CHADRON – The Sandhills Road Trip Writer’s Residency recipient, Leslie Pietrzyk, who was scheduled to give a reading at CSC March 18, but had to cancel due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has provided the CSC community a virtual reading.

• Date: April 13, 2020
• Author: CSC College Relations
• Category: Campus Events|Campus News

CHADRON – While much of the world’s attention is focused on COVID-19 and the upheaval it has wrought in daily life, scientific research projects funded by NASA Nebraska Space Grant fellowships have two Chadron State College students thinking about the possibility of life on Mars, and a third student looking at a possible avenue for stopping dangerous MRSA infections that resist treatment with conventional medicines.

• Date: April 9, 2020
• Author: George Ledbetter
• Category: Campus News

CHADRON – As Associate Professor Dr. Hank McCallum prepares to retire in May, he is particularly satisfied with a program quickly gaining popularity and simultaneously meeting a need in the K-12 education system. The Special Education Apprentice Program is designed for students pursuing an endorsement while they work under the supervision of a mentor teacher.

• Date: April 8, 2020
• Author: Tena L. Cook, Marketing Coordinator
• Category: Campus News|Education

CHADRON – A student-driven initiative to start an Esports club at Chadron State College is functioning as a support group during social distancing due to the coronavirus, according to co-adviser Stephanie Alfred. Although the group of about 18 has not met face-to-face this semester, they are chatting online, sharing humorous memes, and playing games.

• Date: April 7, 2020
• Author: John Murphy, College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Student Clubs & Organizations

CHADRON – Dr. Susan Schaeffer, a Professor of Counseling at Chadron State College since 2003, died Sunday in Scottsbluff. She was 61

• Date: April 6, 2020
• Author: CSC College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Obituaries

CHADRON – When Chadron State College President Randy Rhine sent a March 17 email to CSC students, faculty, and staff that all courses would move to remote delivery in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Brandon Davenport, editor of The Eagle, CSC’s student newspaper, was ready.

• Date: April 3, 2020
• Author: George Ledbetter
• Category: Campus News|Student Clubs & Organizations

CHADRON – Due to COVID-19 concerns and guidelines, Chadron State College’s 2020 The Big Event is moving to a virtual format.

• Date: April 2, 2020
• Author: CSC College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Student Clubs & Organizations

CHADRON – The Chadron State College Education Program will host a virtual accreditation visit by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) team April 19-21. The visit was originally intended to be a face-to-face visit on campus, but those plans were changed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Date: April 1, 2020
• Author: Tena L. Cook, Marketing Coordinator
• Category: Campus News|Education

CHADRON – Even before Chadron State College president Randy Rhine announced March 17 that the CSC campus would be closed to the public and all courses would shift to remote delivery in response to the rapid spread of the highly infectious coronavirus and the dangerous Covid-19 disease it causes, college custodial staff were taking steps to keep students, faculty, and staff safe, according to Robbie Diehl, maintenance manager for Chadron State.

• Date: April 1, 2020
• Author: George Ledbetter
• Category: Campus News

CHADRON – Chadron State College President Randy Rhine announced in a letter to campus Wednesday that Spring Commencement will be postponed to a summer date to be determined in accordance with restrictions on group events in Gov. Pete Ricketts’s Directed Health Measure.

• Date: April 1, 2020
• Author: CSC College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Commencement