A Chadron State College graduate, Dr. Kelvin Sharp, has been unanimously approved as the president of South Plains College at Levelland, Tex., by the institution’s board of regents. The announcement was made last week after Dr. Gary D. McDaniel, the college’s president the past 11 years, retired.

• Date: November 17, 2004
• Author: Con Marshall, Director of Information
• Category: Campus News|Chadron State Alumni & Foundation

Energy consumption is growing at a rapid rate and conventional sources are becoming more scarce and much more costly, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel, an audience at Chadron State College was told Monday night.

• Date: November 16, 2004
• Author: Con Marshall, Director of Information
• Category: Campus Events|Campus News

Twenty years after graduating from high school, Julie Thompson O’Connell is working hard to fulfill a longtime dream that got sidetracked largely by a lucrative, yet unfulfilling, modeling career.

• Date: November 16, 2004
• Author: Con Marshall, Director of Information
• Category: Campus News

Four short comedies written by David Ives, who is well-known for his ability to put unexpected twists and turns into his work, will be presented this weekend in the Black Box Theater of Memorial Hall at Chadron State College by faculty and students in the CSC Theater Department.

• Date: November 15, 2004
• Author: Con Marshall, Director of Information
• Category: Campus News|Theatre

Sarah Polak, director of the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center at Chadron State College, was elected president of the Nebraska Museums Association during the association’s annual meeting at CSC last month.

• Date: November 12, 2004
• Author: CSC College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Sandoz Society

The project manager at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., John Brown, will be the second speaker in the Distinguished Speakers Series in the Student Center Ballroom at Chadron State College at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 15.

• Date: November 10, 2004
• Author: CSC College Relations
• Category: Campus News

The Chadron Community Chorus and the Alliance Community Choir will combine for a fall concert to be presented in both communities.

• Date: November 10, 2004
• Author: CSC College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Music

The story of the famous North Platte Canteen that was located in the Union Pacific Railroad depot and served an estimated six million troops during World War II was told at the Phi Alpha Theta History Fraternity program at Chadron State College last week.

• Date: November 9, 2004
• Author: Con Marshall, Director of Information
• Category: Campus Events|Campus News

The question, “Is it real?” isn’t asked nearly as frequently these days as it once was when global warming is discussed, an audience at Chadron State College was told Monday night.

• Date: November 9, 2004
• Author: Con Marshall, Director of Information
• Category: Campus Events|Campus News

Thirteen Chadron State College students in the justice studies honors course got a close up view of some of the nation’s pre-election fervor while visiting Washington, D.C., late last month.

• Date: November 6, 2004
• Author: CSC College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Justice Studies