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Dear NSC Community,
We are ramping up our efforts to create smooth articulations with the College of Southern Nevada, and to ensure that CSN advisors and students understand why Nevada State is an excellent place to pursue a 4-year degree. In December 2016, with a huge assist from Admissions & Recruitment, we jump-started these efforts by bringing nearly every CSN counselor and advisor to NSC for a firsthand look at our campus.
Going forward, we hope to schedule meetings with their staff to extol the virtues of specific degree programs. Our staff from admissions, recruitment, advising, and the registrar’s office continue to be integral to this partnership, but we also will call on
faculty to talk about why students might want to enroll in your degree program at NSC. Gregory Robinson is leading this effort on behalf of the provost’s office, so you can expect to hear from him in the near future. I see this is yet another great opportunity for our college!
Tony Scinta
Interim Provost
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Curriculum Change Updates
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New Curriculum Approval Deadlines
The NSHE central office recently set new annual deadlines to complete and distribute catalogs and transfer agreements with other institutions.
This will have a major impact on our internal deadlines
for curriculum proposals, as
all changes must now be fully approved by December 1st in order to make it into the following academic year's catalog.
In the future, the following will be the last possible date you can submit each type of proposal to the Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee to meet deadlines for the next catalog:
- Pre-req: Nov. 1st
- Course: Nov. 1st
- Core curriculum: Oct. 1st
- Minor degree change: Oct. 1st
- Substantive degree change: April 1st (for inclusion 18 months later; that is, a proposal submitted April 1, 2018 would appear in the 2019-20 catalog)
- New degrees: Feb. 1st (for possible inclusion two catalog years later; a proposal submitted Feb. 1st, 2018, may appear in the 2019-20 catalog, pending accreditation approval)
As you can see, the time it takes to get substantive degree changes and new degrees into the catalog has increased substantially. For more information about all types of proposals, look over the
detailed flowcharts and timelines
explaining the steps in the review process. In the future, I recommend that you submit curriculum proposals as early as possible and make use of the spring semester to get proposals into review to ensure all steps of the approval process are completed by December 1st each year.
Cross-Listing Courses
NSHE is also taking a more critical look at common course numbering (CCN) issues than they have in the past. They now require that any cross-listed courses must have the same titles and the same number of credits.
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Student Research Funding
NSC students are eligible to apply if they are working with an NSHE faculty mentor. The deadline for the
online application is
Monday, April 10 at 5:00 pm.
SEED Grants
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
The CTLE is hosting two workshops:
1. Engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL): Getting Started
When: Friday, April 7th from 9:00 – 10:00 am
Where: RSC Ballroom Salon C
2. Faculty Showcase: Summer Scholarship Institute (SSI) Alumni Project Updates
When: Friday, April 14th from 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Where: NSE 313
Please RSVP to Chris.Garrett@nsc.edu.
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In the fall, NSC sent 2 rowing teams (a women's team of 8 and men's team of 4) to the San Diego Fall Classic; the men's team beat CSU-Long Beach. A Mixed 4 team (which includes men and women) recently competed at the Las Vegas Collegiate Invitational Regatta at Lake Las Vegas on March 5th. The students traveled to Phoenix to compete against Arizona State on March 25th, and will hopefully go to Sacramento later this month for the regional championships.
Coach Jim Anderson will recruit new students at our summer orientation sessions; those who express interest will be invited to a free "learn to row" weekend. Thank you to Jim for his dedication to our first official athletic team!
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The Nevada State Student Alliance will be lobbying on behalf of Nevada State College. Daniel Chapman, Moee Turbin, Christina Barron, and Student Body President Desiree DeCosta will be going to Carson City to speak with elected officials on April 6th. These four student leaders have been working tirelessly to prepare for this trip and plan to engage multiple state legislators in an effort to advocate for increased funding, particularly for the areas of capital improvements and academic programming. These students are taking time away from their normal schedules so that they can represent the student body at the state level.
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Recent Hires: Alex Kunkle joined us as the Director of Advising, and Angela Bossio was hired in Admissions & Recruiting.
Recent Departures: Adeste Sipin left Advising.
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NSC is introducing new options for students to receive financial aid and other school refunds; these goes into effect May 8th. Students will be able to choose between electronic deposit to a BankMobile Vibe account, electronic deposit to another account, or a paper check delivered by the USPS. For more information, see the message posted in the NSC portal.
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Upcoming Events & Deadlines
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KSNV Channel 3 News recently featured the NSC ASL Club and Gregory Robinson
in this story.
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NSC Office of the Provost | 702-992-2663 | http://nsc.edu/provost
Be Bold | Be Great | Be State
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