CSC to graduate 182 Friday evening

The candidates include 24 who will receive graduate degrees and 56 who completed work on their degrees this past summer and have been invited to participate in commencement.

The speaker will be Dr. Pat Colgate, a faculty member and administrator at Chadron State for 37 years. During that tenure, his duties included serving as a physical education professor, coach, athletic director, department chairman and dean. He is often credited with helping enhance Chadron State’s reputation as an excellent teacher training institution.

Colgate came to the college in 1965 and four years later was named chairman of the Department of Physical Education. In 1987, he was promoted to dean of the School of Education and Physical Education. He continued in that position when the school was renamed Education and Graduate Studies in 1993 until his retirement in 2002.

One of the highlights of his career was helping plan, promote and design the Nelson Physical Activity Center at CSC. He was involved in the project for more than a decade before funding was finally approved in 1885 and the building opened in 1987.

Colgate also was the speaker at the graduate degree commencement at CSC in May 2002. He said he has prepared an entirely new speech for this year’s ceremonies.

A member of the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges, Larry Teahon of Chadron, also will congratulate the graduates early in the ceremonies.

The candidates for degrees are:

Specialists in Education

Stephen Osborn, Chadron, and Kevin Thomas, Potter.

Master of Arts in Education

Courtney Bath, Douglas, Wyo.; Mary Jackson, Scottsbluff; Stacey Kern, Torrington; Angel Kramer Nichols, North Platte; Joseph Rischling, Chadron; Kenneth Smyth, Scottsbluff; and Jacqueline Yenni, North Platte.

Master of Education

Eric Borja, Reno, Nev.; William Cogdill, Chadron; Shawn Dillehay, Sidney; Nichlas Dressel, Chadron; Steven Folchert, Alliance; Christopher Geary, Scottsbluff; Kurt Holscher, Crawford; Phillip Hubert, Casper, Wyo.; Kaci Kearns, Morrill; Brenda Ludwick, Powell, Wyo.; Troy Lurz, Crawford; Cary Minnick, Alliance; Christopher Stein, Chadron; Tawyna Teter, Lovell, Wyo.

Master of Business Administration

Patrick Montague, Alliance.

Bachelor of Arts

Teresa Bach, Chadron; Crysta Backlund, Firestone, Colo.; Cindy Baer, Hemingford; Keith Batista, Kemmerer, Wyo.; Melissa Baumann, Morrill; Haddesa Belay, Addis Abaha, Ethiopia; Erica Bellar, Wray, Colo.; Billie Jo Besco, Hot Springs, S.D.; Kelly Bilbrey, Utica; Jennifer Branson, Torrington. Wyo.; Mark Buchmeier, Bayard.

Cindy Bunnell, Alliance; Steven Canet, Chadron; Robert Chism, Imperial; Shawna Clarke, Alliance; Elijah Collins, Aurora, Ill.; Joleen Conway, Chadron; Julie Covalt, Gering; Travis Covey, Alliance; Brandy Crabtree, Redwood Falls, Minn.; William Deines, Bridgeport; Christopher Diemoz, Kimball.

Katie Enright, Pinedale, Wyo.; Lauren Erben, Chadron; Anthony Essay, Alliance; Samantha Feddersen, Hay Springs; Nichelle Ferreyra, Scottsbluff; Erica Fisher, Chadron; Dancinee Flammang, Scottsbluff. Cy Fryda, Chadron; Amy Fuhr, Riverton, Wyo.; Morgan Funk, Mitchell; Sarah Hall, Sidney; Alex Hamm, Norfolk.

Kelli Harms, Gering; Tonya Heath, Rushville; Darla Hicks, Rapid City, S.D.; Brandon Hiett, Peetz, Colo.; Sarah Hix, Holdrege; Craig Hoffman, Chadron; Donna Hoppens, Chadron; Hannah Huckfeldt, Chadron; Sarah Jenkins, Gordon; Joann Keder, Scottsbluff; Shahidullah Khandaker, Los Angeles, Calif.; Jennifer Lammers, Hartington.

Nichole Larsen, Chadron; Kymberly Lee, Astroria, Ore.; Damon Leetch, Belle Fourche, S.D.; Nevin Leners, Eaton, Colo.; Michael Levick, Bayard; Zane Limbach, Crawford; Wade Livingston, Riverton, Wyo.; Karissa Marshall, Broken Bow; Angela McCormick, Madrid; Mary McNare, Merriman; Megan McNutt, Tryon.

