

Dr. Jeffrey Foshee, Adminstrative Operations (eff. Oct. 1) not pictured

 


Katrina Victims
Health Science Bldg Open
DMV Rebate for 1st Book
Cashman Auto Tech Gift



Mesquite Center Opens
Bennett Graduates
Langman Top Classified
Red Rock Review Turns 9
IT Newsletter


The Planetarium
Fine Arts Gallery
Performing Arts


Direct Deposit Simplified
Employee Retirement
ILC for Students

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CCSN Offers Support for Katrina Victims

In an effort to ease the transition of victims of Hurricane Katrina, CCSN will waive tuition and fees for the 2005-2006 academic year for any qualified individual displaced by this national tragedy. The fee waiver is applicable to distance education courses as well as courses at any of the CCSN campuses, centers or sites.

Applicants are asked to bring any documents they might have in their possession from other colleges or agencies, such as class schedule, student identification, travel vouchers or other documents which verify that they have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Students admitted under the CCSN waiver will be required to sign a statement certifying that their claim of being a victim of Hurricane Katrina is true and accurate and that the statement may be reviewed.

The faculty and staff of CCSN will make every effort to accommodate a smooth transition for victims of Hurricane Katrina into CCSN. In addition to instruction, services such as academic counseling, financial aid, registration, disability services, and psychological services are available for students, according to Dr. Mike Richards, vice president of academic affairs, and Dr. Art Byrd, vice president of student affairs.

The federal government has also relaxed financial aid guidelines for students in “impacted” colleges and universities in the affected areas. According to federal financial aid guidelines, impacted institutions are those colleges and universities whose operations have been significantly impaired by the hurricane. Even if students have already received financial aid, their financial aid can be reissued through another college/university. Students who have not applied for financial aid may do so for the 2005-2006 academic year.

 

Health Sciences Bldg Opens to Enhance
Region’s Medical Training, Treatment


To meet the region’s growing demand for professional medical education and health care, especially in nursing, a $25 million Health Sciences Building at the Charleston Campus opened for fall semester classes. Completion of the four-story 85,400 square foot complex is a milestone marking the start of CCSN’s thirty-fifth academic year. Ground was broken in May, 2004; official dedication ceremonies will be held Nov. 7.

“This facility was one of the new millennium’s top building concerns within the Nevada System of Higher Education because it is a major advancement of this state’s health training and treatment,” said Dr. Richard Carpenter, CCSN president. “It will support CCSN’s education of 532 current nursing students, more than triple the 150 enrollment in 2000, and surpassing NSHE-set goals for projected enrollment. It will also house expanded programs in surgical technology, diagnostic medical sonography, pharmacy technician and medical office assisting, all high-demand professional medical disciplines.”

According to Dr. Michael Richards, vice president for academic affairs, health sciences enrollment is increasing year by year. For academic year 2003-04, those students filled 15,892 classroom seats. That increased by 10.2 percent to 17,507 seats filled last year. For the fall semester, 686 courses sections are being offered in health sciences programs – a 10.6 percent increase over course sections offered last fall.

A lead element in creating a new Health Sciences Plaza that connects to existing campus plazas, the new facility houses 12 academic classrooms and 12 health sciences labs, a 150-seat auditorium plus academic computing lab and faculty offices. It was conceived as part of an efficient and cost-effective design-build partnership that included the Nevada Public Works Board and CCSN facilities planning staff and health sciences faculty.


Designed by JMA Architecture Studios and built by Martin-Harris Construction, the facility becomes the sixth academic structure at CCSN-Charleston, now totaling over 450,000 square feet since the campus opened in 1988.

“The project was design-funded by the 2001 Legislature, construction-funded by the 2003 Legislature and funded for furnishings and equipment by the 2005 Legislature,” explained Dr. Carpenter. “Matching funds totaling $500,000 were also required, but our U.S. Senator Harry Reid helped secure that amount in a federal grant. We are deeply grateful for all the visionary support of our elected leadership.”

According to Prof. Fran Brown, dean of health sciences, the expanded programs were formerly based in the Donald F. Stone Building built in 1992. Other health programs remaining in the Stone Building are also expanding into resulting vacated space. These include cardiorespiratory science, health information technology and medical laboratory technology, emergency medical services and veterinary technology. The existing Claude Howard Building continues to house dental hygiene and dental assisting, and programs in physical and occupational therapy assisting, ophthalmology, radiation therapy and massage.

