About the College of Southern Idaho

An Open Door, A New Beginning

A particularly memorable student recently attended an enrollment event at CSI. She was nervous and wasn’t quite sure she belonged at the College of Southern Idaho. At forty-three years old, she had just lost the job she had worked at for 15 years. Our staff walked her through the enrollment process right there on the spot and assured her that she absolutely belonged at CSI. This was exactly where she needed to be.

Stories like hers are why we do what we do. We are the institutions that do not ask people to have everything figured out before they arrive. We meet students where they are. The open door is not merely a marketing slogan, it is a philosophy that has guided CSI since our founding. Education transforms lives. We have been doing it for 60 years ---and we will continue doing it.

CSI is a resource that belongs to this valley. Our success becomes the success of the entire Magic Valley. So we want to say thank you — to our employees, our community partners, and most of all our students, who remind us every day why the open door has to stay open.

Come on in. We mean it. We can’t wait to see you!