CHADRON – Chadron State College’s Winter Commencement for graduate and undergraduate students is Friday, Dec. 14. The graduate ceremony is at 2 p.m. in Memorial Hall’s Auditorium with Dr. Robert Stack as the speaker. The undergraduate ceremony is at 4 p.m. in the Chicoine Center with Judge Russell Harford as the speaker. There are 79 candidates for master’s degrees and 159 candidates for bachelor’s degrees. Both events can be seen on CSC Live.

• Date: December 15, 2018
• Author: CSC College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Student Awards & Achievements

CHADRON – Chadron State College’s Director of Admission Lisa Stein recently received a Service Member Patriot Award. Stein was nominated for the award by Admissions Representative Heidi McClintock in recognition of Stein's support of McClintock, a public affairs specialist with the Nebraska Army National Guard’s Main Command Post Operational Detachment, First Infantry Division.

• Date: December 13, 2018
• Author: Tena L. Cook, Marketing Coordinator
• Category: Campus News|Employee Awards & Achievements|Military Science Leadership

LINCOLN – The Nebraska State College System (NSCS) named Dan Koziol as the 2018 NSCS Counseling Excellence Award winner. Koziol is the K-12 School Counselor at Twin River Public Schools in Genoa, Nebraska.

• Date: December 10, 2018
• Author: NSCS Office
• Category: Campus News|Nebraska State College System

CHADRON – Chadron State College student Gina Rieger of Rapid City, South Dakota, is the Project Strive/TRiO November Student of the Month.

• Date: December 8, 2018
• Author: Kelsey R. Brummels, College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Student Awards & Achievements

CHADRON – Brad Aaron Modlin will present a public reading at the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center Chicoine Atrium Thursday at 7 p.m.

• Date: December 5, 2018
• Author: CSC College Relations
• Category: Campus News|English

CHADRON – Assistant Professor of English Markus Jones read several excerpts from his short stories and novel during the final Graves Lecture of the fall semester Nov. 27 in the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center.

• Date: December 6, 2018
• Author: Tena L. Cook, Marketing Coordinator
• Category: Campus Events|Campus News|Employee Awards & Achievements|English|Graves Lecture Series

CHADRON – A youthful fascination with the western United States that started in an elementary school social studies class was part of what brought Massachusetts native Dr. Steve Coughlin, who is now in his fifth year as an assistant professor of English at Chadron State College, to the high plains of northwest Nebraska.

• Date: December 6, 2018
• Author: George Ledbetter
• Category: Campus News

CHADRON – Volunteers with the Chadron State Foundation’s annual Fall Fund Drive celebrated the conclusion of the drive with pledges in the amount of $103,875 at a reception in the Vern and Erma Lewellen Family Hospitality Suite in the Con Marshall Press Box in early November.

• Date: December 5, 2018
• Author: CSC College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Chadron State Alumni & Foundation

CHADRON -- The Nebraska State Colleges will not hold classes and business offices will be closed Wednesday as part of the National Day of Mourning. In the announcement made Tuesday, Nebraska State College System Chancellor Stan Carpenter said the observance is to honor and pay respect to the late President George Herbert Walker Bush who dedicated his life to service to his country. Gov. Pete Ricketts has also closed Nebraska state offices Wednesday.

• Date: December 5, 2018
• Author: CSC College Relations
• Category: Campus Announcements|Campus News

CHADRON – Chadron State College students enrolled in Dr. Teresa Frink’s Wildlife Research and Management Techniques (AGRI 426) course are helping two government agencies with a bat monitoring project to gain a better understanding of local populations regarding conservation and viability.

• Date: December 3, 2018
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Campus News|Range Management