She is an affable woman with mahogany hair and bright eyes to match. She and her husband met in college, and they will celebrate their 30th anniversary this year. Friendliness personified, she is Ann Rhine, wife of Chadron State College’s 11th president.

The Eagle’s website, csceagle.com, earned third place in the Best in Overall Excellence Digital Medium Division at the Nebraska Collegiate Media Association conference hosted Saturday at Doane College, Crete.

It is likely that the Nebraska legislature will increase funding to the university system as well as the state college system during the next two years.

Michael Kennedy, instructor of Social and Communication Arts, is now the vice president of the Nebraska Collegiate Media Association (NCMA) and the president-elect for the NCMA in 2014.

With 16 accredited community colleges in four different states, the ability for incoming freshman to start college with completed credits can be beneficial to minimizing the time spent earning a degree.

To overcome issues it detected with the current meal plan system, Chadron State College’s Creative Dining Service is adding new options that affordably meet the needs of the students for next school year, a member of the management team said.

The Great Plains Journalism Awards announced Thursday that Chadron State’s ACCLAIM magazine is a finalist in at least one of the four categories staff members entered it in, a contest coordinator stated last week.

Linda Brownlee, associate director of Dining Services, has taken a medical leave of absence.

Starting in the fall, there will be no in-state tuition rate for Chadron State College students.

May is National Mental Health Awareness Month.