Lisa Van Winkle Graduates from Chadron State

2012 May 7

Lisa Van Winkle of Gering, Neb., graduated from Chadron State College during the institution's commencement exercises Saturday, May 5.

Van Winkle graduated cum laude, which requires a grade-point average of 3.6 to 3.74. The graduate was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Education in elementary education.

CSC conferred degrees to 318 graduates during two commencement ceremonies, including an institutional record 74 master's degrees.

The 244 undergraduate degrees were conferred in the Armstrong Physical Education Building, and the master's degrees were presented at Memorial Hall.

The commencement speakers were Dr. James Wright, CSC professor of business, and Stan Carpenter, J.D., chancellor of the Nebraska State College System.