Meanwhile, the new facility will also provide a home for health and human performance classes.

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DMV Rebate Can Generate Books for CCSN Students

Would you like your DMV rebate check to go further than you ever thought?  It could last someone a lifetime – if you use it to help CCSN students jump start their education and careers. College faculty and staff are being asked by the CCSN Foundation to donate rebate checks to a First Class - First Book program.  Many new students already qualify for their first class free at CCSN, but a $75-$120 price tag for a textbook can stretch a tight budget to the breaking point.

In an "early bird" campaign as school started, $7,000 was pledged to buy financially needy new students their first textbook.  Special thanks go to award winning faculty Mark Peplowski and Carmen Annillo who made generous contributions from recent award stipends among hundreds of CCSNers who contributed in the campaign's first phase.  Donor Warren Hioki was one of the lucky faculty winners in a special prize drawing for a Borders Book Store gift certificate.

"The Foundation thanks all the faculty and staff for their support," said Executive Director Diana Wilson. "Please spread the word and encourage friends and colleagues to support the First Class - First Book Program."

The plan to help first time students obtain their first textbook doesn't stop there though.  Students can resell their used books to the bookstore for dollars toward future books. "In other words, your donation is a gift that can keep on giving semester after semester for CCSN students," Wilson explained.

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Cashman Helping Build Auto Tech

 

CCSN Foundation Chair Jenny DesVaux Oakes, and CCSN President Richard Carpenter present a building block award to MaryKaye Cashman for her significant contribution to the college’s automotive and diesel technology expansion. Cashman Equipment Company pledged $500,000 to help meet the private match of $2 million required by the state for a new $20 million automotive technology center scheduled to be constructed at the Cheyenne campus. The building will be constructed in two phases, with a diesel technology program taking high priority. Currently there are no diesel technician training facilities in Southern Nevada.

 

 

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CCSN-Mesquite Opens New Center

 

 

Winds of change and construction crews swept through the half-century old Virgin Valley school complex, once Mesquite’s only K-12 school. State funding breathed new life into the buildings and created a new CCSN Center for the rural but booming retirement and casino gaming and golfing community 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas.

At 25 years old, CCSN’s southernmost 14,000 square foot wing is the youngest portion of what is a "community-wide" center located at 140 N. Yucca Street. Other parts of the complex are being used for a Pre-school, while the Mesquite Theatre Group hosts plays in the theatre and the Mesquite Arts Council uses a room for ceramics and painting classes, with other various meeting rooms used for different community groups.

According to the center's administrator Darlene Montague: “20 classes are being offered for the fall semester, including Math, Art, Spanish, Geography, Psychology, Computing and Political Science among others. We hope to begin a Phlebotomy class by spring semester, add a Computer Lab classroom, open a designated area for Workforce and Economic Development and expand our programs with additional General Education classes.”

Current faculty members are: Patty Bingham (Art), Hector Robertin (Computers), William Foster (Psychology), Marilyn Robinson (Computer), Janet Hansen (Math),  Marianne Leavitt (Math),  Adam Schwartz (Golf), Andrew Mecham (Golf), Adam Caldwell (PSC, Intro to Amer. Politics), Ron Gill (Spanish), Nickole Backman (English) and Wendy Dickie (Geography). 

Enrollment for this spring/fall is at approx. 500, with computing being the most popular classes. “The community is excited about our move and future growth,” said Montague. “We now feel our goals are unlimited and that our student enrollment will begin to soar.”

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Northwestern University Graduates Deputy Chief Bennett

CCSN’s Deputy Police Chief Dan Bennett recently graduated from the School of Police Staff and Command at Northwestern University. Bennett completed the ten week program with 40 police executives from Nevada, held in conjunction with the North Las Vegas Police Department. Implemented in 1983, Northwestern has graduated over 7,500 students both nationally and internationally.

The School of Police Staff and Command provides upper-level college instruction. Students are awarded 21 semester college credits hours. The major topics of study included: Management and Management Theory, Organizational Behavior, Human Resources for Law Enforcement, Budgeting, Staffing Allocation and Personnel Deployment. Bennett will be graduating from Nevada State College in December with a Bachelor of Science in public administration in law enforcement.

CCSN’s Police Department anticipates a variety of benefits from Bennett's attendance at this program. Many of the program’s graduates do go on to achieve a variety of leadership positions within their respective police agencies. Currently, over 750 graduates hold the title of Chief of Police and 39 of the 50 Directors of State Police Agencies are also graduates of the program.

