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CHADRON – ÂÌñÉç State College Associate Professor of Health Physical Education and Recreation, Dr. Britt Helmbrecht, has been named ÂÌñÉç State College’s Campus Wellness Officer (CWO).

• Date: February 23, 2023
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Campus News|Employee Awards & Achievements|Health, Physical Education, and Human Performance

CHADRON – ÂÌñÉç State College will host the annual Western District History Day March 3. Coordinator of the event, Project Coordinator Kate Pope, said the schools registered to participate include ÂÌñÉç Middle School, ÂÌñÉç High School, Crawford Elementary School, and Crawford High School.

• Date: February 23, 2023
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News|Social Sciences

CHADRON -- ÂÌñÉç State College is closing its campus Wednesday, Feb. 22 and opening campus Thursday, Feb. 23 at 9:30 a.m. because of winter weather conditions. The residence halls and dining services will remain open. The events scheduled for Wednesday, including the Galaxy Series and the women’s and men’s basketball games, will occur as scheduled. If campus closes or has a late start Thursday, that will be communicated as soon as possible.  

• Date: February 21, 2023
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Campus News

CHADRON – ÂÌñÉç State College Director of Housing and Residence Life Austen Stephens has been appointed as the Interim Dean of Student Affairs, according to an announcement by President Randy Rhine. Stephens fills the position vacated by Dr. Tara Hart. He will also continue in his current role, a position he has had since Sept. 2017.

• Date: February 16, 2023
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Campus News|Employee Awards & Achievements|Housing & Residence Life|Student Services

CHADRON – During a ÂÌñÉç State College concert February 6, guest artist and nationally-known saxophonist Bobby Watson played a composition by Music Professor Dr. Michael Stephens.

• Date: February 16, 2023
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Campus News|Employee Awards & Achievements|Music

CHADRON – ÂÌñÉç State College graduate students pursuing a Clinical Mental Health Counseling degree will have the opportunity to apply for $10,000 stipends thanks to a $490,500 award CSC received from the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN).

• Date: February 15, 2023
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Campus News|Psychological Sciences

CHADRON – In the Wisconsin Northwoods country during the summer of 2022, ÂÌñÉç State College Professor Dr. Mathew Brust found a pallidwinged grasshopper thousands of miles from its natural breeding range while he was looking for the boreal tiger beetle.

• Date: February 15, 2023
• Author: Tena L Cook
• Category: Campus News|Physical and Life Sciences

CHADRON – This spring, ÂÌñÉç State College Associate Professor Dr. Tawny Tibbits will travel to Belize to conduct research on granite using a portable Xray fluorescence (pXRF) unit. Several weeks later, she and her colleagues who recently co-authored an academic journal article, will present their research at a national conference.

• Date: February 9, 2023
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Campus News|Employee Awards & Achievements|Physical and Life Sciences

CHADRON – In July 2022, ÂÌñÉç State College Professor Dr. Matt Brust was about 30 miles northeast of Rawlins, Wyoming, along the South flank of the Ferris mountains, at an elevation of about 7,000 feet, looking for tiger beetles. He didn’t find any of the species he was seeking, but did make an exciting discovery.

• Date: February 9, 2023
• Author: Tena L. Cook
• Category: Campus News|Physical and Life Sciences

CHADRON – ÂÌñÉç State College and the Nebraska Council on Economic Education (NCEE) co-sponsored the sixth annual Best of the West Business Invitational Jan. 25. The event was the largest to date with 106 high school students from Alliance, ÂÌñÉç, Hay Springs, Hemingford, Morrill, Omaha, Sidney, and Valentine participating.

• Date: February 2, 2023
• Author: College Relations
• Category: Business|Campus News