STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

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Art Gallery

The CCSN Art Gallery, located in room 1401 of the

Nicholas J. Horn Performing Arts Complex on the

Cheyenne campus, provides the campus and the community

with a wide range of contemporary art exhibits. The gallery

hosts exhibits of work by guest artists, students and faculty.

Exhibit announcements can be found posted on campus bul-

letin boards, or call the CCSN Department of Art and Art

History for information.

Bookstores

Bookstores are located on the Cheyenne campus,

Henderson campus, and the Charleston campus. Each book-

store sells the required and supplemental textbooks for class-

es at its campus, as well as general school supplies, study

aids, educationally discounted software, clothing, and gift

items. Students can also purchase textbooks and get text

information from the bookstore website at www.efollett.com.

Bookstore Refund Policy- Your Textbooks are fully

refundable in original condition with sales receipt within 2

weeks from the official start of classes for Fall and Spring

Courses, 1 week for Summer Courses. After this date, you

may return your books within 3 business days of purchase

with original receipt for your full refund. Books for classes

cancelled by the school are fully refundable within 1 week

of the scheduled start date for the course.

Please use caution when opening package sets, as some

electronic media and textbook packages may not be fully

refunded once opened. No refunds are offered during final

exam periods.

Campus Child Care

Campus Child Care provides access to higher education

for student parents through high-quality, low-cost child care

services. Children of faculty/staff are also eligible.

Hours of service are Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 6

p.m. Full day and half-day schedules are available with

drop-in services when available. Child Care serves children

two through five years of age. Please contact Campus Child

Care on the Cheyenne or Charleston campuses for details.

Computer Labs - Interactive Learning Centers

CCSN has full-service computer labs at the Cheyenne,

Henderson, and Charleston campuses as well as at the A.D.

Guy Center and Centers on the Green Valley High School,

Palo Verde High School, and Western High School campus-

es. The computer labs called “Interactive Learning Centers"

bring together students, computing resources and instruc-

tors. Computer-based instruction, application and word pro-

cessing software and individual instruction are available to

currently registered students.

Early Childhood Education Lab School

The Early Childhood Lab School is a nationally accredit-

ed center and an important component of the teacher educa-

tion program at CCSN. The school offers programs for tod-

dlers through kindergarten and is open to faculty, staff, stu-

dents and the community.

The Early Childhood Lab is open Monday through

Friday, 7:30 am to 6 pm with closures for all state holidays

and optional programming during the summer. Because

class sizes are limited and there are waiting lists for all age

groups, early application is strongly recommended. For fur-

ther information, contact the Early Childhood Lab School

on the Cheyenne campus.

English as a Second Language

CCSN offers beginning through advanced ESL courses

for non-native English speakers to help improve speaking

and writing skills in English. To determine which ESL

courses to take, students need to take a placement test.

Contact the Department of International Languages for

placement information.

International Student Conversation

and Coffee Corner

The Conversation and Coffee Corner is a drop-in lounge

where students from all over the world converse in English

with an English instructor on subjects that are interesting to

all. The Corner is open during the fall and spring semesters

on the Cheyenne and Charleston campuses. Contact

Tutorial Services for Corner hours and locations.

Language Labs

The Language Labs located on the Charleston and

Cheyenne campuses provide English as a Second Language

(ESL) testing. The Labs also provide international lan-

guage students access to audio, video and computer materi-

als used in developing language proficiency.

Libraries

CCSN has libraries on the Cheyenne, Henderson and

Charleston campuses. In addition to book, audiovisual

and periodical collections on each campus, the Department

of Libraries provides electronic access to a wide variety of

information (full-text magazine and newspaper articles,

electronic books, databases, indexes and online catalogs)

via our website from any location on or off campus. The

CCSN libraries also participate in Interlibrary Loan and

Document Delivery programs to support the borrowing of

materials from other libraries. Document Delivery is avail-

able to any student with a CCSN library card. Library cards

are available at all campus libraries.

Please visit our website at www.ccsn.edu/library for com-

plete information on the libraries and their resources, hours

of service, locations, phone numbers and policies.

The Health Sciences Programs are supported by the

Health Sciences section of the West Charleston branch of

the Las Vegas Clark County Library District, located on the

Charleston campus.