Bennett grew up in Vermont and after high school, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps, serving two tours in the infantry.  A 17-year veteran of law enforcement, Bennett joined CCSN last year to help build its first police department after 15 rewarding years with a municipal police department in the Chicago suburbs.  Currently, he is concentrating on developing the policies and procedures for the new police department and preparing for the addition of CCSN’s first six police supervisors.  Bennett is married and has six boys.

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Cindy Langman Wins Classified Award

Congratulations to Cindy Langman, selected as Classified Employee of the Month for September by the Classified Council. She earned a $200 award and reserved parking spaces for the month at all three campuses. As the administrative assistant II to Dr. Dale Warby, chair for the Education Department, Cindy works at the Cheyenne Campus where she has made a lasting impression for six years. She assists with student advisement, monitoring rosters and intro course student time logs, and helps with various activities in the Early Childhood Education lab, the America Reads tutorial project and the annual College Fair. With a willingness to volunteer for any task, she makes it a pleasure for anyone visiting the department and received numerous compliments for satisfying any needs – trivial or tremendous, no-notice or long term – almost sensing them and what to do as they are being formulated. Before her husband of 31 years retired from the Air Force, she and the family traveled with him to assignments in Europe and the Orient. Next to spending family time with her husband, her three married children and five grandchildren, she enjoys working with students and great faculty, as well as taking classes at CCSN as a lifelong learner.

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Red Rock Review Literary Magazine Marks 9th Publishing Year

Poetry, essays and reviews by a number of recognized and respected Western writers grace the pages of Issue Seventeen of the Red Rock Review. Now in its ninth year of publication as a nationally acclaimed literary magazine of the Community College of Southern Nevada, the Summer 2005 RRR showcases writings by truly outstanding national, regional and local talent.

This literature begins with poems by nationally recognized writer Marge Piercy, author of 17 novels, and ends with poetry by E. A. Mares. Writing from his home in Albuquerque, E.A. “Tony” Mares is one of the most promising new voices in the American Southwest.

The issue also contains pieces by two other outstanding Western writers: Nevada’s own Shaun T. Griffin, whose “Releasing Sparrows at the Buddhist Temple” is written in homage to former CCSN English professor Stephen Liu, and Adrian C. Louis, who has written volumes on the contemporary Native American experience.

Three reviews, appearing at the end of this issue, may particularly interest Las Vegas readers. Two are written by Erika Vital, who appraises Talk to Me, James Dean, written by CCSN English professor H. Lee Barnes, as well as Blue Earth: Poems, written by UNLV creative writing professor Aliki Barnstone. In a third review, RRR senior editor Dr. Rich Logsdon sounds the praises for Las Vegas poet Bruce Isaacson’s Ghosts Among the Neon.

RRR’s Summer 2005 edition is sold at Dead Poets Books and CCSN Bookstores. Subscriptions can be ordered through the CCSN English Department by contacting Prof. Logsdon at 651-4094 or Prof. Todd Moffett, RRR associate editor, at 651-4091.

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Read all about it – Electronically
The IT e-Newsletter is available now at http://it.ccsn.edu! Read current news and get information about what is happening in the IT Division that affects you. You will also find information about schedules of computer labs and common forms for IT requests. The IT e-Newsletter features valuable information about CCSN technology and news from various information technology sources that appear as regular features. The IT e-Newsletter also provides links to external sources about the academic technology world in one single stop!

The September Issue of the IT e-Newsletter features:
• Fighting Unwanted Email: The war against spam
• Faculty and Staff can now buy at discounted prices and benefit from the new CCSN-Dell partnership
• New Computers Coming to CCSN

When you need support from IT, remember to email: ITServiceCenter@ccsn.edu or call the hotline, 651-Help (4357).

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"Wonders of the Universe" and "Sky Watch"
Playing through Sept. 24 at the Cheyenne Campus. All-digital, multi-media hemispheric Planetarium productions every Friday at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Weather permitting after evening performances, telescopes at the Student Observatory will be open for viewing starting at 8:30 p.m. General admission $5; discount admission $3 for youth groups, children under 12, seniors over 55 and CCSN students.

