Chadron State graduation is this weekend
The two major year-ending programs at Chadron State College will be this weekend. Ivy Day, where the college’s outstanding seniors academically will be recognized, will be at 7 p.m. Friday, May 6 in Memorial Hall. Two commencement exercises are set for Saturday morning. The first is for those receiving graduate degrees, and will be at 8:30 in Memorial Hall. The second will be for those earning bachelor’s degrees and will be at 10 o’clock in the Armstrong Building.
Nearly 270 degrees will be conferred, including 24 graduate degrees.
Speaking at the graduate commencement will be Dr. Jim O’Rourke of Chadron. He was on the CSC faculty from 1988 through 2002. He was president of the Nebraska Section of the Society of Range Management in 1994 and president of the 4,000-member international organization in 2001-02. He is currently president of the International Rangeland Congress, which meets every four years at locations around the world. The next meeting will be in Inner Mongolia in 2008.
O’Rourke also is a member of the Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education.
The speaker at the undergraduate ceremonies will be Dr. Kenneth Emonds, a 1968 Chadron State graduate who is the founder and clinical director of the New England Center for Orthomolecular Medicine at North Hampton, N.H. He also will receive the college’s Distinguished Alumni Award.
Orthomolecular medicine was created by Dr. Linus Pauling, a two-time winner of the Nobel Prize and one of the world’s leading scientists in the 20th century. Dr. Emonds studied under Dr. Pauling four years and worked with several medical doctors before opening his own facility, where he works with cancer patients and those with autoimmune system problems and allergies.
Greetings at both graduation ceremonies will be extended by Larry Teahon of Chadron, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges.
The faculty greeter at Ivy Day will be Dr. William Winkle, who is retiring this spring after serving 34 years as professor of music and director of bands at CSC.
Two CSC seniors will be Ivy Day orators. They are Heather Murphy of Atkinson and Doug Lynch of Hot Springs, S.D., representing Cardinal Key and Blue Key National Honor Societies, respectively.
An Ivy Day highlight besides recognizing the outstanding seniors in each of the college’s academic departments will be the coronation of a king and queen.
The king candidates are Carl Fanning, Bayard; Nick Kaczor, Clearwater; Mike Kochis, Matheson, Colo.; Anthony Ybarra, Gering; and Lynch.
The queen candidates are Anita Bartlett, a graduate of Sandhills High School at Halsey who now lives near Bayard; Connie Jurgens, Madison; Kelly Kuzel, Schuyler; Chelsie Lammers, Wood River; and Amy Madison, Woodland Park, Colo.
Overflow seating for the graduation ceremony will be available at the Student Center, where a large projection screen television will provide real-time, up close views of stage activities, including speaker presentations and awarding of diplomas.
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