Student Profile: Roxandra Costa Rica

[This is my second semester of pre-nursing at Nevada State College. I did go to CSN before this for a short time. Here at NSC it was way different. Never had I met such good, and passionate, professors. They all seem to be truly interested in us students. The environment is also different. Small classes make all the difference. Discussion and learning in classes are highly active and improved, therefore my grades are improved and my knowledge expanded. It seems that I know almost everyone in my classes. Every time I walk the hallways it feels like everyone knows me, and vice-versa. Even now when writing this, Dr. Kebede (who by the way is a brilliant, passionate biology professor) came up to me and my classmate to encourage us to share our story.

At NSC we are all a family. I could never see my school cutting down on education, yet worse even closing. In fact, I see NSC expanding, growing, and becoming a prominent college in Nevada, and I would do anything to be a part of it.

Nevada State College is my home!

Roxandra Costa Rica]

Student Profile: Michael Ryan Moore

[Hi my name is MIchael Ryan Moore, I'm 20 years old and graduated in 2007 from Faith Lutheran Jr.-Sr. High School. I come from a good family, with great morals and values. In high school my drug addiction and alcoholism took off. I graduated and was supposed to attend University of Maryland. Due to my addiction I was not able to attend. I went to Chicago to get clean and returned to Las Vegas. I enrolled into CSN and started drinking and using again. I proceeded to be enrolled for 5 semesters with zero credits. In March of 2009 I checked myself into rehab in Las Vegas. I stayed there for 48 days and then went to Lousiana for 4 moths for extended- long term- treatment. While I was there I decided that I was ready to enroll into school. NV State came to mind due to the small classes and personal attention. I returned to NV in September, and got the ball rolling. NV State has given me a second chance at life and to learn. I'm so grateful that this school is here to help in obtaining my goal and degree! Today I am 10 and a half months clean and sober, and live for my school.

Michael Ryan Moore.]