In 2019, lawmakers decided to expand the program across the state. CSN will assist Western Nevada College and Truckee Meadows Community College in setting up programs with the new funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re here because we want to make a difference,\u201d CSN President Federico Zaragoza told completers of the program at Florence McClure Women\u2019s Correctional Center during an emotional ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With six academic credits and 100 hours of workforce training under their belts, the women are well-suited to continue their pursuits at CSN or in the workforce, Zaragoza said. He said he looks forward to shaking their hands again in the fall, this time on campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak was honored to attend the ceremony, he said. The invitation went to the top of his list when it came across his desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is the beginning, this is the start,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can do a lot more. It\u2019s all up to you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n For Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Thom Reilly, the ceremony showcased what education can do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou\u2019re changing the narrative about your life right now,\u201d he said. \u201cUse this education to make better decision when you\u2019re out there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Addressing her fellow completers, Autumn Murry, the chosen student speaker and an accomplished artist, praised the students for refusing to give up when classes got tough and for leaning on each other for support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere has been individual transformation in each and every one of my classmates,\u201d she said. \u201cThis really shouldn\u2019t be called a completion ceremony because we haven\u2019t finished anything. We have just begun to transform our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n To start that transformation, CSN Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs James McCoy said, the students will soon turn in their Nevada Department of Corrections inmate number for a NSHE student ID number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou are among the best and brightest of this valley\u2019s college students and your home at CSN is waiting for you with your name on it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[39,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1386","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-39","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/nshe.nevada.edu\/system-administration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Prison-Education-Program-2-300x182-1.jpg\")