Students taking anatomy and physiology courses at Nevada State College are of the first in the state to work with SynDaver, a life-like cadaver.

Nevada State College in partnership with Sunrise Hospital successfully advanced the first cohort of 28 nurses through the newly launched nurse residency program in December of 2011.

NSC's chapter of the National Student Nursing Association (NSNA) held the organization's second presentation in the Life as a Nurse: The Untold Stories lecture series on February 27, 2012, along with guest speaker and NSC faculty member, Dr. Sherri Coffman.