Commencement speakers familiar to CSC

Dr. Timothy Anderson, who has two degrees from CSC and has been a member of the CSC faculty since 1977, will speak during the ceremony for master’s degree recipients at 2 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Dr. Jeffrey King, a former CSC student who attended CSC 1990-1993, will deliver the address for the undergraduate ceremony in the Armstrong Physical Education Building at 4 p.m.

Four graduates are scheduled to deliver moments of reflection during their respective ceremonies. They are master’s degree candidates Chastity Julson of Oelrichs, S.D., and Grant Sasse of Monument, Colo., and bachelor’s degree candidates Angela Heesacker of Hay Springs and Jamie Keller of Scottsbluff.

Following is information about the two commencement speakers.

Timothy Anderson, Ed.D.
Professor of Business
Chadron State College

As a former Chadron State College student turned educator, Anderson has worked his way through the faculty ranks since leaving his role as a medical clinic manager and gaining employment as an instructor in 1977. He has been a full professor since 1992, teaching courses mainly in the areas of management and information systems.

During his tenure at CSC, Anderson completed a 17-year stretch as chairman of the Department of Business in 2009. Under his leadership, the department received its initial accreditation from the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, now known as the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs, in 2003.

In his earlier years, when CSC was known more exclusively as a teachers college, Anderson’s professional contributions led to his election as president of the Nebraska State Business Education Association. As the business department evolved from a mainly business education unit to that of business administration, Anderson has been heavily involved with the ACBSP. In 1994-1996, he served as president of the organization’s Region 5, which consists of member institutions in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Manitoba. Prior to becoming an elected member of the organization’s Baccalaureate/Graduate Board of Commissioners, he was a member and chairman of several teams of site evaluators who visit educational institutions and provide feedback. The evaluators’ findings are instrumental in guiding the ACBSP’s accreditation decisions. Anderson currently serves as chairman of the ACBSP Baccalaureate/Graduate Board of Commissioners, and is a member of the executive committee of the organization’s Board of Directors.

During the past two summers, Anderson has joined a colleague from a South Dakota institution in delivering presentations during the ACBSP National Convention on Quality Assurance reporting.

Anderson also has been active on campus, serving as president of the CSC Faculty Senate for numerous terms during his employment. He can’t recall a faculty senate committee that he hasn’t been a member of at one time or another, and has also served on a variety of presidential committees. Additionally, he served on the Nebraska State College System’s Strategic Planning Task Force in 2001-2002.

Anderson earned a Doctorate of Education in Administration, Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Nebraska in 1983. He’s earned two business education degrees from CSC, a Master of Science in Education in 1977, preceded by a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1973.

Jeffrey K. King, M.D.
Cardiologist
Nebraska Heart Institute

King has developed a successful career in cardiology since being among the first students of the Rural Health Opportunities Program, one of Chadron State College’s flagship initiatives.

The doctor has earned accolades for his work. In 2002, he was named the Nebraska Medical Association’s Young Physician of the Year. Also that year, he was recipient of the CSC Distinguished Young Alumni Award and was later named to the board of trustees of the Chadron State Foundation.

 King has lived in Grand Island the past 10 years where he works as a cardiologist for the Nebraska Heart Institute, primarily covering patients at Grand Island and Hastings.

King’s career largely exemplifies the goals of the Rural Health Opportunities Program, a joint venture between CSC and the University of Nebraska Medical Center that is designed to provide health care professionals to lesser-populated areas of Nebraska. The 1990 graduate of Gordon High School was among the first students selected to RHOP, attending CSC from August 1990 to May 1993 before earning admission to UNMC.

Following graduation from UNMC in May 1997, he was selected to participate in the Primary Care Program at UNMC and completed the internal medicine track in June 2000.

After a short period of practicing internal medicine at Talladega, Ala., King became employed in internal medicine at Grand Island. He worked in private practice until 2006 and completed a cardiology fellowship from UNMC in June 2009. Since then, he has been employed at the Nebraska Heart Institute, which provides “leading-edge services” to patients from Nebraska and northern Kansas at five locations.

King is married to Dr. Jennifer King, also a Nebraska native who graduated from UNMC. She serves as medical director of the Nebraska Veterans Home at Grand Island. They have three children.

He is the son of Dennis and Kathryn King. His father is a 1966 graduate of CSC.