CHADRON, NEBRASKA (December 19, 2022) — Chadron State College's combined undergraduate and graduate winter commencement exercises were canceled December 16, due to heavy snowfall and high winds. The list of candidates includes summer graduates and consists of 71 names for Master's degrees and for 108 Bachelor's degrees. Students who wish to, are invited to walk in the May ceremony.

Andrew Van Nattan of Bettendorf, IA (52722) earned a Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude.

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA (December 19, 2022) — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln conferred 1,288 degrees during commencement exercises December 16 and 17 at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

The 1,262 graduates are from fifty countries, 41 states, and more than 170 Nebraska communities.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (December 19, 2022) — When 74 young women compete January 20-22 in the Miss Illinois County Fair Queen Pageant at the Crowne Plaza in Springfield, Monmouth College, will be well represented.

Juniors Maddie Blaesing of Monmouth and Maddie Wilson of Wyoming, Illinois, earned the right to compete during the Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs as winners of the pageants in Warren and Stark County, respectively.

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (December 16, 2022) – WQPT will air the London New Year’s Day Parade live on January 1, 2023, 6-9AM, featuring Davenport Central High Schools Blue Devils Marching Band.

The Marching Blue Devils were formally invited on February 13, 2020, to perform in the 2023 London New Years Day Parade.

The Blue Devils will join 8000 performers, including the students, traveling to London from all over the world to march in the 36th-annual New Year’s Day parade.