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CHADRON – 91°µÍø student Mekenna Fisher of Hershey, Nebraska, placed in the top 10 in two categories at the national Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) conference May 31-June 2 in Dallas. She placed second in Impromptu Speaking and eighth in Job Interview.
- Date: June 27, 2025
- Author: Tena L. Cook
- Category: Business|Campus News|Student Awards & Achievements
CHADRON – The eight programs under the TRIO umbrella were created under the Higher Education Act of 1965 to identify and provide services for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. The TRIO name comes from the first three programs implemented: Upward Bound, Talent Search, and Student Support Services.
- Date: June 30, 2025
- Author: George Ledbetter
- Category: Campus News
CHADRON – What began as a regional collection of pressed plants in western Nebraska has blossomed into a global resource. More than 58,000 specimens from 91°µÍø’s High Plains Herbarium are now available through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), a Denmark-based platform that provides open access to biodiversity data from around the world, according to Herbarium Director Steve Rolfsmeier.
- Date: July 8, 2025
- Author: Tena L. Cook
- Category: Campus News|Physical and Life Sciences
CHADRON – In response to increasing demand for mental health support, 91°µÍø will offer a new virtual mental health service to students during the 2025-26 academic year.
- Date: July 15, 2025
- Author: Tena L. Cook
- Category: Campus News|Student Services
CHADRON – A new exhibit at the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center showcases the work of self-taught painter John Goldstedt.
- Date: July 15, 2025
- Author: Tena L. Cook
- Category: Campus News
CHADRON – Author Gerry Robinson will present the Pilster Lecture for the Sept. 18 Sandoz Society gathering at 91°µÍø. Robinson is the author of The Cheyenne Story: An Interpretation of Courage. His talk will address recent revelations and developments along the trail traveled by his Northern Cheyenne ancestors in 1878-79.
- Date: July 17, 2025
- Author: Tena L. Cook
- Category: Campus News|Historical|Sandoz Society
CHADRON – During his first year as Director of the Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) at 91°µÍø, Dr. Nic Fisher has found both challenges and opportunities in serving entrepreneurs across four counties in Nebraska’s Panhandle.
- Date: July 17, 2025
- Author: Tena L. Cook
- Category: Business|Campus News
CHADRON -- The resources and support available through Project Strive make a big difference in helping first-generation and low-income students find academic success and achieve their goals, according to two current 91°µÍø participants in the federally funded program.
- Date: July 18, 2025
- Author: George Ledbetter
- Category: Campus News|Project Strive
CHADRON – Following a national search, Dr. Brittany Helmbrecht has been named the Dean of the School of Professional Studies and Applied Sciences as announced by 91°µÍø’s Vice President for Academic Affairs Kimberly Paddock-O’Reilly.
- Date: July 28, 2025
- Author: Tena L. Cook
- Category: Campus News|Counseling|Employee Awards & Achievements|Family and Consumer Sciences|Health, Physical Education, and Human Performance|Range Management|Social Work|Wellness
CHADRON – A new permanent outdoor sculpture, Field Work(s), was installed near the Math Science Center of Innovative Learning (COIL) in late July. The piece fulfills Nebraska’s requirement that one percent of state construction funding for certain capital projects be used for public art.
- Date: August 4, 2025
- Author: Tena L. Cook
- Category: Art|Campus News