Outstanding CSC seniors honored at Ivy Day

Ivy Day royalty, elected by the student body, were crowned at the event hosted by the Blue Key and Cardinal Key national honor societies.

Cheyenne Deering of Wasta, South Dakota, was voted Ivy Day queen, with Erika Roybal of Denver, Colo., second attendant, Sarah DeKay of Chambers, Neb., third attendant, Kristine Bond of Lodgepole, Neb., fourth attendant and Chelsea Owen of Valentine, Neb. fifth attendant.

Daniel Regier of Imperial, Neb., was voted Ivy Day king, with Jacob Brunette of Pinedale, Wyo., and Jacob Murphy of Harrison, Neb., tied for second attendant, Alex Coon of Bayard, Neb., fourth attendant and David Vilmar Jr. of Abaco, Bahamas, fifth attendant.

The Platinum Eagle, awarded annually to one female and one male student, went to Justy Bullington of Chadron and Jacob Rissler of Gillette, Wyo. The recipients were selected by a student-faculty committee based on their distinguished leadership, outstanding campus involvement and service. The award is considered the highest honor a Chadron State student can receive.

Other Platinum Eagle finalists included Diane Baluska of Kimball, Neb., Deering, Kelsey Empfield of Scottsbluff, Neb., Owen, Brunette, Coon, Channing Jons of Newcastle, Wyo., Murphy and Regier.

Dr. Brad Wilburn, professor of English and Humanities, delivered the faculty greeting. He encouraged the graduates to maintain the same attitude of engagement they have displayed while at CSC.

Student orators Jake Rissler and Cheyenne Deering also addressed the audience. Rissler encouraged his fellow classmates to do what they can, with what they have, where they are, referring to a Theodore Roosevelt quote.

“We all have to overcome obstacles,” he said.

Deering reiterated the many reasons she has stayed at CSC including trips to Omaha and Minneapolis, faculty remembering her name and caring about her success and her future.

“I came to a small campus because of a scholarship, but I had a big experience,” she said.

Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude and Cum Laude honor graduates were recognized and are noted in the online graduation list. The event also featured the following departmental awards.

Departmental Awards

Erin Amundson: Graduating Call Center, Social Work

Greer Babbe: Wildlife Biology

Stephanie Bailey: Peer Tutor, Supplemental Instruction Leader

Dylan Bairn: Peer Tutor, Criminal Justice Student with a Corrections Emphasis

Dalton Boden: Social Work

Ben Brechtel: Geosciences

Angela Christensen: Academy Education Department

Hannah Clark: English Literature, Peer Tutor

Lacey Clarke: Peer Tutor, Agriculture

Jayden Copeland: Entre-Marketing

Owen Courtney: Criminal Justice Student with a Law Enforcement Emphasis

Felicia Cummings: Social Work

Margaret Darnell: English Education, Peer Tutor

Dain Dastrup: Graduating Call Center

Cheyenne Deering: Graduating Ambassadors, Communication, assistance in Peer Tutoring

Sarah DeKay: Peer Tutor

Samantha Eickleberry: Graduating Call Center

Kelsey Empfield: Peer Tutor

Chelsea Fielding: Graduating Call Center

Jada Fisk: Theatre

Hanna Flaming: Entre-Marketing, Outstanding Academic Achievement on a National Exam in Business

Jorge Flores: Math, Peer Tutor

Scott Fraser: Supplemental Instruction Leader

Abby Gibson: Peer Tutor, Supplemental Instruction Leader

Austin Gray: Human Biology

Chelsey Greene: Family and Consumer Science, Peer Tutor

Barbara Harder: Regional Education Department

Ryan Haskins: Outstanding Academic Achievement on a National Exam in Business

Melody Herl: Sport and Recreation Management

Troy Hieb: Management

Alisa Hill: Criminal Justice Students with a Forensic Studies Emphasis

Alicia Hisel: Social Work

Aria Hughes: Legal Studies Major

Jordan Jacobson: Social Work

Nicole Jeffries: Special Education

Channing Jons: Social Science

David Keim: Science Education

Yanrong Liang: Outstanding Academic Achievement on a National Exam in Business

Emily Linegar: Art

Tawny Love: Special Education

Vanessa Mader: Social Work

Angela Martinez: General Business

Kyle McCarthy: Finance

Lauren Morris: Music, Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance

Jake Murphy: Outstanding Academic Achievement on a National Exam in Business

Taz Olson: Agribusiness

Chelsea Owen: Human Biology

Sam Parker: Clyde Bond Award

Zachariah Pieper: Peer Tutor

Markus Potter: Molecular Biology

Daniel Regier: Supplemental Instruction Leader

Jacob Rissler: Outstanding Student in Business

Jennie Robbins: Graduating Ambassadors

Erika Roybal: Graduating Ambassadors, Outstanding Academic Achievement on a National Exam in Business

Najah Saadiq: Top Gun, Top score on a National Exam in Business

Michael Safer: Outstanding Academic Achievement on a National Exam in Business

Zach Sandstrom: Physical Education

Mara Seifer: Health Sciences

Austen Stephens: Outstanding Academic Achievement on a National Exam in Business

Mikelle Stoltenberg: Outstanding Academic Achievement on a National Exam in Business

Kira Stuhr: Peer Tutor

Brittney Waldner: Health Education

Maureen Walsh: Accounting

Cristian Yanes-Salazar: Outstanding Biology Graduate, Peer Tutor Supplemental Instruction

Nicholas Yardley: Criminal Justice major

—CSC College Relations