The theme for the seventh annual Legacy of Achievement Gala held at the Rio was “Touching Tomorrow, Transforming Lives” and that is exactly what the more than $375,000 that was raised will do. Seamlessly orchestrated by the College of Southern Nevada Foundation and volunteers, this major fundraising dinner brought together more than 500 community partners, faculty members and scholarship recipients to celebrate student success and recognize community leaders.
Home health care is one of the fastest growing businesses throughout the country, especially in Nevada. And at the College of Southern Nevada, Dan Gouker is overseeing a program that is answering the need to provide staffing for this growing profession .
College of Southern Nevada media technologies professor John Aliano was nominated for an Emmy Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Pacific Southwest Chapter for his production of CSN’s 40th anniversary video. The category is Director: Post Production. The Emmy Awards ceremony will be held at 5 p.m. June 15 at Red Rock Resort. More information can be found at www.nataspsw.org/emmy-awards.
The College of Southern Nevada baseball team recently finished up its 2013 season, falling to in-state rival Western Nevada College in the Region 18 Baseball Championship. The Coyotes finished its season with a 40-17 record, the first 40-win season for CSN since 2010.
Getting youth excited about biology is no easy feat. It helps to have an automated pig lung and plenty of quirky professors.
WASHINGTON — The one-sized-fits-all national requirements of No Child Left Behind would give way to standards that states write for themselves under legislation Senate Democrats announced Tuesday.
The Monday revote on naming interim Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky to the position permanently ended the same way as the original May 21 vote — with a unanimous decision to hand him the reins of the nation’s fifth-largest district.
Clark County school support staff voted down everything that their local union leaders sought at a frenzied Thursday meeting, including contract terms with a proposed 2 percent cost of living raise and a move to break with the National Education Association, according to the Education Support Employees Association’s website.
UNLV President Neal Smatresk might not receive a pay increase as the state’s Board of Regents consider his contract renewal.
Cynthia “Cindi” Messerli has been a teacher for 20 years, and her family is enormous.
A few associate degrees in the applied sciences are almost impractical nowadays and could be of little or no use to students, college officials said.
A Clark County’s teachers union executive director is facing a federal hearing prompted by accusations that he fired an employee because she wanted to unionize.
Ruthe Deskin was at the forefront of women and children’s issues in Southern Nevada. She died in 2004 at the age of 88, and the elementary school at 4550 N. Pioneer Way was named for her.
Hagen Anderson, 18, of Summerlin is one of nine national finalists in Lucerne Dairy’s annual Art of Dairy art contest. The Northwest Career and Tech student created an imaginary world made of up Lucerne products on a cow-shaped template, which was displayed at a local Vons.
Not even an air horn could squelch the angry chant of “no” that spread among hundreds of Clark County School District support staff members who were asked to consider cutting ties to their parent unions Thursday.
