CHADRON – Volunteers with the Chadron State Foundation’s annual Fall Fund Drive celebrated the conclusion of the drive with pledges of $142,746 during a reception at the Bean Broker Nov. 5. Funds raised will support scholarships, improvements to college facilities, and departments and programs.

• Date: November 20, 2019
• Author: CSC College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Chadron State Alumni & Foundation

CHADRON – Chadron State College Event Planning and Leadership (CA 239) students hosted the fifth annual Oxfam Hunger Banquet, Monday, Nov. 18, in the Student Center Ballroom. This year’s event discussed food insecurity and hunger throughout the United States.

• Date: November 20, 2019
• Author: Kelsey R. Brummels, College Relations
• Category: Campus Events|Campus News|Student Clubs & Organizations

CHADRON – The Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center is honoring Native American Heritage Month with an exhibit titled “Native American Legacies.” The exhibit includes three art installations and an informational display about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women now through Dec. 13. The Sandoz Center hours are Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m., and Friday from 10 a.m. to noon.

• Date: November 19, 2019
• Author: Rachel Mitchell, College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Sandoz Society

CHADRON – Digital technology offers powerful tools for teachers, and training in using those tools to increase learning outcomes is vital for Chadron State College students who are preparing for a career in Education, according to Eric Rapp, Assistant Professor and instructor for two Technology for Learning courses underway this semester.

• Date: November 18, 2019
• Author: George Ledbetter
• Category: Campus News|Education

CHADRON – Sarah Green will give a public reading Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center Chicoine Atrium on the campus of Chadron State College.

• Date: November 18, 2019
• Author: CSC College Relations
• Category: Campus News

CHADRON – Contrary to some modern interpretations, the relationship between Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, the famous fictional detectives created by Victorian author Arthur Conan Doyle, didn’t have homosexual overtones, and might better be labeled as a bromance.

• Date: November 16, 2019
• Author: George Ledbetter
• Category: Campus News|English|Student Awards & Achievements

CHADRON – The Fall 2019 Graves Lecture Series will conclude Nov. 26 with Dr. Susan Schaeffer, a Chadron State College Professor, who will present, “The Mental Health Stigma.” She will discuss issues related to stigmas about mental health and various strategies being implemented to address the issue.

• Date: November 15, 2019
• Author: CSC College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Graves Lecture Series

CHADRON – The Nebraska Department of Education has named Chadron State College alumna Megan (McNeil) Helberg the 2019-20 Teacher of the Year. Helberg is in her 10th year at Burwell Public Schools where she is also the head volleyball coach. She teaches eighth grade, junior and senior English.

• Date: November 14, 2019
• Author: Tena L. Cook, Marketing Coordinator
• Category: Campus News|Chadron State Alumni & Foundation|Education

CHADRON – Chadron State College will become a more integral partner in the state’s efforts to recruit and retain behavioral health professionals with the announcement of Dr. Tara Wilson, associate professor in Counseling, as co-director of the new Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN) Panhandle. Dr. Cate Jones-Hazledine, a CSC adjunct faculty member, and licensed, private-practice psychologist based in Rushville, is the other co-director. Both co-directors will be part-time.

• Date: November 13, 2019
• Author: Tena L. Cook, Marketing Coordinator
• Category: Campus News|Counseling

CHADRON – Chadron State College’s The Big Event staff, Event Planning and Leadership (CA 239) students, and members of Project Strive/TRiO volunteered Tuesday, Nov. 5, for the second annual Mini Big Event. A total of 40 volunteers completed 10 jobsites in the Chadron community.

• Date: November 13, 2019
• Author: Kelsey R. Brummels, College Relations
• Category: Campus Events|Campus News|Student Clubs & Organizations