CSN Students to Testify Before Legislature

CSN Day at the Legislature gives students an opportunity to speak for themselves

Nearly 100 College of Southern Nevada students will board a bus Monday night and travel to Carson City to advocate before the State Legislature on behalf of the 30,000 students enrolled at CSN.

Dubbed “CSN Day at the Legislature,” the event gives students a chance to testify before legislators about the college’s top priorities. This session, those priorities include more funding for community colleges, support for workforce education programs that will boost Southern Nevada’s economy, and long-awaited approval of funding to develop the proposed CSN Northwest Campus, to be located on Durango and Elkhorn in Las Vegas.

Students will gather in the college’s Charleston Campus Student Union on Monday evening, travel to Carson City, attend the legislative hearing on Tuesday, and participate in a press conference with CSN President Dr. Federico Zaragoza and special guests in front of the Legislature at approximately noon on Tuesday.

Members of the media are welcome to interview CSN students as they prepare for their trip to the State Capital. Both English and Spanish speakers will be on hand. Students will be available from 7 p.m. Monday until they board the bus at approximately 9 p.m. Media are also invited to the press conference at noon Tuesday to hear from President Zaragoza, students and legislators who support CSN’s students.