Wonders of the Universe - Peer deep into space through the eyes of the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope and travel back billions of years in time to witness the birth of the universe. On this breathtaking excursion you'll witness the formation of galaxies and explore some of the most wondrous nebulae and astronomical structures yet discovered. As your travels continue, you'll fly deep into our own Milky Way galaxy and return home to Earth on a spectacular tour through the solar system. An original production of Evans & Sutherland Digital Theater Group in Digistar™. The program has a running time of approximately 30 minutes. It is suitable for grades 2 and up.

link to the trailer provided by the Evans & Sutherland web site


CCSN Student Observatory
click on picture for more info

 

Sky Watch - Presents the latest information about occurrences in the sky. Current astronomical phenomena and the locations of the planets and constellations are presented. Recent data from major space programs such as the Hubble Space Telescope, the International Space Station, Mars Global Surveyor and Cassini are displayed. The audience can ask questions of The Planetarium staff. While the program running time is variable, it is typically about 20 minutes and suitable for all ages.

 

New Horizons - Playing Sept. 30 through Nov. 19. From breathtaking landscapes to violent volcanic eruptions to the sheer beauty of Saturn's rings, "New Horizons" immerses audiences in an unforgettable all-dome-video experience. Explore the planets and moons of the solar system in a majestic journey through our celestial neighborhood. For the first time, audiences will travel down to the surface of all the planets, and experience what life would be like from those brave new worlds.

Our journey begins as we follow a comet as it travels through interplanetary space. On each of our exotic ports of call, real data and images from modern space probes is transformed into stunning 360° photo-realistic 3D animation. Suitable for grades 2 and up, the program runs 23 minutes and is an original production of Evans & Sutherland Digital Theater Group in Digistar™.

link to The Planetarium Home Page

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Free Reading - “The Company Car”

Sep. 23 at 7:30p.m. in UNLV’s Barrick Museum Auditorium, a reading presented by author C. J. Hribal. His newest novel has already garnered a coveted star in Publisher’s Weekly and an ALA Booklist stellar review. Author of previously acclaimed novels American Beauty and Matty’s Heart, Hribal has won the AWP Award in Short Fiction for The Clouds in Memphis, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

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 Cheyenne Campus at the Horn Theatre
Music: Fourth Annual International New Music Festival

Sept. 23-25, free admission. Friday, Sept. 23 at 3 p.m. - Gala Grand Opening Concert showcasing all festival artists in the Cheyenne Campus at the Horn Theatre; Concerts in the Recital Hall - Saturday, Sept. 24 and Sunday, Sept. 25 at noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m.

This festival is the only one of its kind in the southwest; all events are free and open to the public. Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, INMF brings composers, musicians and audiences together for the performance of new music chamber compositions, many unfamiliar to area residents. Much of the live music available to southern Nevadans is commercial or traditional style. There rarely are opportunities like this to experience live contemporary chamber music, an art form recognized and appreciated worldwide.

Returning this year is Clarion Synthesis, an innovative duo whose music displays a wide variety of textures generated from an artful combining of clarinet, keyboards and electronics. Clarion Synthesis features internationally acclaimed clarinetist F. Gerard Errante and Festival Director D. Gause-Snelson. New guests will include Henri Bok and Rob van Bavel as the duo reCYCLEd, a unique blend of musical styles including world music, original compositions, standards, ballads, improvisation and contemporary jazz.

September 23, 24 & 25, 2005
Festival Director:
Dr. D Gause-Snelson


This project has been funded, in part,
by a grant from the
National Endowment for the Arts,
a federal agency.


A special Thank You
to our kind and generous benefactors -

Friends of the Horn
Haney, Woloson & Mullins
The Investment Counsel Co.
Robin Watson
Roland & Patricia Paine
Dr. Wanda R. Ferrell
Cat's Paw Pottery

Friday Sept. 23
3  PM    Nicholas J. Horn Theatre
GRAND OPENING GALA
7  PM    Recital Hall
"A Tribute to Edwin London"
    Laura Martin-Prokopyk - violin/viola
    Mark George - piano
    NEXTET

Saturday Sept. 24
NOON    Recital Hall
    Clarion Synthesis
    F. Gerard Errante
    D Gause-Snelson

2  PM    Recital Hall
    Anne Christopherson - soprano
    Voltaire Verzosa - piano

4  PM    Recital Hall
    The Irrelevants
    Tim Deighton
    Carrie Koffman


Sunday Sept. 25
NOON    Recital Hall
    Gustavo Aguilar - percussion
2  PM    Recital Hall
    Synchronix
        Walter Blanton - trumpet
        Robert Bonora - percussion
        Christopher Davis - bass
        Richard McGee - trombone
        D Gause-Snelson - clarinets

4  PM    Recital Hall
    reCYCLEd
        Henri Bok - bass clarinet
        Rob van Bavel - piano

 

All Festival events are free and open to the public!