Westen Meeks, Wright, Wyo.; Camille Miller, Alliance; Jason Mitzel, Rushville; Erin Moore, Riverton, Wyo.; Patricia Moreland, Merriman; Arden Nixon, Chadron; Kimberly Olson, Chadron; Robert Peters, Cozad; Heather Peterson, Buffalo Gap, S.D.; Ashley Pullen, Lusk, Wyo.; Beth Reed, Sheridan, Wyo.; Erin Reinhart, Alliance.

April Snow Ritchie, Alliance; Shawna Wallin Rusher, Imperial; Isaac Sager, Rushville; Susan Sanford, Chadron; Gail Saxonis, Hot Springs, S.D.; Malychone Sayaloune, Chadron; Alisha Schilling, Crawford; Damon Schlenker, Gering; Karen Schmidt, Gering; Dawn Schreiber, Topeka, Kan.; Brian Shafer, Ord.

Kendra Shirkey, Broken Bow; Joseph Sittner, Ovid, Colo.; Jared Slager, Sargent; Taylor Sperle, Reva, S.D.; Lynn Streiff, Tryon; Elizabeth Thies, Hay Springs; Cori Turbiville, Sundance, Wyo.; Robert Valladares, Scottsbluff; Crystal Welch, North Platte; Jacob Weldon, York.

Bachelor of Science

Trent Alberts, Halsey; Robert “Levi” Allbaugh, Gering; Joel Anderson, Custer, S.D.; Kiel Cary, Chadron; Jamie Eberly, Kilgore; Michael Frank, Loveland, Colo.; Starr Giorgi, Hemingford; Jacqueline Girard, Casstown, Ohio; Sara Griffiths, Bridgeport; Matthew Harris, Sidney; Emily Harshman, Casper, Wyo.

Lisa Hays, Crawford; Myra Hipke, Stuart; Scott Hoffman, Mount Vernon, Wash.; Kevin Johnston, Alliance; Levi Kosmicki, Grant; Vimbai Maposa, Harare, Zimbabwe; Jeffery May, O’Neill; Ryan Morgan, Ogallala; Jessica Nelson, Blair; Kellie Jo Obermeier, North Platte; Megan Ostrander, Rushville; Brian Perks, Bartley.

Kilee Portenier, Harvard; Craig Powell, Scottsbluff; Thomas Pratt, North Platte; Hayley Rehm, Holdrege; Misty Russell, Chadron; Emily Sandblade, Lyndeborough, N.H.; Erin Scherry, Big Horn, Wyo.; Loren Sites, Holdrege; Sarah Vath, Scottsbluff; Jennifer Weinmeister, Morrill; Jamie Wood, Orchard; Casey Yada, Chadron.

Bachelor of Science in Education

Ronelle Bolton, Valentine; Jennifer Brown, Sugar Grove, Ill.; Lindsey Burback, Hemingford; Karla Burd, Green River, Wyo.; Jan Burki, Ponca; JoLynn Frank, Loveland, Colo.; Amanda Green, Chappell; Jacob Harris, Dupree, S.D.; Adam Hoatson, Hershey; Wade Holt, Arnold; Daniel Hughes, Wisner; Derek Hutchison, Stapleton.

Rachel Kearney, Wellfleet; Tyler Kleager, Scottsbluff; Jaymie Lambert, Thermopolis, Wyo.; Cheryl LaMont, Hot Springs, S.D.; Willard Lewman, Alliance; Cara Locken, Isabel, S.D.; Stephanie Malcolm, Palisade; Lorie Morris, Purdum; William Murphy, Mitchell; Elizabeth Sanders, Rapid City, S.D.; Aimee Schrader, Mills.

Jodi Semerad, Howells; Blaine Sexton, Gering; Brandi Shaklee, Wray, Colo.; Mary Shirkey, Broken Bow; Michelle Spiegel, O’Neill; Pamela Stubert, North Platte; Whitney Garrelts Tewahade, Chadron; Scotti Jo Tinkham, Broken Bow; Amber Walker, Hayes Center; Heather Wichert, Wheatland, Wyo.