While selecting a topic for the speech that he delivered at the graduate-degree commencement at Chadron State College on Saturday, Dr. Sam Rankin chose his alma mater’s motto.

• Date: May 6, 2007
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

A total of 244 students receive degrees during Chadron State College’s commencement exercises on Saturday, May 5. Twenty received master’s degrees during ceremonies in Memorial Hall at 8:30 a.m. The others received bachelor’s degrees at ceremonies in the Armstrong Gymnasium at 10 a.m.

• Date: May 6, 2007
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

Kelsey Stevens of Yankton, S.D., and Corey Wasserburger of Fort Worth, Texas, were crowned the Ivy Day royalty at Chadron State College on Friday evening.

• Date: May 5, 2007
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

Approximately 40 courses will be offered during the May session of summer school at Chadron State College. The classes will begin Monday, just three days after the end of the spring term.

• Date: May 4, 2007
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus Announcements|Campus News

The Chadron State College students who put in time to help other students succeed in the classroom were honored during a luncheon at the Kline Center on Tuesday. Ten students were given special attention during Chadron State’s annual recognition day for tutors and Supplemental Instruction leaders.

• Date: May 4, 2007
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Student Awards & Achievements

The 2006-07 school year will conclude at Chadron State College this weekend with Ivy Day and two graduation exercises scheduled.

• Date: May 1, 2007
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus Events|Campus News

A 2004 graduate of Gering High School, Tyler Thompson, is the new student representative on the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges. He was appointed by Gov. Dave Heinemann last month, and succeeds Tyler Pribbeno of Imperial. Thompson is a secondary education major who plans to become a high school English teacher. He initially attended Hastings College, but transferred to Chadron State in the fall of 2005.

• Date: May 1, 2007
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Student Awards & Achievements

Chadron State College students and faculty members were extremely active at the 127th annual meeting of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences in Lincoln recently. They presented 15 papers on an assortment of research projects they conducted. The abstracts were published in the program and proceedings.

• Date: May 1, 2007
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Physical and Life Sciences

Colby Riesen of Chadron was the overall livestock showmanship winner during the recent competition sponsored by the agriculture program at Chadron State College. He entered the finals as the champion sheep showman from the junior division. He was presented a belt buckle.

• Date: May 1, 2007
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Student Awards & Achievements

An Alliance woman, Kylee Stanley, is the new president of the Student Senate at Chadron State College. She succeeds Corey Wasserburger of Fort Worth, Texas, who headed the senate this past year.

• Date: May 1, 2007
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Student Services