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Free Lecture - “Policing Disorder: Crime Prevention in Urban Neighborhoods”

Sep. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in UNLV’s Barrick Museum Auditorium, presented by Rutgers University Prof. George Kelling, School of Criminal Justice.

The “broken windows” theory suggests that if police are able to manage minor offenses, they can prevent fear, serious crime and violence in urban neighborhoods. One of the authors of that theory, Dr. Kelling will discuss police management of disorder and its relevance to neighborhood safety.

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2005

Fine Arts Gallery: "Mixed Media Photo & Digital Images on Silk"

Sept. 30 – Oct. 30. Opening reception for artists on Oct. 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. Jenny Kimball presents digital images on paper and Leighton McWilliams shows photography based mixed media constructions on the Cheyenne Campus. Free admission, open to the public and wheelchair accessible. Call 651-4205 for details

 

       
Jenny Kimball


Leighton McWilliams

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Beat Legend Michael McClure Appears at Charleston Campus

One of America’s most fascinating authors, artists and intellectuals, Beat legend Michael McClure will read and lecture. Oct. 14 at 3 p.m. in Bldg. D, Room 221, followed by a reading of his works on Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in Bldg. B, Room 105. Both events are free and open to the public.

McClure debuted as the greatest cause célèbre in modern drama in his play The Beard.  Eventually, the play received high critical praise and two Obie awards, but during its initial performance the cast was arrested 14 performances in a row.

“McClure's dramas are an acknowledged pioneer for new forms by authors such as Sam Shepard,” said Dr. Rich Logsdon, CCSN English professor and event co-organizer.   “He was one of the core Beat writers and read at the legendary Six Gallery event in San Francisco where Howl premiered, perhaps the most famed poetry reading in American history.” 

McClure also enjoyed a fascinating association with rock and roll, pioneering with Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek and The Doors.  He wrote the well-known lyrics for the song “Mercedes Benz” made famous by Janis Joplin.  He has published dozens of books, CDs and other media, winning praise from observers as diverse as Norman Mailer, Dennis Hopper, Gary Snyder and The London Times.

The event is the fifth in the CCSN Poetry Series, curated by Red Rock Review, the college’s nationally acclaimed literary magazine.  It is also presented in cooperation with Zeitgeist Press and made possible in part by a grant from the Nevada Humanities Committee, a state program of the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Play: Anna in the Tropics

Oct. 14-15 and 21-22 at 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 16 and 23 at 2 p.m. in the BackStage Theatre, Cheyenne Campus. Reserved: $10 adult; $8 students, seniors.

Directed by Earnest Hemmings, a romantic drama set in 1929 Florida in a Cuban-American cigar factory. The arrival of a dashing “lector” – hired to entertain and educate the workers – is a cause for celebration, creating a heady mix of infatuation, love and marital infidelity among a family of cigar makers. But his readings aloud from Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina unleash stale emotions and passions as workers act out their dreams and problems.

James Perham is cast as lector Juan Julian, who is brought in by factory owners, Santiago and Ofclia, played by Bob Blomgren and Susan Blonsky, to reduce the boredom and relieve the tedium. Rounding out the cast are Daisy Justine, Miakodia Fitzner, Brandon McCleanahan and Young Jcon.

This is director Ernest Hemmings' first time working in a CCSN venue. "The BackStage Theatre is terrific. It lends itself so well to the intimacy that Cruz has intended, and this talented cast will really be able to turn up the tropical heat in this production."

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"Confessions of a PT&A Mom" Comes to CCSN
Shows will be held in the BackStage Theatre on Oct. 16, 23, Nov. 13 and 20 at 7 p.m. and on Dec. 2, 3 and 9 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for students and seniors.

Local stand-up comedian Carole Montgomery brings her hilarious one-woman show and signature "Carolisms" to the CCSN's Cheyenne Campus this fall.
The "ivory girl with an attitude" has been making people laugh since 1981. She's been in the cut of 'Midnight Fantasy," performed at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival and the Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival, recorded a CD entitled "Extreme Comedy The Women," and appeared on television shows such as Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, the Oprah Winfrey Show and Showtime's Comedy Club All-Stars 6 with Don Rickles.

