CHADRON — Chadron State College students Allison Acosta of Tucson, Arizona, and Cole Martinez of David City, Nebraska, each won two awards from the Black Hills chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF) Feb. 17 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Martinez won two silver awards for an identity system for exhibits and signage in the CSC Museum of Geology and his typography design for a self-identity logo. Acosta won a silver and a Judges’ Choice award for her Song of Achilles book cover design.

Acosta said she was motivated to make an alternate cover for the book Song of Achilles because of the art history survey courses she took, where she learned more about the Greek arts. The book cover design was inspired by Greek red-figure pottery and vases that told stories of heroes. Acosta is majoring in Art with an emphasis in Graphic Design.

Martinez’s award for typography design was a personal logo he created for his creative brand. His second entry was a Museum of Geology identity system that he said was designed to be used on campus. He said he feels honored to have received the awards especially since he is not a graphic design major. Martinez is a senior majoring in Education, but has taken a Graphic Design course and plans to use his design skills in the future to freelance.

Art Professor Mary Donahue said the Black Hills chapter of AAF, which is the closest one to Chadron, has reached out over the past several years inviting CSC students to its events. She said attending the Black Hills AAF Awards Gala is a great opportunity for CSC students to see other student work from Black Hills State University and area professionals.

“The best thing is that events like this help our CSC students see their own potential and imagine a future as a professional,” Donahue said.

Graves Lecture Series begins March 14

CHADRON – The 2023 Spring Graves Lecture Series will begin March 14. All presentations are at the Sandoz Center Chicoine Atrium and free and open to the public. Each lecture begins at 7 p.m. For additional details or to volunteer as a speaker, contact Shawn Hartman at 308-432-6271 ext. 7059 or email at shartman@csc.edu.

Katelyn Lambert’s March 14 presentation, “Women in the Marvel Cinematic Universe:  From Iron Man to Black Widow,” will discuss the early days of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s construction and representation of women, where they existed primarily as hypersexualized sidekicks of male heroes, to more current projects where women are protagonists separate from their male counterparts. Lambert is a lecturer in the Communication Arts Program. She earned a bachelor’s in Communication Arts with a concentration in Public Relations from CSC, and recently graduated from the University of Nebraska-Omaha with a Master of Arts degree in Communication. She was the winner of the 2022-23 Top Thesis Award and Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant in the UNO School of Communication.

The Graves Lecture Series continues March 28 when Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences Dr. Elizabeth Kraatz presents “Child Behavior as Communication: How to Use Psychology to Parent through Tantrums and Trauma.” Kraatz, a foster parent and educational psychologist, will present psychological perspectives on child behavior as a lens for making parenting decisions. This includes understanding tantrums, meeting psychological needs, and interpersonal interactions between parent and child. Parents, teachers, coaches, and anyone else with close relationships with a child will be able to gain practical strategies for engaging effectively with the children, according to Kraatz. Before earning a doctorate in Educational Psychology, she taught adult education classes and middle school science as well as educational psychology and college success courses.

The series concludes April 12 with DeMoine Adams, a motivational speaker and artist, who will present “All-American: From Social Capital to Cultural Capital.” His presentation will be a combination of his life journey, the state of society, and the value of diversity and inclusion. Adams is the Chief Executive Officer of the TeamMates Mentoring Program, headquartered in Lincoln. He was a three-year starting defensive end for the Cornhuskers and led the team in quarterback sacks during his time on the team and helped win a Big 12 conference championship in 1999. He has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, minors in History, Communications, Ethnic Studies, and African Studies, a master’s degree in Educational Psychology, and is pursuing a doctorate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in leadership, motivation, and sociology.

Every Eagle Succeeds plans expansion

CHADRON – Every Eagle Succeeds is a newly recognized club started by Katherine Hoeke and a few of her peers. Hoeke, a Special Education major of Rapid City, South Dakota, said the idea for the club came when she attended a Nebraska State College System student leadership conference at Peru State College.

“I discovered that they have a food pantry, similar to CSC, and a school supply space, where students can access school supplies. After leaving the conference, I felt I was not doing enough for my fellow students, and the Eagle Exchange could be further expanded to meet student needs better. So, I began to plan, got other students to join me, and found a space for our club,” Hoeke said.

She contacted the Housing and Residence Life staff and arranged for the newly formed club to take over management of the Eagle Exchange, a room of clothing, shoes, coats, and other donated items for students from the campus and community.

Hoeke said the club consists of about 12 members. Hoeke is president, Lizzie Hunt, a Family Consumer Science major of Murdo, S.D., is vice president, Rachel Bell, a Social Work major of Miles City, Mont., is secretary, and Jolee Schoenholz, an Elementary Education major of Imperial, Neb., is treasurer. The faculty adviser is Dr. Erin Norman. A second faculty adviser and Campus Activity Board Representative positions are open.

“The club is small but willing to serve. We want to make our campus a better place. So far, we have hosted one event to build connections with the community by making Valentines for senior citizens. We plan to do more events similar to this while also adding some stress management or student assistance events,” Hoeke said.

The clothes in the Eagle Exchange are located on the second floor of Kent Hall above the Campus Resource Officer’s Office. The Eagle Exchange is open all hours of the day.

“We need more clothes that are fashionable and beneficial for student life and professional life. We always need things like shoes, men’s apparel, and women’s dress clothes. We ask that any items people bring are in good condition and washed. We ask that people do not bring things like used socks or intimates. However, if one would like to bring in new, packaged socks, that would be fine,” she said.

The club members are in the process of setting up donation bins in campus buildings. They have plans to also set up a few donation boxes in the community. Until those are in place, interested donors can take items to the Eagle Exchange in Kent Hall or email Hoeke at katherine.hoeke@eagles.csc.edu or Norman at enorman@csc.edu.

Christian Miller, Associate Director of Housing and Residence Life said the Eagle Exchange started a couple of years ago and was mainly focused on providing a place where students who need additional clothing could go without having to spend money or find transportation to a store.

“We are very glad the new club Every Eagle Succeeds is taking it over and expanding the idea to include laundry supplies and school supplies. This will definitely help fill a need on campus,” Miller said.