Kindness is contagious but it doesn’t “just happen,” those attending the 15th Excellence in Early Childhood Conference at Chadron State College on Saturday were told.

• Date: February 23, 2004
• Author: Con Marshall
• Category: Campus News|Family and Consumer Sciences

Well over 300 elementary school students plus their teachers and numerous parents will be in the Student Center at Chadron State College Thursday, Feb. 26, to help Nebraska celebrate Statehood Day. Secretary of State John Gale will be the master of ceremonies.

• Date: February 23, 2004
• Author: Con Marshall
• Category: Campus Announcements|Campus News|Education

A highly-regarded author of children’s books, Sneed Collard of Missoula, Mont., will be in Chadron on Monday, Feb. 23. He will speak to Chadron elementary students and their teachers in the morning and address the Ne-Kota Reading Council that evening in the Bordeaux Room of the Student Center at Chadron State College.

• Date: February 19, 2004
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus Announcements|Campus News

An article by Wendy Waugh, Chadron State College associate professor of business and economics, has been accepted for publication in the next issue of the NABTE Review, published by the National Association for Business Teacher Education. The article is titled “Using Personal Attributes to Predict Technology Adoption: A Study of College Faculty.”

• Date: February 19, 2004
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Business|Campus News|Employee Awards & Achievements

The two newest members of the music faculty at Chadron State College will present a recital at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22 in the Chicoine Atrium of the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Society. There will be no admission charge.

• Date: February 18, 2004
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Music

Chadron State College has hired a new director of the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center. Sarah Polak of Aurora began her duties at the Sandoz Center on March 1.

• Date: February 17, 2004
• Author: Justin Haag
• Category: Campus News|Sandoz Society

The works of Sandra Williams, an art professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will open Friday, Feb. 20 in the Main Gallery of Memorial Hall at Chadron State College. A reception from 4 to 6 p.m. will help open the exhibit, which is titled “Gas, Food and Lodging.”

• Date: February 17, 2004
• Author: Con Marshall
• Category: Art|Campus News

An oral history of Cuny Table east of Buffalo Gap, S.D., will be given at the next Phi Alpha Theta History Fraternity program at Chadron State College. The program, which will be open to the public without charge, will be at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25 in the Student Center.

• Date: February 17, 2004
• Author: Con Marshall
• Category: Campus News|Social Sciences

Chadron State College justice studies professor George Watson said Wednesday, Feb. 11, that he had no difficulty selecting the top three cases heard by the U.S. Supreme Court during its 2003 term. However, he said it appears that decisions the court will be making this year will be more monumental.

• Date: February 16, 2004
• Author: Con Marshall
• Category: Campus Announcements|Campus News|Justice Studies

Registrations are still being accepted for the 15th Excellence in Early Childhood Conference at Chadron State College. The conference will be Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20 and 21 in the Student Center. It has a strong reputation for providing current information and inspiration to those involved in the care and welfare of children.

• Date: February 16, 2004
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News