The annual Mari Sandoz Heritage Society Conference is scheduled tonight through Saturday afternoon in the Student Center. The conference, which will focus on the Mari Sandoz book “Son of the Gamblin’ Man,” will also include a variety of speakers and a small exhibit of art by Robert Henri, a Cozad native.
Read MoreThe Synergy Brass Quintet performed on the stage in Memorial Hall 7 p.m. Monday following the Chadron State College Jazz Festival. The quintet’s performance was part of the Galaxy Series.
Read MoreAdrianne Watson’s artwork is currently on display in Memorial Hall’s main gallery. The artist will appear at a public reception from 4 – 6 p.m. March 25 at Memorial Hall.
Read MoreThe CSC Cheer Team will have tryouts noon – 3:00 p.m. April 17 at the Nelson Physical Activity Center in the upper level dance room. The dress code for tryouts are black athletic shorts, a T-shirt, and white tennis shoes.
Read MoreNearly 200 students will be performing at a concert from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. tonight in the Memorial Hall Auditorium.
The Chadron State College Wind Symphony, Chadron Middle School and the Chadron High School will each be performing three pieces individually with a musical piece performed by everyone together as a finale.
Read MoreThe Chadron State College Chess Open will be Saturday in the Mari Sandoz Center. The tournament will open at 10 a.m. with the first round of matches beginning at 10:30 a.m.
The entry fee is $8 and participants are asked to bring a chessboard with pieces and a chess clock.
Each participant will play four matches, the first three limited to 90 minutes and the fourth to two hours.
The participants will play someone closer to their own ability in each successive round.
For more information, contact Ron Miller at 432-2384 or Brad Wilburn at [email protected].
Read MoreAfter four years, the online learning platform eCollege will be retired on May 28.
The process of switching online courses from eCollege to Sakai began in summer 2009 with a few pilot summer classes to investigate whether Sakai would meet the needs of CSC students. The results were positive and Sakai became CSC’s second online learning platform.
Steve Taylor, assistant vice president for extended campus programs, said in a personal interview that there are a lot of positives to using one learning platform. Sakai is an open source software system that, unlike eCollege, has no annual fee for use.
Read MoreChadron State College installed a key fob system in the residence halls the Monday after the midterm break.
Each student has received a key fob that is not larger than a flash drive and can be attached to a key ring.
Students will be able to freely access the residence halls from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. during the weekends.
Outside these hours, the buildings will be closed and students will be required to use the key fobs and present their student ID to enter the buildings.
Read MoreMarch is National Association of Social Work month. The CSC Social Work Club wants to spread knowledge and awareness of social workers.
“I think it’s really important for what social workers do for the community,“ said CSC Social Work Club member Mandy Watts, junior of Hot Springs, S.D.
To help spread awareness of social workers this month, the CSC Social Work Club will have a fundraiser all day Saturday at Wal-Mart. The fundraiser will include tacos and a bake sale.
Watts said “Knowing and appreciating social workers and what they do for and in the community is important. Knowledge is key.”
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