Due to the current winter storm and a winter weather advisory in effect until 2 p.m. today (Thursday), the Chadron State College campus will be closed all day Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026.

• Date: February 18, 2026
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

CHADRON – Twenty-five Nebraska high school students have been selected for the Rural Health Opportunities Program (RHOP) at Chadron State College.

• Date: February 25, 2026
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Physical and Life Sciences

CHADRON – Chadron State College encourages students and advisers to meet throughout March before registration for summer and fall classes opens in late March.

• Date: February 26, 2026
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Education|Family and Consumer Sciences

CHADRON – Chadron State College’s annual Excellence in Early Childhood Education Conference Feb. 21 featured keynote speaker Dean Jacobs.

• Date: February 26, 2026
• Author: Taylor Neugebauer
• Category: Education|Family and Consumer Sciences

CHADRON – Dr. Tom Smith, History Professor and Department Chair at Chadron State College, died Saturday, Feb. 21, in Chadron. He was 59. A memorial service for Smith will be Friday, March 6, at 2 p.m. at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron.

• Date: February 27, 2026
• Author: Alex Helmbrecht
• Category: Campus News

CHADRON – In the first Graves Lecture of the spring semester, CSC alum and Nebraskaland Regional Editor Justin Haag spoke about the magazine’s 100th anniversary celebration.

• Date: March 5, 2026
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Graves Lecture Series

CHADRON – Chadron State College student Kayah Dogert of Chadron is the Project Strive/TRiO Student of the Month for February.

• Date: March 5, 2026
• Author: Shelby Westinghouse
• Category: Project Strive

CHADRON – Chadron State College hosted the annual Western District History Day March 4. A variety of categories were offered for high school and middle school student competitors. The top three winners in each category will advance to the Nebraska state contest in Lincoln on April 25. The National History Day theme is Turning Points in History.

• Date: March 11, 2026
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Sandoz Society|Social Sciences

CHADRON – Chadron State College’s Senior Art Show, Faulture – Where Creativity Begins, will include work by Bailey Dean of Highmore, South Dakota, and Maya Goss of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Pieces in the exhibit show the students’ creative process in a range of mediums from two-dimensional to three-dimensional.

• Date: March 16, 2026
• Author: Taylor Neugebauer
• Category: Art|Student Awards & Achievements

CHADRON – Chadron State College student Elle Hewitt of Kearney, Nebraska, was appointed Student Conclave President of the Society for Range Management (SRM) at the 2026 conference in Monterey Bay, California, in February. The conclave is the undergraduate section of the international organization.

• Date: March 16, 2026
• Author: Taylor Neugebauer
• Category: Range Management|Student Awards & Achievements