Besides being a comedian and writer, Carole is a wife and mother, serving as vice-president of her son's school PTA and helping coach his Little League team. Though her onstage persona and offstage home life would seem to be on opposite sides of the spectrum, she juggles both with ease. According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, "Carole Montgomery is a fine mitigator for the women in the audience and her crowd banter gives the show an old-school, Redd Foxx atmosphere. It's a credit to her delivery that she can turn the tables on the men... and still keep them laughing."

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Music: Scholarship Concert

Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Horn Theatre, Cheyenne Campus. Admission $5. The CCSN Choral and Instrumental programs join together for an unforgettable evening of traditional music and song, in a fund raising effort for the Joe Williams Music Scholarship Fund. Established in 1989, the fund has helped over 400 CCSN music students to achieve education goals.

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Vocal Concert: Vocal Jazz Solo Night

Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the BackStage Theatre, Cheyenne Campus. Admission $5. Join the CCSN jazz singers as they showcase their vocal talent. Each will perform a solo ranging from jazz standards to Broadway, as well as ensemble performances.

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HR Simplifies Direct Deposit

With direct deposit now available to all CCSN employees, funds may be deposited in any bank or credit union in the United States.  CCSN’s Human Resources Office has simplified the procedure for direct deposit of employee paychecks. According to Diane Fruth, it will benefit anyone setting up direct deposit, canceling direct deposit, or adding/deleting/changing accounts.  This process will no longer be done manually, but simply completed through the Employee Self Service System (ESS).  Employees are then responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the information entered into the system and for making any appropriate changes, updates and cancellations. The link to ESS is found on the HR web page. The simple procedure is accessible by clicking on this link.

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Public Employees’ Retirement System of Nevada

Come and learn more about your retirement benefits at the
Planning Ahead for Your PERS Retirement Program

RETIREMENT BENEFITS
DISABILITY BENEFITS
SURVIVOR BENEFITS CHANGES
PURCHASE OF SERVICE
and MORE!

Thursday -- Oct. 13
Two Sessions Available
Noon - 1PM or 4 – 5PM


Limited Seating is Available - Call for a Reservation

486-3900 - Ext 0

Public Employees’ Retirement System of Nevada
5820 S. Eastern Ave. Suite 220 – Las Vegas, NV 89119
At Eastern and Russell Road


NOTE: We are pleased to make reasonable accommodations for disabled persons
who wish to attend the informational program.
If special arrangements are required, please notify Chanda Cum
by calling 486-3900 as soon as possible

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Interactive Learning Centers Serve "Students First"

Interactive Learning Centers are an integral part of CCSN "Students First" initiatives. Charleston Campus now has a new ILC on the third floor in the new Health Sciences Building (Bldg. "K") on the southeast side of the campus with 56 computers for student access. It will maintain the same operating hours as the first Charleston ILC located in the “C” building.

ILC operating hours listed below are in effect until Dec. 21, with closures for the following holidays: Nevada Day - Oct. 28; Veteran’s Day - Nov. 11; and Thanksgiving - Nov. 24-27 (except for Charleston ILCs open Nov. 26-27).

Cheyenne Campus (651-4592):
Monday - Thursday 7am - 11pm; Friday - 7am - 9:30pm; Saturday - 8am - 5pm; Sunday - 10am - 7pm

Henderson Campus (651-3002):

Monday - Thursday 7am - 11pm; Friday - 7am - 9:30pm; Saturday - 8am - 5pm; Sunday - Noon - 5pm

Charleston Campus ILC Bldg"C"(651-5931) and ILC Bldg"K"(651-7590):

Monday - Thursday 7am - 11pm; Friday - 7am - 9:30pm; Saturday - 8am - 5pm; Sunday - 10am - 7pm

Green Valley High Tech Center (651-2650):
Monday - Thursday 7am - 10pm; Friday - 7am - 9:30pm; Saturday - 8am - 5pm; Sunday - CLOSED

Pahrump Valley Center (651-2701):

Monday - Friday 7am - 9:30pm; Saturday - 7am - 4:30pm; Sunday - CLOSED

Summerlin High Tech Center (651-4900):

Monday - Wednesday 7am - 10pm; Thursday - 7am - 10:30pm; Friday - 7am - 4pm;
Saturday - 8am - 5pm;
Sunday - CLOSED

Western High Tech Center (651-4800):

Monday - Thursday 7am - 11pm; Friday - 7am - 9:30pm; Saturday - 8am - 5pm; Sunday - CLOSED

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