College of Southern Nevada Information

The College of Southern Nevada (CSN) is a public community college in Clark County, Nevada. The college has more than 2,500 teaching and non teaching staff and is the largest public college or university in Nevada. It is part of the Nevada System of Higher Education.

Founded in 1971 as Clark County Community College, the school became Community College of Southern Nevada in 1991. On March 16, 2007, the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education voted to change the name of the school to its current name College of Southern Nevada on July 1, 2007.

College of Southern Nevada has three main campuses in the Las Vegas Valley: the Charleston Campus, North Las Vegas Campus and Henderson Campus. There are also eight learning centers: Moapa Valley, Summerlin, Mesquite, Green Valley, Western, Sahara West, Las Vegas City Hall and Nellis Air Force Base.

The current president of CSN is Dr. Federico Zaragoza, who was unanimously selected by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents.

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CSN provides job training in more than 70 academic programs with more than 180 degrees certificates available. The college also offers seven bachelors degrees. The majority of students, 73.5 percent or 25,301, attend part-time and 26.5 percent or 9,108 students attend full-time.

CSNs undergraduate degrees have received regional accreditation from Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities since 1975.

Department of Computing and Information Technology; Department of Media Technologies and Department of Applied Technologies

Department of Communications; Department of English; Department of Fine Arts; Department of International Languages and Performing Arts Center

Department of Accounting, Finance, Computer Office Technology; Department of Business Administration; Paralegal Studies; Department of Hospitality Management; Department of Public Safety and Human Services; Police Academy and Fire Technologies

Department of Education; Department of Human Behavior and Department of Social Sciences

Department of Dental Science, Diagnostic Evaluation and Rehabilitation Services; Department of Health Related Professions and Department of Nursing

Department of Biological Sciences; Department of Mathematics and Department of Physical Sciences

Adult Literacy and Language; American Heart and Healthcare Programs; Apprenticeship; Business Assessment and Consulting; Community Programs and Personal Enrichment; Construction; Education and Government; EMS; Occupational Health and Safety Programs.

In fall 2014, 36.1 percent of students were Caucasian, 26.7 percent Hispanic, 10.3 percent Asian and 11.7 percent African American. Nationally the college enrolls students from 48 states in more than 3,000 classes each semester.

The College of Southern Nevada Coyotes compete in the Scenic West Athletic Conference of the NJCAAs Division I. The school currently has five athletic programs—mens baseball, mens soccer, womens softball, womens volleyball, and womens soccer. Baseballs first season was in 2000, and softball began its first season in 2004. Volleyball was added in 2014. Men and Womens Soccer started in Fall of 2016 and campus-wide improvements will be coming to all three campuses (including the Henderson Campus, where Athletics will be headquartered).

The Coyotes baseball team was the first intercollegiate athletics program at CSN. The Coyotes home field, William R. Morse Stadium, is located at CSNs Henderson campus in Henderson, Nevada.

On March 18, 1999, CSN hired its first baseball coach—local legend Rodger Fairless, who coached former MLB pitchers Greg Maddux and Mike Maddux at Valley High School during the 1980s, and was more well known for coaching Green Valley High School to six consecutive Nevada state baseball championships from 1993-98. But, before Fairless would even conduct his first baseball practice at CSN, he stepped down on May 4, 1999, citing health reasons. Fairless would be replaced by another local veteran coach, Tim Chambers, on July 8, 1999.

The Coyotes played their first-ever game on February 1, 2000, against Scottsdale Community College, and quickly grew into a perennial contender. They joined the Scenic West Athletic Conference in 2002, quickly asserting themselves a place in the conference, becoming rivals with Dixie State College until the Trailblazers moved up to NCAA Division II in 2006. Since joining the SWAC, CSN has won six conference championships, two Region XVIII championships and two Western District championships. Today, the Coyotes rivals are the Western Nevada Wildcats, as they are the only two junior colleges in Nevada to have intercollegiate athletics, and also fueled by their fierce battles on the diamond.

On May 31, 2003, the Coyotes made history, defeating the heavily favored San Jacinto-North Gators 4-1 to win the 2003 National Junior College World Series in only their fourth year of existence. It is CSNs only national championship in any sport to date.

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