CHADRON – The Nebraska State College System (NSCS) has launched a rural tutoring program with teacher education candidates from Chadron, Peru, and Wayne Colleges, tutoring K-12 students in Educational Service Units 1, 4, and 13. Nebraska Success Made Accessible through Rural Tutoring (SMART) is a free, online tutoring program funded by a Nebraska Department of Education grant awarded to the NSCS.

• Date: February 5, 2024
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Campus News|Education|Point of Pride

CHADRON – Nearly 100 students participated in the Seventh Annual Best of the West Business Competition at CSC Wednesday. High school students attended from Alliance, Chadron, Hay Springs, Hemingford, Omaha North, Sidney, and Valentine. President Ron K. Patterson delivered the opening welcome.

• Date: February 7, 2024
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Business|Campus News

CHADRON – Chadron State College student Ty’Jean Green of Compton, California, is the January Project Strive/TRiO Student of the Month.  

• Date: February 7, 2024
• Author: Molly Langhorst
• Category: Campus News|Project Strive

CHADRON – A private collection of prints by artists and illustrators of the Old West from 1840 to 1910 is now on display in “The West as They Saw It” in the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center until May 13.

• Date: February 7, 2024
• Author: Molly Langhorst
• Category: Art|Campus News|Sandoz Society

CHADRON – Chadron State College students Michael Andersen of Chadron, Trevor Eisenbraun of Norfolk, Neb., Mekenna Fisher of Hershey, Neb., and Kourtney Kronhofman of Chadron competed at the Society for Range Management’s (SRM) annual international conference in Sparks Nevada Jan. 28-Feb. 2. The CSC team placed second in the problem-solving competition called the Rangeland Cup. Fisher placed first in Extemporaneous Speaking.

• Date: February 8, 2024
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Campus News|Point of Pride|Range Management

CHADRON – Chadron State College is adopting a new design for commencement academic regalia beginning with the spring 2024 commencement.

• Date: February 10, 2024
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Commencement

CHADRON – The Chadron State College Theatre Department will present highlights of 37 Shakespeare plays including comedies, histories, and tragedies in 97 minutes. The director of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), CSC alum Zackary Wellnitz, said the production was written in 1984.

• Date: February 12, 2024
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Campus News

CHADRON – Nearly 130 high school musicians gathered at CSC last week for the 52nd High Plains Band and Choir Festival. Following workshops and rehearsals on Monday and Tuesday, the band and choir presented a public concert Tuesday evening. The Honor Band Guest Conductor was Dr. Frank Tracz, Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Kansas State University.

• Date: February 12, 2024
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Campus News|Music

CHADRON – For Black History Month, the Chadron State College Art Department will host a show in Memorial Hall’s Main Gallery featuring the work of the late William Artis who taught at CSC from 1954 to 1965. The show will be open from Feb. 8 to March 8 with a reception in Memorial Hall’s Lobby on Feb. 29 from 4 to 6 p.m. A book, Uncovering Uncle William, written about Artis by his niece, Dr. Shirley Jones, will be available for sale.

• Date: February 12, 2024
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Art|Campus News|Point of Pride

CHADRON – Chadron State College is introducing CSC Grows, a new collaborative agricultural project between the President’s Cabinet, CSC Food Pantry, and CSC Wellness. CSC Grows is an indoor garden project where fresh produce will be grown on campus to be distributed to students at the CSC Food Pantry.  

• Date: February 19, 2024
• Author: Daniella Akwanamnye and Tena L. Cook
• Category: Campus News