Dr. Chuck Butterfield, associate professor of agriculture at Chadron State College, is the new president of the Nebraska Section of the Society for Range Management. The election took place earlier this month during the society’s annual meeting in Valentine.

• Date: October 20, 2005
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

The Nebraska commissioner of education, Doug Christensen, last week told about 200 Chadron State College students who are studying to become teachers that schools in the state must design their curriculums to meet the differences that are a result of the students’ backgrounds.

• Date: October 17, 2005
• Author: Con Marshall
• Category: Campus News

More Nebraska youths must graduate from high school and then enroll and succeed in college if the state is to reach its potential economically, those attending the Diversity in Education Conference at Chadron State College were told Thursday afternoon. The speaker was Dr. Marshall Hill, executive director of the Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education. He said the state’s population dynamics are changing, challenging the education system to also change and make sure more stu

• Date: October 14, 2005
• Author: Con Marshall
• Category: Campus News

U.S. Rep. Tom Osborne on Thursday encouraged a crowd of more than 100 students at Chadron State College to gain entreprenurial training and consider pursuing their careers in western Nebraska.

• Date: October 14, 2005
• Author: Justin Haag
• Category: Campus News

Just a short time after it was announced in late September that Sherry Retzlaff of Rushville was named Nebraska’s Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year for 2005, another Chadron State College graduate is first runner-up for the 2006 Indiana Teacher of the Year Award given by the Indiana Department of Education.

• Date: October 12, 2005
• Author: Con Marshall
• Category: Campus News

A renowned criminologist will talk about serial killers and hate crimes during a presentation at Chadron State College next week. He is Dr. Jack Levin, professor and director of the Brudnick Center on Conflict and Violence at Boston’s Northeastern University. Levin’s presentation will be Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m. at the Student Center ballroom. The event is open to the public free of charge.

• Date: October 11, 2005
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

Chadron State College will be hosting two diversity in education conferences this week. Nebraska Commissioner of Education Doug Christensen will be present for both events.

• Date: October 10, 2005
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

A senior from Wallace, Aleyse Schultz, is the homecoming queen at Chadron State College. The king is Kalan Jones, a junior from Grand Island.

• Date: October 8, 2005
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

Two Distinguished Alumni Awards and one Outstanding Young Alumni Award will be presented Saturday during a luncheon that will be a part of Chadron State College’s Homecoming activities.

• Date: October 5, 2005
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

Chadron State, Peru State and Wayne State Colleges are observing October as Nebraska State College System Month. Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman in August proclaimed the month of October as Nebraska State College System Month for the state. At the proclamation ceremony, the governor encouraged students to visit the member institutions in the Nebraska State College System -- Chadron, Peru, and Wayne State Colleges - during this month.

• Date: October 5, 2005
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News