An exhibit at the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center at Chadron State College explores the history and culture behind an important tradition in Mexico. “A Celebration of Souls: Day of the Dead in Southern Mexico” depicts the celebration of spirits of the deceased through lively photographs and is on display at the center through Aug. 28.

• Date: June 19, 2008
• Author: Tabatha Murphy
• Category: Campus News|Historical

Victoria Badura, a certified public accountant from Omaha, will teach business courses at Chadron State College beginning this fall. Badura comes to CSC after serving as an instructor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where she taught courses in management information systems and accounting. She also was managing editor of the e-Service Journal, a multi-disciplinary publication that covers topics relevant to researchers and practitioners of “e-business” and “e-government.”

• Date: June 19, 2008
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

Dr. Wendy Jamison, a post-doctoral fellow who is conducting research in Hamilton, Mont., will begin teaching biology courses at Chadron State College this fall.

• Date: June 18, 2008
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

After several years of planning and encountering numerous obstacles, Dr. Jim O’Rourke of Chadron will be leaving Thursday to attend the International Rangeland Congress in Hothot, Inner Mongolia, a province in north-central China.

• Date: June 18, 2008
• Author: Con Marshall
• Category: Campus News|Range Management

Seventeen Chadron State College students and Dr. Tracy Nobiling, CSC associate professor of justice studies, joined students and professors from the University of Nebraska-Omaha in a criminal justice tour of London on May 12-28. This was the 33rd trip to London for CSC students.

• Date: June 10, 2008
• Author: Deann Stearns
• Category: Campus News

A total of 228 students made the President’s Honors List by earning all A’s during the spring semester at Chadron State College. Those on the list from Nebraska, by their hometowns:

• Date: June 10, 2008
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Student Awards & Achievements

A total of 357 students achieved the Dean’s List at Chadron State College during the spring semester. The Dean’s List requires a grade point average of at least 3.5 on the 4.0 scale. Those on the Dean’s List from Nebraska, listed by their hometowns, are:

• Date: June 10, 2008
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Student Awards & Achievements

Students will have more than 30 courses to choose from during the June session that begins next week at Chadron State College. Most of the classes will begin Monday, June 2, and run through the 27th. A number of the courses are on the graduate level, designed for those seeking master’s and specialist’s degrees. However, about 20 courses also are available on the undergraduate level.

• Date: May 28, 2008
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

A graduate of both Chadron High School and Chadron State College has been selected as the 2008-09 Wyoming High School Principal of the Year by the Wyoming Association of Secondary School Principals. Dirlene Steffe Wheeler is in her eighth year as principal at Sheridan High School, which has 902 students in grades nine through 12 and 75 full-time teachers. Last week, Newsweek Magazine selected Sheridan as one of the top 1,300 (6 percent) public high schools in the nation. It was the first time a

• Date: May 27, 2008
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

Chadron State College’s motto is “Building Futures Every Day,” but the work on CSC’s campus goes beyond improving students’ lives this summer.

• Date: May 24, 2008
• Author: Justin Haag
• Category: Campus News