Virtual Reality (VR), the technology that allows a person to figuratively step into and explore a computer created three-dimensional world that can feel completely real, has made its debut in the King Library Learning Commons at Chadron State College. CSC's first venture into VR has both educational and recreational value for students, and is one of several efforts underway at the library's tutoring center to provide innovative educational opportunities for students, said Tom Tylee, Director of the Office of Academic Success.

Chadron State College expects to honor 229 candidates for graduation at commencement exercises Friday. Dr. Beth Wentworth, Mathematics Professor, will speak at the graduate ceremony in Memorial Hall at 2 p.m. CSC 2014 alumnus Adolfo Daniel Reynaga, an Attorney with Legal Aid of Nebraska, will speak at the undergraduate ceremony in the Chicoine Center at 4 p.m.

Chadron State College student Estabon Bozeman of Inglewood, California, is the October 2019 Project Strive/TRiO Student of the Month. Bozeman, a sophomore, is studying communications and is looking to add criminal justice to the his academic plan. Each month, Project Strive/TRiO recognizes a participating student based on his or her work in the program and other activities on campus or in the community. Chadron State College's Project Strive/TRiO program, located in the lower level of the King Library, is an academic enrichment program committed to help students succeed. Project Strive also focuses on career exploration, cultural and social enrichment and self-awareness. To be eligible for the program, a student must be one of the following: A first generation student where neither parent has a four-year degree, meet low income status based on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services criteria, or have a documented disability. For more information, visit https://www.csc.edu/projectstrive/.

Twenty-seven Chadron State College students with 10 different majors are coming together to present 90 minutes of comedy, tragedy, music and dance. The eight 10-minute plays are free and open to the public Friday, Nov. 22 and Saturday, Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall's Black Box Theatre. Recommended for ages 17 and above due to some adult content.

Chadron State College announced that 273 students met requirements for the Spring 2019 President's List by earning a 4.0 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Students must be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours of coursework during the semester to qualify.

Chadron State College is pleased to announce that the following student has received scholarships for the Fall 2019 semester.

Seven Chadron State College students attended the Sigma Tau Delta International Convention in St. Louis in late March. Dr. Kimberly Cox, and Dr. Mary Clai Jones, co-advisers of CSC's chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, attended the convention with the student group. Cox said the CSC students have cultivated a clear presence at both regional and international Sigma Tau Delta events in the past three years.

The fourth annual Rising Sophomore Awards Ceremony honored outstanding Chadron State College freshmen Thursday at the Student Center. The awards were established by the college's retention committee as a way to recognize students who have gone above and beyond in a variety of categories during their freshman year. Award winners were nominated by faculty, staff or peers.

CSC students helps Kindergarten students from Wolf Creek Elementary School near Pine Ridge, S.D., during Dr. Seuss Day Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, at CSC as part of Read Across America.

At the fourth annual Upper Niobrara White Natural Resources District's Range Day, Jan. 19, two CSC Range Management students presented their research. The two students will give their presentations at the Society for Rangeland Management annual meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this month.

Eight Chadron State College Army ROTC cadets and First Lt. Scot Mullis, assistant professor of Military Science, traveled to Washington D.C., Oct. 5-8 for the Army's 10 Miler race, and to tour Arlington National Cemetery, the National Mall, and attend the Army USA conference. Mullis said he is proud CSC's team ranked 41st in a field of 96 teams comprised of about 35,000 runners. "It's an impressive finish for a small program competing against larger programs," Mullis said.

A summer internship in North Dakota and hours of peering into a microscope in the Rangeland Complex's lab have given Chadron State College junior Vanessa Yeoman an experience in primary research and may net her publication of an article in a scientific journal. But there is a more important aim to the tedious work of microscopically examining hundreds of axillary buds of smooth brome grass and that is finding out how controlled grazing might help control the spread of an invasive plant that takes over rangeland and drives out native species, Yeoman said.

Three Chadron State College students have recently been accepted to veterinary schools. They are Megan McLean of Brewster, Nebraska, Shelbey Nagle of Circle, Montana, and Wayne Robison of Chadron.

Project Strive/TRiO honors members for outstanding work

Four CSC students earn PBL top 10 national placings in Atlanta in June.

Chadron State College will confer 90 graduate degrees during spring commencement in Memorial Hall

Nine members of CSC's PBL will be attending Nationals in Atlanta

Chadron State College Eagles were named to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference All-Academic First Team

CSC congratulates this semester's housing RAs!