Chadron State College will return to in-person commencement exercises Saturday after hosting virtual events due to COVID-19 the past two semesters.
Graduate commencement will start at 9 a.m. with speaker Dr. Rick Koza, a CSC Business Professor who is retiring this year. Eighty-one May 2021 graduates and 14 graduates from 2020 will be participating.
Undergraduate exercises will begin at 1 p.m. with 197 May 2021 undergraduates and 24 undergraduates from 2020 participating.
Tate Allison of Moorcroft, Bachelor of Science will be among the graduates.
All guests must have a ticket and wear a face mask, and all participants and attendees must abide by the college’s COVID-19 guidelines. Public seating is available at Beebe Stadium where the commencement ceremonies will be broadcast on the videoboard.
In the graduate ceremony, the opening moment of reflection will be given by Savanah Silbaugh of Sundance. Andrew Johnson of Fayetteville, North Carolina, will offer the closing moment of reflection.