Samuel Ballard Graduates from Chadron State

2012 May 7

Samuel Ballard of Crawford, Neb., graduated from Chadron State College during the institution's commencement exercises Saturday, May 5.

Ballard graduated cum laude, which requires a grade-point average of 3.6 to 3.74. The graduate was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in business administration.

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.