It’s probably a very good thing that Nebraska was in a drought earlier this decade. West Nile fever entered the state in 2002 and then pounded it in 2003. More than 300 horses in Nebraska died of the virus in 2002 while the following year the state reported 1,942 human cases and 29 deaths were attributed to the virus, which is brought on by bites from a Culex mosquito that has previously bitten an infected bird.

• Date: July 29, 2005
• Author: Con Marshall
• Category: Campus News

A Chadron State College student, Jeff Wahl, has been elected chairman of the Nebraska Counseling Association’s Graduate Student Committee. He was installed in the office at the NCA’s Leadership Conference in Kearney on July 22-23.

• Date: July 29, 2005
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

Dr. Sandra Fox and Dr. Sally Thomas are on a mission. They’re striving to break down cultural barriers and spread the word that true educational success can only come when teachers take an active role in relating to the diverse needs of their students.

• Date: July 18, 2005
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

Students will have the opportunity to learn there’s more to Nebraska than a football team and cornfields this summer in the Nebraskaland Writers course.

• Date: July 1, 2005
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

Chadron State College this month will complete its most extensive summer orientation schedule to date. The final session for new students and their parents will be Wednesday, July 20, on the Chadron State College campus.

• Date: July 1, 2005
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

Chadron State College has hired two women from within the institution to fill interim administrative positions for the upcoming year. Dr. Lois Veath, Chadron State College dean of Arts and Sciences, has been chosen as interim vice president of academic affairs and Dr. Kathy Bahr, associate professor of English, will serve as interim dean until a permanent vice president is hired. Each will begin a one-year appointment July 1.

• Date: June 23, 2005
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

This fall medical appointments will be available for Chadron State College students free of charge for the second year in a row. Ann Dockweiler, CSC school nurse, said a large number of students on campus do not have insurance or any way of paying for medical expenses and as a result do not seek the medical attention they need. The CSC clinic makes health care possible for everyone.

• Date: June 22, 2005
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

Chadron State College students will learn how to speak their minds and get paid for it this fall.

• Date: June 14, 2005
• Author: Heather Beebout
• Category: Campus News

Chadron State College’s Edna Work Wing and Hall have been undergoing a transformation this past year. The renovations which will give CSC honor students first-class living quarters are anticipated to be finished by August 1.

• Date: June 14, 2005
• Author: Heather Beebout
• Category: Campus News

For the third consecutive year, the Chadron State College admissions office is providing 1,000 bookmarks to elementary children enrolled in the Panhandle Library System summer reading program.

• Date: June 14, 2005
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News