CSC commencement speaker focuses on hope
The speaker during winter commencement exercises at Chadron State College Friday evening, Dr. Pat Colgate, spoke on hope and how important it is to becoming successful.
Colgate said that even when people have nothing else, they can have hope. He noted that even the smallest nibble will keep a fisherman hoping all day that he will snag a big one.
He said hope is made up of heart, or “the part of your personality that makes you…what you are;” opportunity; perseverance and persistence; and effort.
A member of the CSC faculty and administrative team for 37 years before retiring three years ago, Colgate told the 182 graduates that by being prepared and ready to meet the challenges they will encounter they can turn crises into creative opportunities, defeats into successes and frustrations into fulfillment Colgate also said there are no short cuts to being successful and that anything worth achieving is worth an honest effort.
Seize the opportunities when you are given the chances, he advised.
Forty-three of the undergraduates received medallions as honor graduates. They are:
Summa Cum Laude (GPA of at least 3.9)
Lindsey Burback, Hemingford; Amanda Green, Chappell; Derek Hutchison, Stapleton; Jaymie Lambert, Thermopolis, Wyo.; Cheryl LaMont, Hot Springs, S.D.; Wade Livingston, Riverton, Wyo.; Jessica Nelson, Blair; Erin Scherry, Big Horn, Wyo.; and Karen Schmidt, Gering.
Magna Cum Laude (GPA of at least 3.75)
Erica Bellar, Wray, Colo.; Cindy Bunnell, Alliance; Michael Frank, Loveland, Colo.; Donna Potter Hoppens, Chadron; Joann Keder, Scottsbluff; Jennifer Lammers, Hartington; Arden Ellen Nixon, Chadron; Kellie Jo Obermeier, North Platte; Craig Powell, Scottsbluff; Hayley Rehm, Holdrege; Elizabeth Sanders, Rapid City, S.D.; Mary Shirkey, Broken Bow; Whitney Garrelts Tewahade, Chadron; and Cori Turbiville, Sundance, Wyo.
Cum Laude (GPA of at least 3.6)
Karla Burd, Green River, Wyo.; Brandy Crabtree, Redwood Falls, Minn.; Nichelle Ferreyra, Scottsbluff; Dancinee Flammang, Scottsbluff; Sara Griffiths, Bridgeport; Sarah Hall, Sidney; Adam Hoatson, Hershey; Ryan Morgan, Ogallala; Heather Peterson, Buffalo Gap, S.D.; Kilee Portenier, Harvard.
Ashley Pullen, Lusk, Wyo.; Thomas Pratt, North Platte; Gail Saxonis, Hot Springs, S.D.; Dawn Schreiber, Topeka, Kan.; Brandi Shaklee, Wray, Colo.; Loren Sites, Holdrege; Taylor Sperle, Reva, S.D.; Amber Walker, Hayes Center; Crystal Welch, North Platte; and Jamie Wood, Orchard.
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