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  • Saddle up and ride in the Panhandle

    Justin Haag|Jun 12, 2014

    Those looking to ride horses in a scenic area with wide open spaces will be hard-pressed to find better territory than the Panhandle of western Nebraska. Two state parks in Nebraska’s scenic Pine Ridge offer trail rides and riding is allowed on an abundance of other public land in this region of rugged buttes, sweeping grasslands and ponderosa pine forests. Visitors to Fort Robinson State Park near Crawford soon realize they’re in horse country. A sign at the entrance of the park’s headquarters evokes visions of the park’s history as a 19th ce...

  • Chadron State College students set sights on phages

    Justin Haag, Special for the Sun-Telegraph|Jan 25, 2013

    Chadron State College students are often drawn to northwest Nebraska for its hunting opportunities. For a certain group of students on campus, however, a big buck or a tom turkey is not the object of their pursuits. Rather, they are hunting area soils for the elusive bacteriophage, or phage for short. CSC is one of a limited number of institutions throughout the nation that is discovering the organisms hidden in the dirt through a special project of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science Education Alliance. The program is commonly r...

  • CSC Child Development Center accredited again

    Justin Haag, Special for the Sun-Telegraph|Jan 25, 2013

    The Chadron State College Child Development Center has once again met the standards of accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Dr. Kim Madsen, the center’s director, said achieving national accreditation is an important milestone for any center or early childhood program, but especially for CSC. Madsen said the center serves as a role model for families who need high quality care and education, and college students who are pursuing a degree in early childho...

  • 2012 was monumental year for CSC

    Justin Haag, Special for the Sun-Telegraph|Dec 28, 2012

    When historians look back at 2012, they likely will see it as a year of monumental change for Chadron State College. The year included a long list of significant highlights. The institution broke ground on two large construction projects, transitioned to a new president, set an enrollment milestone, and implemented a new general studies program. CSC’s offerings also received high marks from a variety of national news and information services. In early September, the college staged a c...

  • Construction taking shape ‘on the range’

    Justin Haag, CSC Information Services|Dec 14, 2012

    Students of Chadron State College’s rangeland management program often study how the land has evolved throughout history. Now they are watching with excitement as land east of CSC’s main campus is being transformed to the new facility that will serve their program and others in the Department of Applied Sciences. Workers from Sampson Construction have been moving dirt in recent weeks to prepare for the construction of the Coffee Pavilion of the Rangeland Complex. The pavilion, which will ser...