CHADRON – A private collection of prints by artists and illustrators of the Old West from 1840 to 1910 is now on display in “The West as They Saw It” in the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center until May 13.

• Date: February 7, 2024
• Author: Molly Langhorst
• Category: Art|Campus News|Sandoz Society

CHADRON – Chadron State College students Michael Andersen of Chadron, Trevor Eisenbraun of Norfolk, Neb., Mekenna Fisher of Hershey, Neb., and Kourtney Kronhofman of Chadron competed at the Society for Range Management’s (SRM) annual international conference in Sparks Nevada Jan. 28-Feb. 2. The CSC team placed second in the problem-solving competition called the Rangeland Cup. Fisher placed first in Extemporaneous Speaking.

• Date: February 8, 2024
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Campus News|Point of Pride|Range Management

CHADRON – Chadron State College is adopting a new design for commencement academic regalia beginning with the spring 2024 commencement.

• Date: February 10, 2024
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Commencement

CHADRON – The Chadron State College Theatre Department will present highlights of 37 Shakespeare plays including comedies, histories, and tragedies in 97 minutes. The director of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), CSC alum Zackary Wellnitz, said the production was written in 1984.

• Date: February 12, 2024
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Campus News

CHADRON – Nearly 130 high school musicians gathered at CSC last week for the 52nd High Plains Band and Choir Festival. Following workshops and rehearsals on Monday and Tuesday, the band and choir presented a public concert Tuesday evening. The Honor Band Guest Conductor was Dr. Frank Tracz, Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Kansas State University.

• Date: February 12, 2024
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Campus News|Music

CHADRON – For Black History Month, the Chadron State College Art Department will host a show in Memorial Hall’s Main Gallery featuring the work of the late William Artis who taught at CSC from 1954 to 1965. The show will be open from Feb. 8 to March 8 with a reception in Memorial Hall’s Lobby on Feb. 29 from 4 to 6 p.m. A book, Uncovering Uncle William, written about Artis by his niece, Dr. Shirley Jones, will be available for sale.

• Date: February 12, 2024
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Art|Campus News|Point of Pride

CHADRON – Chadron State College is introducing CSC Grows, a new collaborative agricultural project between the President’s Cabinet, CSC Food Pantry, and CSC Wellness. CSC Grows is an indoor garden project where fresh produce will be grown on campus to be distributed to students at the CSC Food Pantry.  

• Date: February 19, 2024
• Author: Daniella Akwanamnye and Tena L. Cook
• Category: Campus News

CHADRON – The potential misfortune of accidentally driving into a snowbank provided inspiration for a poem by Chadron State College English and Humanities Professor Dr. Thomas Deane Tucker that was published in the most recent edition of the Cider Press Review, a prestigious journal of contemporary poetry. 

• Date: February 19, 2024
• Author: George Ledbetter
• Category: Campus News

CHADRON – The spring Graves Lecture Series at Chadron State College will begin March 19. The speakers will be Dr. Susan Rolfsmeier and senior Emmanuella Tchona of Benin in West Africa. Both events will be in the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center at 7 p.m. and are free and open to the public. 

• Date: February 19, 2024
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Graves Lecture Series

CHADRON – Chadron State College’s Rural Law Opportunities Program (RLOP) students attended the Nebraska State Bar Association Leadership Academy (NSBA) in Lincoln, Nebraska, Feb. 1-2. The sessions were planned to help the RLOP students understand more about legislation, and the Nebraska legislative process and counsel, according to Kate Pope RLOP Project Coordinator.

• Date: February 19, 2024
• Author: Daniella Akwanamnye
• Category: Campus News|Justice Studies