CHADRON, Nebraska, Nov. 28 -- Chadron State College issued the following news release: Fourteen teams of volunteers with the Chadron State Foundation's Fall Fund Drive raised a total of $106,227 from donors and supporters of CSC. Sixty-seven volunteers canvassed the Chadron State College campus and surrounding communities in October and gathered at the Bean Broker Nov. 16 to celebrate. Eight teams representing the CSC campus asked employees to donate to scholarships, programs, and funds of the  more

CHADRON, Nebraska, Nov. 28 -- Chadron State College issued the following news release: Caden Shanklin of Hot Springs, South Dakota, is Chadron State College's first student to earn the state Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) Outstanding Health Education Major of the Year overall award. The SHAPE Nebraska award ceremony took place during SHAPE Nebraska's annual fall conference Nov. 7 in Lincoln. Students at CSC are nominated for Major of the Year by faculty members in the Health  more

CHADRON, Nebraska, Dec. 1 -- Chadron State College issued the following news release: Tracy Welsh, a veteran of higher education with more than 30 years of experience, has been named Chadron State College's Interim Vice President for Enrollment Management, President Ron K. Patterson announced Thursday. "I am thrilled Tracy is joining us at CSC," Patterson said. "She brings a wealth of enrollment experience and that will pay dividends for our college, as well as our Enrollment Management depart  more

MEQUON, Wisconsin, Nov. 28 -- Concordia University Wisconsin issued the following news: Within the Concordia University System, Concordia University Wisconsin and Ann Arbor continues to serve the most Lutheran students and the largest population of church work students for the LCMS, according to the fall 2023 CUS report. Concordia University Wisconsin and Ann Arbor is a proud member of the Concordia University System (CUS). This nationwide network of Concordias consists of six members - with l  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Dec. 1 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Hilgers today announces that consumers who purchased Red Way tickets for flights out of the Lincoln Airport that were later cancelled should be receiving full refunds, that are currently being processed. Following the cessation of Red Way Airlines at the end of August, our office received numerous complaints from customers who still needed to be refunded for their cancelled R  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * The University of Nebraska -Lincoln's Center for Electro-Optics and Functionalized Surfaces is now home to a first-of-its-kind laser in the United States to be used for a specialized method of surface modification. * * * This approach -- called femtosecond laser surface processing -- beams an ultrafast laser at a metal material, changing its micro- and nanoscale features   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 30 -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: The University of Nebraska State Museum has been awarded reaccreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, the highest national recognition afforded the nation's museums. Only 8% of the nation's natural history museums are accredited. The NU State Museum has been accredited since the 1970s. "For many Nebraskans, especially our K-12 students, the state museum is the 'front door' to the   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 28 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: After beating archrival Nebraska on Friday and Iowa on Saturday, the Badger volleyball team enters the NCAA tournament as the top regional seed and the No. 3 seed overall. They'll play Jackson State at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Field House, and if they win they'll play the winner of Miami-Northern Iowa on Friday. The 3-0 win over Nebraska avenged a five-set loss in Lincoln in late October and wa  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 28 -- Southeast Community College issued the following news: Two Southeast Community College students were honored on Monday, Nov. 20, at the Commissioner's Recognition for Student Excellence in Career and Technical Education at the state capitol for placing at SkillsUSA Nationals in Atlanta, Georgia. Norfolk's Christian Martinez, a student in the Powersports Technology program, won gold in Motorcycle Service Technology, and Noah Russell, a Manufacturing Engineering Tec  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Pocket Science: Exploring the 'What,' 'So what' and 'Now what' of Husker research * * * Welcome to Pocket Science: a glimpse at recent research from Husker scientists and engineers. For those who want to quickly learn the "What," "So what" and "Now what" of Husker research. What? As a heavy metal that can persist in the human body for decades -- and enter it by accumula  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * A multinational team of scientists, drillers and engineers has deployed to a remote part of Antarctica on an urgent mission to predict how fast the West Antarctic Ice Sheet will melt from global and ocean warming. * * * Continuing a 50-year history of leadership in Antarctic science, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln joined about 35 research institutions from 10 nations   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 30 -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: Navigating the challenges of graduate school can be daunting, says Marcos Goncalves de Souza, who is pursuing a master's degree in plant breeding and genetics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. But he and other participating Husker grad students say they're finding important support and guidance this year through a well-structured mentorship program sponsored by Bayer Crop Science. "D  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Dec. 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Nebraska's leading economic indicator rose in October, according to the most recent report from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The indicator, designed to predict economic activity six months into the future, increased 0.3%. * * * "The modest increase in the leading indicator suggests that economic growth will continue through the first half of 2024, but that growth wi  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 30 -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Center for Great Plains Studies and the Otoe-Missouria Tribe, based in Oklahoma, have been awarded a three-year, $1.58 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to launch the project, "Walking in the Footsteps of Our Ancestors: Re-Indigenizing Southeast Nebraska." The project will build on recent reconciliation work led by the Center for Great Plains St  more